Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Carrollton Township’s library runs 19 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Carrollton Public Library serves 2,485 people in and around Carrollton Township. Last year it lent 8,874 print books and media and logged 8,172 visits.
What Carrollton Township’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Carrollton Public Library sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on three. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Carrollton Public Library serves 2,485 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 26 hours a week. 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 ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people Carrollton Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Carrollton Public Library holds 23,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Carrollton Township’s civic life grade
Carrollton 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.
Carrollton Public Library serves 2,485 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
8,874 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 Carrollton Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 23K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
48 programs a year
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
Carrollton Public Library, 509 South Main Street, Carrollton.
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 $1.68 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Carrollton Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $94K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $159K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $94K 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 279 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Township | Carrollton Public Library fine-free | 3.6 | 26 | — graded with its twin city |
| White Hall Township | White Hall Township Library | 1.3 | 29 | — graded with its twin city |
| Bluffdale Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Linder Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wrights Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kane 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 Carrollton Township
Does Carrollton Township have a public library?
Yes. Carrollton Public Library, 509 South Main Street, serves 2,485 people in and around Carrollton Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 26 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carrollton Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Carrollton Township’s library?
It logged 3.3 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Carrollton Township’s civic life grade?
Carrollton 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 Carrollton 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.