Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFlanagan’s library logs 2.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Flanagan Public Library District serves 1,563 people in and around Flanagan. Last year it lent 6,670 print books and media and logged 3,792 visits.
What stands out about Flanagan Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Flanagan’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Flanagan is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Flanagan is graded on two of the three inputs. Flanagan’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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Flanagan
8.2 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.
7.5%
7.5% of Flanagan’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 Flanagan’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Flanagan Public Library District serves 1,563 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Flanagan Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
6,670 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 Flanagan’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
74 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.
Find it
Flanagan Public Library District, 124 South Main Street, Flanagan.
No late fees. Good at every Flanagan Public Library District branch.
New in Flanagan? The Handbook →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 $1.46 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Flanagan cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $83K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $121K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $83K 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 375 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Flanagan Public Library District serves 1,563 people in and around Flanagan, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Flanagan.
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 Flanagan
Does Flanagan have a public library?
Yes. Flanagan Public Library District, 124 South Main Street, serves 1,563 people in and around Flanagan (the survey’s count) and is open about 26 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Flanagan Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Flanagan’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 4.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Flanagan’s civic life grade?
A− Flanagan is ahead of 80% 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 Flanagan.
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.