Canoe Creek Township’s library logs 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Moore Memorial Library District serves Canoe Creek Township’s 633 residents. Last year it lent 837 print books and media and logged 917 visits.
What Canoe Creek Township’s library is like
Moore Memorial Library District is used less than most libraries its size
Moore Memorial Library District records 1.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Moore Memorial Library District offered 0 programs last year, 0 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60.
A small-town library
Moore Memorial Library District serves 633 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
Moore Memorial Library District keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Erie Public Library District in Erie Township, next door, is open about 40 hours a week. The building ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Canoe Creek Township’s civic life grade
Canoe Creek Township 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Moore Memorial Library District serves 633 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Moore Memorial Library District
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
837 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 Canoe Creek Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 9,306 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Find it
Moore Memorial Library District, 509 Main Street, Hillsdale.
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 Canoe Creek Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $29K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $14K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $29K 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 321 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canoe Creek Township | Moore Memorial Library District fine-free | 1.3 | 22 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Erie Township | Erie Public Library District | — | 40 | B− |
| Phenix Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Portland Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Coe Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Zuma Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Joslin | 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.
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 Canoe Creek Township
Does Canoe Creek Township have a public library?
Yes. Moore Memorial Library District, 509 Main Street, serves Canoe Creek Township’s 633 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Moore Memorial Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Canoe Creek Township’s library?
It logged 1.4 visits and lent 1.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Canoe Creek Township’s civic life grade?
Canoe Creek Township 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 Canoe Creek 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.