Concord Township’s library lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Mason Memorial Library District serves 1,417 people in and around Concord Township. Last year it lent 941 print books and media and logged 1,688 visits.
Concord Township’s library, in brief
Mason Memorial Library District is used less than most libraries its size
Mason Memorial Library District records 1.2 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Mason Memorial Library District serves 1,417 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 28 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Concord Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Concord Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Concord Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Concord Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Concord Township
7.4 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.5%
5.5% of Concord 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 Concord Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mason Memorial Library District serves 1,417 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Mason Memorial Library District
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
941 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 Concord Township’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 0.1 time last year, on average.
33 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.
2 places to borrow in Concord Township
Mason Memorial Library District, 104 West Main Street, Buda.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Concord Township
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Concord Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $52K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $52K 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 506 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Concord Township ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Township | Mineral-Gold Public Library District fine-free | 3.3 | 30 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wyanet Township | Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Township Library fine-free | 1.6 | 24 | C− |
| Concord Township | Mason Memorial Library District fine-free | 0.7 | 28 | B |
| Macon Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Manlius 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.
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 Concord Township
Does Concord Township have a public library?
Yes. Mason Memorial Library District, 104 West Main Street, serves 1,417 people in and around Concord Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mason Memorial Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Concord Township’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 0.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Concord Township’s civic life grade?
B Concord Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Concord 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.