Photo: Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 4.0Elk Grove Township’s library lends 19 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Elk Grove Village Public Library serves 22,205 people in and around Elk Grove Township. Last year it lent 416K print books and media and logged 228K visits.
What Elk Grove Township’s library is like
Elk Grove Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Elk Grove Village Public Library logs 10 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 19 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 97% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Elk Grove Township invests in its library
Elk Grove Village Public Library spends $261 per resident a year, about six times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (90%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 72 hours a week
Elk Grove Village Public Library is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 111 items go out. The buildings ↓
Twice the programs of a typical library its size
Elk Grove Village Public Library ran 1,270 programs last year, about 24 a week. That’s 57 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24. People show up: 37,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
Elk Grove Township out-borrows every town next door
At 18.7 loans per resident, Elk Grove Township leads the eight towns here. The closest is Elk Grove Village, at 18.7. Libraries next door ↓
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 Elk Grove Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Elk Grove Township is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #651 of 754 in Illinois. Elk Grove 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 ($67K–$111K) 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 →
208 community nonprofits are registered in Elk Grove Township
2.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (76 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 17 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.0%
6.0% of Elk Grove 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 Elk Grove Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 14 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Elk Grove Village Public Library serves 22,205 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 111 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
416K 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 Elk Grove Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 325K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.3 time last year, on average.
4 places to borrow in Elk Grove Township
Elk Grove Village Public Library, 1001 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Village.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Elk Grove Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.45 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Elk Grove Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $5.8M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $8.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $5.8M 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 13,034 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Elk Grove Township borrows the most per resident of the 8 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Township | Elk Grove Village Public Library fine-free | 18.7 | 72 | D |
| Elk Grove Village | Elk Grove Village Public Library fine-free | 18.7 | 72 | D |
| Schaumburg Township | Schaumburg Township District Library fine-free | 15.0 | 69 | C |
| Des Plaines | Des Plaines Public Library fine-free | 11.0 | 72 | C+ |
| Maine Township | Des Plaines Public Library fine-free | 11.0 | 72 | C− |
| Itasca | Itasca Community Library fine-free | 8.6 | 65 | B+ |
| Addison Township | Addison Public Library fine-free | 6.4 | 66 | D |
| Chicago | Chicago Public Library fine-free | 3.9 | 72 | C− |
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 Elk Grove Township
Does Elk Grove Township have a public library?
Yes. Elk Grove Village Public Library, 1001 Wellington Avenue, serves 22,205 people in and around Elk Grove Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Elk Grove Village Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Elk Grove Township’s library?
It logged 10.3 visits and lent 18.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Elk Grove Township’s civic life grade?
D Elk Grove Township is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on civic life, #651 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 Elk Grove 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.