Photo: Troy Semple · Public domainHeyworth’s library logs 4.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Heyworth Public Library District serves 5,471 people in and around Heyworth. Last year it lent 28K print books and media and logged 25K visits.
What stands out about Heyworth Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Heyworth’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Heyworth is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns, #21 of 754 in Illinois. Heyworth is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Heyworth’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Heyworth
7.4 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.
10.7%
10.7% of Heyworth’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 Heyworth’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Heyworth Public Library District serves 5,471 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Heyworth Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
28K 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 Heyworth’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 2 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
Heyworth Public Library District, 119 East Main Street, Heyworth.
No late fees. Good at every Heyworth Public Library District branch.
New in Heyworth? 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 $2.29 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Heyworth cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $218K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $499K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $218K 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 1,295 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. Heyworth Public Library District serves 5,471 people in and around Heyworth, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Heyworth.
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 Heyworth
Does Heyworth have a public library?
Yes. Heyworth Public Library District, 119 East Main Street, serves 5,471 people in and around Heyworth (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Heyworth Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Heyworth’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 5.1 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Heyworth’s civic life grade?
A Heyworth is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns on civic life, #21 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 Heyworth.
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.