Photo: Montgomery Mom · CC BY 4.0Bristol Township’s library runs 38 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Yorkville Public Library serves 21,533 people in and around Bristol Township. Last year it lent 90K print books and media and logged 84K visits.
What stands out about Bristol Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Bristol Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Bristol Township is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns, #413 of 754 in Illinois. Bristol Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Bristol 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 →
90 community nonprofits are registered in Bristol Township
2.6 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 (19 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.
8.5%
8.5% of Bristol 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 Bristol Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Yorkville Public Library serves 21,533 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 31 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
90K 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 Bristol Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 79K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
About 5 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.
Find it
Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville.
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 Bristol Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.8M 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 5,764 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Bristol Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Township | Oswego Public Library District fine-free | 9.2 | 67 | C |
| Bristol Township | Yorkville Public Library fine-free | 4.2 | 55 | C+ |
| Yorkville | Yorkville Public Library fine-free | 4.2 | 55 | B |
| Little Rock Township | Plano Community Library District fine-free | — | 54 | C |
| Kendall Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
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 Bristol Township
Does Bristol Township have a public library?
Yes. Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road, serves 21,533 people in and around Bristol Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Yorkville Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Bristol Township’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 4.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Bristol Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Bristol Township is ahead of 40% of U.S. towns on civic life, #413 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 Bristol 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.