Photo: Ruhe1986 at English Wikipedia · Public domainCarrier Mills Township’s library lends 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District serves 2,636 people in and around Carrier Mills Township. Last year it lent 2,254 print books and media and logged 5,600 visits.
Carrier Mills Township’s library, in brief
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District lends 0.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 92% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
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; Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District serves 2,636 people in and around Carrier Mills Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Carrier Mills Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Carrier Mills Township is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Carrier Mills Township’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($40K–$66K) 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 →
4 community nonprofits are registered in Carrier Mills Township
1.6 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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.4%
7.4% of Carrier Mills 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 Carrier Mills Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District serves 2,636 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,254 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 Carrier Mills Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District, 109 Oak Street, Carrier Mills.
Good at every Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District branch.
New in Carrier Mills Township? The Handbook →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 Carrier Mills Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $99K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $39K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $99K 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 290 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Mills Township | Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District | — | 44 | C− |
| Harrisburg Township | Harrisburg Public Library District | — | 65 | C+ |
| Stonefort Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Brushy Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
| Independence Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
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. Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District serves 2,636 people in and around Carrier Mills Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Carrier Mills 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 Carrier Mills Township
Does Carrier Mills Township have a public library?
Yes. Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District, 109 Oak Street, serves 2,636 people in and around Carrier Mills Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Carrier Mills Township’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 0.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Carrier Mills Township’s civic life grade?
C− Carrier Mills Township is ahead of 18% 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 Carrier Mills 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.