Photo: Bnperdue2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0Hampshire Township’s library logs 1.7 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District serves 25,277 people in and around Hampshire Township. Last year it lent 90K print books and media and logged 43K visits.
What stands out about Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Hampshire Township’s civic life grade
Hampshire Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District serves 25,277 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
90K 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 Hampshire Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 4 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
Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District, 109 South State Street, Hampshire.
No late fees. Good at every Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District branch.
New in Hampshire 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 $1.66 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hampshire Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $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 6,060 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Township | Genoa Public Library District fine-free | 4.5 | 44 | — graded with its twin city |
| Hampshire Township | Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District fine-free | — | 61 | — graded with its twin city |
| Hampshire | Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District fine-free | — | 61 | C− |
| Coral Township | Marengo-Union Public Library District fine-free | — | 58 | C− |
| Rutland Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Burlington Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Harmony | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Plato 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.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District serves 25,277 people in and around Hampshire Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hampshire 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 Hampshire Township
Does Hampshire Township have a public library?
Yes. Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District, 109 South State Street, serves 25,277 people in and around Hampshire Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hampshire Township’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 3.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Hampshire Township’s civic life grade?
Hampshire Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Hampshire 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.