Centreville Township’s library lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Cahokia Public Library District serves 18,885 people in and around Centreville Township. Last year it lent 13K print books and media and logged 33K visits.
What’s behind Centreville Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Centreville Township is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #711 of 754 in Illinois. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Cahokia Public Library District spends $15 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($26K–$43K) 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 →
43 community nonprofits are registered in Centreville Township
2.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (32 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
2.5%
2.5% of Centreville 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 Centreville Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Cahokia Public Library District serves 18,885 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cahokia Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
13K 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 Centreville Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Cahokia Public Library District, 140 Cahokia Park Drive, Cahokia Heights.
Good at every Cahokia Public Library District branch.
New in Centreville 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 Centreville Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $283K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $272K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $283K 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 822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | Central Library fine-free | 8.6 | 64 | A− |
| Belleville | Belleville Public Library fine-free | 2.1 | 60 | C |
| Centreville Township | Cahokia Public Library District | — | 49 | D |
| 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 |
| Cahokia Heights | Cahokia Public Library District | — | 49 | D− |
| Sugar Loaf Township | Daugherty Public Library District | — | 58 | C− |
| Stookey Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Sauget | 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.
- System-wide. Cahokia Public Library District serves 18,885 people in and around Centreville Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Centreville 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 Centreville Township
Does Centreville Township have a public library?
Yes. Cahokia Public Library District, 140 Cahokia Park Drive, serves 18,885 people in and around Centreville Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 49 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cahokia Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Centreville Township’s library?
It logged 1.8 visits and lent 0.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Centreville Township’s civic life grade?
D Centreville Township is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on civic life, #711 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 Centreville 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.