Chadwick’s library logs 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Chadwick Public Library District serves 926 people in and around Chadwick. Last year it lent 1,371 print books and media and logged 1,508 visits.
Chadwick’s library, in brief
More library cards than residents
1,194 cards for 926 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Chadwick Public Library District is used less than most libraries its size
Chadwick Public Library District records 1.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 1.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Chadwick Public Library District offered 2 programs last year, 2.2 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. 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; Chadwick Public Library District serves 926 people in and around Chadwick, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Chadwick’s civic life grade
Chadwick 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Chadwick Public Library District serves 926 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Chadwick Public Library District
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Chadwick Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,371 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 Chadwick’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
2 programs a year
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
Chadwick Public Library District, 110 Main Street, Chadwick.
No late fees. Good at every Chadwick Public Library District branch.
New in Chadwick? 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 Chadwick cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $82K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $24K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $82K 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 1,194 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Chadwick Public Library District serves 926 people in and around Chadwick, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Chadwick.
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 Chadwick
Does Chadwick have a public library?
Yes. Chadwick Public Library District, 110 Main Street, serves 926 people in and around Chadwick (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Chadwick Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Chadwick’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 1.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Chadwick’s civic life grade?
Chadwick 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 Chadwick.
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.