Photo: Gavin J. Dow · CC BY 3.0Antioch’s library runs 46 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Antioch Public Library District serves 25,814 people in and around Antioch. Last year it lent 161K print books and media and logged 84K visits.
What Antioch’s library is like
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Antioch Public Library District ran 1,186 programs last year, about 23 a week. That’s 46 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 68 hours a week
Antioch Public Library District is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 46 items go out. The building ↓
Antioch invests in its library
Antioch Public Library District spends $122 per resident a year, about three times the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (94%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Antioch Public Library District serves more than Antioch
The library’s service area covers 25,814 people in and around Antioch, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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.
What’s behind Antioch’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Antioch is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #147 of 754 in Illinois. Antioch is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Antioch’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
77 community nonprofits are registered in Antioch
5.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.3%
8.3% of Antioch’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.1% in the typical Illinois 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 Antioch’s residents live; 2022.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, 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 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Antioch Public Library District serves 25,814 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 46 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
161K 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 Antioch’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 117K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
Find it
Antioch Public Library District, 757 Main Street, Antioch.
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 Antioch cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.1M 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 8,218 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | Antioch Public Library District fine-free | 6.2 | 68 | A− |
| Lake Catherine | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- 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 Antioch
Does Antioch have a public library?
Yes. Antioch Public Library District, 757 Main Street, serves 25,814 people in and around Antioch (the survey’s count) and is open about 68 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Antioch Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Antioch’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 6.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Antioch’s civic life grade?
A− Antioch is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on civic life, #147 of 754 in Illinois. 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 Antioch.
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.