Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Galatia Township’s library logs 11 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Galatia Public Library District serves 2,319 people in and around Galatia Township. Last year it lent 10K print books and media and logged 25K visits.
What stands out about Galatia Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Galatia Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Galatia Township is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. Galatia Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Galatia Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($36K–$59K) 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 →
2 community nonprofits are registered in Galatia Township
1.4 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.
9.8%
9.8% of Galatia 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 Galatia Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Galatia Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Galatia Public Library District serves 2,319 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Books and media off the shelf
10K 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 Galatia Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
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
Galatia Public Library District, 217 South Main Cross Street, Galatia.
Good at every Galatia Public Library District branch.
New in Galatia Township? 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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Galatia Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $115K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $199K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $115K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 673 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galatia Township | Galatia Public Library District | — | 37 | C+ |
| Brushy Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
| Raleigh Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Tate 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.
- System-wide. Galatia Public Library District serves 2,319 people in and around Galatia Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Galatia 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 Galatia Township
Does Galatia Township have a public library?
Yes. Galatia Public Library District, 217 South Main Cross Street, serves 2,319 people in and around Galatia Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Galatia Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Galatia Township’s library?
It logged 10.7 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 Galatia Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Galatia Township is ahead of 37% 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 Galatia 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.