F. D. Thomas House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCamp Point’s library lends 3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Camp Point Public Library District serves 2,932 people in and around Camp Point. Last year it lent 8,766 print books and media and logged 8,887 visits.
What Camp Point’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
96% of the 120 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Camp Point Public Library District serves 2,932 people in and around Camp Point, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Camp Point’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Camp Point is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns. Camp Point is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Camp Point’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Camp Point
7.6 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.
9.6%
9.6% of Camp Point’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 Camp Point’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Camp Point Public Library District serves 2,932 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Camp Point Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
8,766 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 Camp Point’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
Camp Point Public Library District, 206 East State Street, Camp Point.
No late fees. Good at every Camp Point Public Library District branch.
New in Camp Point? 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 $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Camp Point cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $91K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $160K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $91K 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 456 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. Camp Point Public Library District serves 2,932 people in and around Camp Point, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Camp Point.
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 Camp Point
Does Camp Point have a public library?
Yes. Camp Point Public Library District, 206 East State Street, serves 2,932 people in and around Camp Point (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Camp Point Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Camp Point’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 3.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Camp Point’s civic life grade?
A Camp Point is ahead of 92% 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 Camp Point.
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.