Dorr Township’s library logs 5.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Woodstock Public Library serves 25,630 people in and around Dorr Township. Last year it lent 253K books, movies and e-books and logged 133K visits.
Dorr Township’s library, in brief
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 3.1 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.2, higher than at 89% of similar-size libraries. It’s 32% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
People come to Woodstock Public Library a lot
Woodstock Public Library logs 5.2 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 6.7 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
25% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 73%. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 65 hours a week
Woodstock Public Library is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 75 items go out. The building ↓
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.
What’s behind Dorr Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Dorr Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #157 of 754 in Illinois. Dorr Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
86 community nonprofits are registered in Dorr Township
4.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (17 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.9%
9.9% of Dorr 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 Dorr Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 75 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Woodstock Public Library serves 25,630 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
253K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 161K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
80,525 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
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.
Find it
Woodstock Public Library, 414 West Judd Street, Woodstock.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.86 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dorr Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.1M 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 13,560 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Dorr Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | Crystal Lake Public Library fine-free | 12.1 | 65 | B+ |
| Dorr Township | Woodstock Public Library fine-free | 9.9 | 65 | B+ |
| Woodstock | Woodstock Public Library fine-free | 9.9 | 65 | A− |
| Grafton Township | Huntley Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | C |
| Greenwood Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Nunda Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Seneca Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Ridgefield | 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Dorr Township
Does Dorr Township have a public library?
Yes. Woodstock Public Library, 414 West Judd Street, serves 25,630 people in and around Dorr Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Woodstock Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Dorr Township’s library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 9.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Dorr Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Dorr Township is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on civic life, #157 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 Dorr 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.