Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Biggsville’s library lends 5.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Henderson County Public Library District serves 6,391 people in and around Biggsville. Last year it lent 37K print books and media and logged 12K visits.
What stands out about Henderson County Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Biggsville’s civic life grade
Biggsville 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 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Henderson County Public Library District serves 6,391 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Henderson County Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
37K 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 Biggsville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 2 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
Henderson County Public Library District, 110 Hill Crest Drive, Biggsville.
No late fees. Good at every Henderson County Public Library District branch.
New in Biggsville? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.74 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Biggsville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $371K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $644K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $371K 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 1,176 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Henderson County Public Library District serves 6,391 people in and around Biggsville, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Biggsville.
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 Biggsville
Does Biggsville have a public library?
Yes. Henderson County Public Library District, 110 Hill Crest Drive, serves 6,391 people in and around Biggsville (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Henderson County Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Biggsville’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 5.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Biggsville’s civic life grade?
Biggsville 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 Biggsville.
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.