Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Chebanse Township’s library logs 4.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Central Citizens' Library District serves 4,258 people in and around Chebanse Township. Last year it lent 25K print books and media and logged 20K visits.
What stands out about Central Citizens' Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Chebanse Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Chebanse Township is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #645 of 754 in Illinois. Chebanse Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($62K–$104K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Chebanse Township
1.9 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.6%
6.6% of Chebanse 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 Chebanse Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Central Citizens' Library District serves 4,258 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Central Citizens' Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
25K 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 Chebanse Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
125 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.
2 places to borrow in Chebanse Township
Central Citizens' Library District, 1134 East 3100 North Road, Clifton.
Good at every Central Citizens' Library District branch.
New in Chebanse Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other Central Citizens' Library District branches in Chebanse Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.99 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Chebanse Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $226K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $449K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $226K 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 1,517 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chebanse Township | Central Citizens' Library District | — | 62 | D |
| Papineau Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Otto Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Ashkum Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Milks Grove Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Martinton 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.
- System-wide. Central Citizens' Library District serves 4,258 people in and around Chebanse Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Chebanse 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 Chebanse Township
Does Chebanse Township have a public library?
Yes. Central Citizens' Library District, 1134 East 3100 North Road, serves 4,258 people in and around Chebanse Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 62 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Central Citizens' Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Chebanse Township’s library?
It logged 4.7 visits and lent 5.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Chebanse Township’s civic life grade?
D Chebanse Township is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on civic life, #645 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 Chebanse 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.