Brimfield Township’s library runs 92 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Brimfield Public Library District serves 3,853 people in and around Brimfield Township. Last year it lent 22K print books and media and logged 22K visits.
What stands out about Brimfield Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Brimfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Brimfield Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Brimfield Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Brimfield Township
4.7 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.7%
10.7% of Brimfield 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 Brimfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
355 programs a year
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Brimfield Public Library District serves 3,853 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 Brimfield Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
22K 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 Brimfield Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Brimfield Public Library District, 111 South Galena Street, Brimfield.
No late fees. Good at every Brimfield Public Library District branch.
New in Brimfield 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 Brimfield Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $566K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $546K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $566K 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 993 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Township | Morrison & Mary Wiley Library | 6.1 | 35 | A |
| Brimfield Township | Brimfield Public Library District fine-free | — | 46 | A |
| Jubilee Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Elba Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Millbrook Township | 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.
- System-wide. Brimfield Public Library District serves 3,853 people in and around Brimfield Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Brimfield Township.
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 Brimfield Township
Does Brimfield Township have a public library?
Yes. Brimfield Public Library District, 111 South Galena Street, serves 3,853 people in and around Brimfield Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Brimfield Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Brimfield Township’s library?
It logged 5.8 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 Brimfield Township’s civic life grade?
A Brimfield Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Brimfield 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.