Herrick’s library lends 18 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Herrick Township Public Library serves 531 people in and around Herrick. Last year it lent 9,380 print books and media and logged 4,619 visits.
What Herrick’s library is like
Busy on a lean budget
Herrick Township Public Library spends $16 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). It’s still busier than 91% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Herrick uses its library more than almost any town its size
Herrick Township Public Library logs 8.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 18 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 86% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
47% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 47%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Herrick Township Public Library serves 531 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Herrick Township Public Library keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Herrick’s civic life grade
Herrick 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 →
Books and media off the shelf
9,380 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 Herrick’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 16K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.6 time last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Herrick Township Public Library serves 531 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
17 programs a year
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.
Find it
Herrick Township Public Library, 303 North Broadway Street, Herrick.
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 $18.40 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Herrick cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $8,707.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $160K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $8,707 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 227 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.
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 Herrick
Does Herrick have a public library?
Yes. Herrick Township Public Library, 303 North Broadway Street, serves 531 people in and around Herrick (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Herrick Township Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Herrick’s library?
It logged 8.7 visits and lent 17.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Herrick’s civic life grade?
Herrick 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 Herrick.
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.