Brimfield’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. 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’s civic life grade
Brimfield 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 →
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’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? 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 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.
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, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Brimfield.
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
Does Brimfield have a public library?
Yes. Brimfield Public Library District, 111 South Galena Street, serves 3,853 people in and around Brimfield (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’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’s civic life grade?
Brimfield 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 Brimfield.
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.