Clover Township’s library runs 176 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Clover Public Library District serves 2,395 people in and around Clover Township. Last year it lent 7,830 print books and media and logged 5,892 visits.
What stands out about Clover Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Clover Township’s civic life grade
Clover 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 →
421 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Clover Public Library District serves 2,395 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clover Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
7,830 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 Clover Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Clover Public Library District, 440 North Division Street, Woodhull.
No late fees. Good at every Clover Public Library District branch.
New in Clover 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 Clover Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $207K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $153K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $207K 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 1,102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Township | Greig Memorial Library fine-free | 4.0 | 25 | — graded with its twin city |
| Clover Township | Clover Public Library District fine-free | — | 47 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Andover Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Weller Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Oxford Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
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. Clover Public Library District serves 2,395 people in and around Clover Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Clover 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 Clover Township
Does Clover Township have a public library?
Yes. Clover Public Library District, 440 North Division Street, serves 2,395 people in and around Clover Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clover Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Clover Township’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits and lent 3.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Clover Township’s civic life grade?
Clover 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 Clover 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.