Grafton Township’s library lends 8.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Huntley Area Public Library District serves 43,839 people in and around Grafton Township. Last year it lent 391K print books and media and logged 137K visits.
What stands out about Huntley Area Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Grafton Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Grafton Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #489 of 754 in Illinois. Grafton Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Grafton Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($98K–$163K) 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 →
109 community nonprofits are registered in Grafton Township
1.9 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 (23 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 7 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.7%
8.7% of Grafton 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 Grafton Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 9 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Huntley Area Public Library District serves 43,839 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 119 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Huntley Area Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Books and media off the shelf
391K 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 Grafton Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Huntley Area Public Library District, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley.
No late fees. Good at every Huntley Area Public Library District branch.
New in Grafton Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Grafton Township cardholder borrows.
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 14,242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Lake | Crystal Lake Public Library fine-free | 12.1 | 65 | B+ |
| Dorr Township | Woodstock Public Library fine-free | 9.9 | 65 | B+ |
| Grafton Township | Huntley Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | C |
| Coral Township | Marengo-Union Public Library District fine-free | — | 58 | C− |
| Algonquin | Algonquin Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 69 | C |
| Huntley | Huntley Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | C+ |
| Algonquin Township | Algonquin Area Public Library District fine-free | — | 69 | C+ |
| Rutland Township | None of its own | — | — | 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.
- Not reported for 2024: spending. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Huntley Area Public Library District serves 43,839 people in and around Grafton Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Grafton 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 Grafton Township
Does Grafton Township have a public library?
Yes. Huntley Area Public Library District, 11000 Ruth Road, serves 43,839 people in and around Grafton Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 63 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Huntley Area Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Grafton Township’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 8.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Grafton Township’s civic life grade?
C Grafton Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #489 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 Grafton 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.