Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCarlyle Township’s library logs 9.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Case-Halstead Public Library serves 3,253 people in and around Carlyle Township. Last year it lent 24K print books and media and logged 31K visits.
What Carlyle Township’s library is like
People come to Case-Halstead Public Library a lot
Case-Halstead Public Library logs 9.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 93% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 7.4 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 194 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
4,870 people came to the library’s 194 programs last year: 1.5 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 90% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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.
What’s behind Carlyle Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Carlyle Township is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns, #228 of 754 in Illinois. Carlyle Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Carlyle Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
13 community nonprofits are registered in Carlyle Township
3.5 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.
9.4%
9.4% of Carlyle 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 Carlyle Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
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.
Case-Halstead Public Library serves 3,253 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Books and media off the shelf
24K 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 Carlyle Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 27K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
About 3 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
Case-Halstead Public Library, 550 Sixth Street, Carlyle.
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 $2.31 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Carlyle Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $204K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $471K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $204K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 681 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlyle Township | Case-Halstead Public Library | 7.4 | 55 | B |
| Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Irishtown Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Wade Township | None of its own | — | — | — too few inputs |
| Clement 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.
- 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 Carlyle Township
Does Carlyle Township have a public library?
Yes. Case-Halstead Public Library, 550 Sixth Street, serves 3,253 people in and around Carlyle Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 55 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Case-Halstead Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Carlyle Township’s library?
It logged 9.6 visits and lent 7.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Carlyle Township’s civic life grade?
B Carlyle Township is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns on civic life, #228 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 Carlyle 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.