Aux Sable Township’s library is a branch of Three Rivers Public Library District, which lends more per resident than 51% of systems its size
Aux Sable Township’s library is the Minooka Branch Library, a branch of Three Rivers Public Library District, which serves 28,751 people and lent 110K items last year.
What stands out about Minooka Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Aux Sable Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Aux Sable Township is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #569 of 754 in Illinois. Aux Sable Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Aux Sable Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($82K–$137K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
29 community nonprofits are registered in Aux Sable Township
1.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.6%
7.6% of Aux Sable Township’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 Aux Sable Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Three Rivers Public Library District serves 28,751 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Three Rivers Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
110K 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 Aux Sable Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
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.
Find it
Minooka Branch Library, 109 North Wabena Street, Minooka.
No late fees. Good at every Three Rivers Public Library District branch.
New in Aux Sable Township? The Handbook →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 Aux Sable Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.1M 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 7,088 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aux Sable Township | Minooka Branch Library fine-free | — | 57 | C− |
| Channahon Township | Three Rivers Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | C |
| Minooka | Minooka Branch Library fine-free | — | 57 | C− |
| Goose Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Saratoga Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Seward Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
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.
- System-wide. Minooka Branch Library is one branch of Three Rivers Public Library District, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 28,751 people it serves.
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 Aux Sable Township
Does Aux Sable Township have a public library?
Yes: Minooka Branch Library, 109 North Wabena Street, is a branch of Three Rivers Public Library District, which serves 28,751 people. The branch is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Three Rivers Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Aux Sable Township’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 3.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Aux Sable Township’s civic life grade?
C− Aux Sable Township is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on civic life, #569 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 Aux Sable 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.