Library · Wakarusa
Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library
Wakarusa’s library is the Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library, a branch of Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library, open about 50 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Regional system. Wakarusa’s branch belongs to Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library, which serves 6,935 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library
124 North Elkhart Street, Wakarusa 46573
50 hrsopen a week
11,250sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library
31K
visits
4.5 per resident
99K
loans, print + digital
14.2 per resident
198
programs & events
3,249 attended
2,826
library cards
41% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
4.5 visits · typical 3.0
Higher than 70% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
11.3 print items · typical 3.8
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
3.0 e-items · typical 1.0
Higher than 89% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
6.5 kids’ items · typical 1.6
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.5 attendees · typical 0.5
A little below typical (48th percentile)
Cardholders
41% of residents
A little below typical (48th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
99K loans last year
Books & media (adults)33%Kids’ books & media46%E-books, audio & streaming21%
Who the programs are for
198 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$89 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $619K.
Local 87%State 11%Gifts & other 1%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe 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.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.