Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Wheatfield Township has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bloomfield Public Library in New Bloomfield, 4.8 miles away
Wheatfield Township doesn’t have a public library of its own. The closest is Bloomfield Public Library in New Bloomfield, 4.8 miles away. Many small-town libraries give cards to neighbors, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
B−Civic lifeAhead of 46% of U.S. towns · #400 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Nonprofits and volunteering.Libraries for Wheatfield Township, in brief
Wheatfield Township borrows from the libraries next door
Wheatfield Township has no public library of its own, but three libraries are within 10 miles, the closest being Bloomfield Public Library in New Bloomfield (4.8 miles). Many small-town libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead. Nearest libraries ↓
Wheatfield Township isn’t the only town nearby without one
Penn Township, Miller Township and Carroll Township don’t have a public library of their own either. Libraries next door ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Distances are straight-line from the town center.
What’s behind Wheatfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Wheatfield Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns, #400 of 1,029 in Pennsylvania. Wheatfield Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Wheatfield Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Wheatfield Township
3.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.2%
7.2% of Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
The closest is 4.8 miles away
Closest first, measured from the center of Wheatfield Township. Each one’s hours, and whether it charges late fines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Miller Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Carroll Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Centre Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Rye Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Watts 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Wheatfield Township
Does Wheatfield Township have a public library?
No. The closest is Bloomfield Public Library in New Bloomfield, 4.8 miles from the town center. Many libraries give cards to people from neighboring towns, sometimes for a yearly fee, so call ahead.
What is Wheatfield Township’s civic life grade?
B− Wheatfield Township is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns on civic life, #400 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 Wheatfield 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.