Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Warwick Township’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Lititz Public Library serves 32,388 people in and around Warwick Township. Last year it lent 405K books, movies and e-books and logged 168K visits.
Warwick Township’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
71% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 16%. What your card is worth ↓
Busy on a lean budget
Lititz Public Library spends $24 per resident, less than 76% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). It’s still busier than 91% of them. What your card is worth ↓
One of the busiest library systems its size
Lititz Public Library logs 5.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, and lends 11 print items per resident against a typical 3.7. On both counts it beats 89% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 54% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
67% of the 1,007 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 12 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Lititz Public Library serves 32,388 people in and around Warwick Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Warwick Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Warwick Township is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #719 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Warwick Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Warwick Township’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($78K–$130K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
65 community nonprofits are registered in Warwick Township
3.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (16 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.0%
6.0% of Warwick Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 7.0% in the typical Pennsylvania town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Warwick Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 13 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lititz Public Library serves 32,388 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 133 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lititz Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
405K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
45,975 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lititz Public Library branch.
New in Warwick Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $7.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Warwick Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $766K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $766K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 11,321 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Township | Manheim Township Public Library | 17.5 | 49 | B− |
| Warwick Township | Lititz Public Library | — | 59 | C |
| Elizabeth Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Ephrata Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| West Earl Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Brownstown | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Clay Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Rothsville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Penn Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Lititz Public Library serves 32,388 people in and around Warwick Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Warwick Township.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Warwick Township
Does Warwick Township have a public library?
Yes. Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, serves 32,388 people in and around Warwick Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 59 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lititz Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Warwick Township’s library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 12.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Warwick Township’s civic life grade?
C Warwick Township is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on civic life, #719 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Warwick Township.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.