Princeton Public Library
Princeton Public Library serves 11,527 people in and around Patoka Township. Last year it lent 31K books, movies and e-books and logged 47K visits.
What stands out about Princeton Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Patoka Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $644K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1M 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 3,013 cardholders ÷ 12.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Princeton Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Find it
Princeton Public Library, 124 South Hart Street, Princeton.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Princeton Public Library branch.
New in Patoka Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Strongest at programs offered
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Princeton Public Library serves 11,527 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Books and media off the shelf
31K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patoka Township | Princeton Public Library | — | 60 |
| Montgomery Township | Owensville Carnegie Public Library fine-free | — | 43 |
| Union Township | Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library | — | 44 |
| White River Township | None of its own | — | — |
| Center Township | None of its own | — | — |
| Patoka | None of its own | — | — |
| Washington Township | None of its own | — | — |
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.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- 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.
- System-wide. Princeton Public Library serves 11,527 people in and around Patoka Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Patoka Township.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Patoka Township.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.