Caseyville’s library logs 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Caseyville Public Library District serves Caseyville’s 4,372 residents. Last year it lent 4,983 print books and media and logged 5,113 visits.
What Caseyville’s library is like
Caseyville Public Library District is used less than most libraries its size
Caseyville Public Library District records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.1 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Every town next door borrows more
Caseyville’s library lends 1.1 items per resident. Each of the four neighboring towns with a library of its own lends more, led by Fairview Heights at 3.8. Libraries next door ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people Caseyville Public Library District 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.
What’s behind Caseyville’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Caseyville is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #611 of 754 in Illinois. Caseyville’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($46K–$76K) 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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Caseyville
3.9 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.7%
5.7% of Caseyville’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 Caseyville’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.
Caseyville Public Library District serves 4,372 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
4,983 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 Caseyville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
53 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
Caseyville Public Library District, 419 South Second Street, Caseyville.
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 Caseyville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $172K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $114K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $172K 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 717 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Caseyville ranks 5th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Heights | Fairview Heights Public Library | 3.8 | 54 | B− |
| Collinsville | Collinsville Memorial Library Center fine-free | 2.7 | 60 | B− |
| Fairmont City | Fairmont City Library Center fine-free | 2.7 | 46 | C− |
| Canteen Township | Fairmont City Library Center fine-free | 2.7 | 46 | D |
| Caseyville | Caseyville Public Library District fine-free | 1.1 | 54 | C− |
| East St. Louis | East St. Louis Public Library | — | 58 | C− |
| East St. Louis Township | East St. Louis Public Library | — | 58 | — graded with its twin city |
| Washington Park | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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 Caseyville
Does Caseyville have a public library?
Yes. Caseyville Public Library District, 419 South Second Street, serves Caseyville’s 4,372 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Caseyville Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Caseyville’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 1.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Caseyville’s civic life grade?
C− Caseyville is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on civic life, #611 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 Caseyville.
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.