Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Camargo Township’s library lends 4.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Camargo Township District Library serves 3,963 people in and around Camargo Township. Last year it lent 22K books, movies and e-books and logged 13K visits.
What stands out about Camargo Township District Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Camargo Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Camargo Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #490 of 754 in Illinois. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($58K–$96K) 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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Camargo Township
2.3 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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.5%
7.5% of Camargo 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 Camargo Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Camargo Township District Library serves 3,963 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 Camargo Township District Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
22K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
4,187 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Camargo Township District Library, 14 North Main Street, Villa Grove.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Camargo Township District Library branch.
New in Camargo Township? 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 $1.99 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Camargo Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $196K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $392K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $196K 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 1,097 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscola Township | Tuscola Public Library | 4.6 | 48 | — graded with its twin city |
| Camargo Township | Camargo Township District Library fine-free | — | 49 | C |
| Bowdre Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Murdock Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Crittenden 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Camargo Township District Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- System-wide. Camargo Township District Library serves 3,963 people in and around Camargo Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Camargo 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 Camargo Township
Does Camargo Township have a public library?
Yes. Camargo Township District Library, 14 North Main Street, serves 3,963 people in and around Camargo Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camargo Township District Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Camargo Township’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 5.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Camargo Township’s civic life grade?
C Camargo Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #490 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 Camargo 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.