Allin Township’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Allin Township Library serves Allin Township’s 877 residents. Last year it lent 852 print books and media and logged 1,112 visits.
What Allin Township’s library is like
Allin Township Library is used less than most libraries its size
Allin Township Library records 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Allin Township Library offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
A small-town library
Allin Township Library serves 877 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 28 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Allin Township’s civic life grade
Allin Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Allin Township Library serves 877 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Allin Township Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
852 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Allin Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Allin Township Library, 116 West Main Street, Stanford.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Allin Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $66K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $16K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $66K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
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 415 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Allin Township ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mackinaw Township | H.A. Peine Public Library District | 9.7 | 40 | B |
| Danvers Township | Danvers Township Library fine-free | 6.7 | 45 | A− |
| Allin Township | Allin Township Library fine-free | 1.0 | 28 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mount Hope Township | Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District fine-free | — | 29 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Dale 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Allin Township Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
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 Allin Township
Does Allin Township have a public library?
Yes. Allin Township Library, 116 West Main Street, serves Allin Township’s 877 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Allin Township Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Allin Township’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 1.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Allin Township’s civic life grade?
Allin Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Allin 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.