Photo: Omnedon · Public domainHoopeston’s library runs 23 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Hoopeston Public Library District serves 8,927 people in and around Hoopeston. Last year it lent 25K print books and media and logged 27K visits.
The short version on Hoopeston’s library
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
42% of the system’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 41%. What your card is worth ↓
The branch is a National Register landmark
Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002. Today’s library there has 13,876 square feet. 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; Hoopeston Public Library District serves 8,927 people in and around Hoopeston, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Hoopeston’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Hoopeston is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns, #124 of 754 in Illinois. Hoopeston is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
20 community nonprofits are registered in Hoopeston
4.0 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.8%
10.8% of Hoopeston’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 Hoopeston’s residents live; 2022.
A National Register landmark since 2002
Hoopeston Public Library District, 110 North Fourth Street, Hoopeston.
No late fees. Good at every Hoopeston Public Library District branch.
New in Hoopeston? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library
Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2002. It is significant for its education at the local level. Its architecture is described as Classical Revival. It was listed as part of Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS.
The Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 110 N. Fourth St. in Hoopeston, Illinois. Hoopeston's library program began in 1898, when the Mary Hartwell Catherwood Club started a library in the town hall. In 1903, the program acquired a $12,500 grant from the Carnegie Foundation for a library building; the building was completed in 1904. Architect James F.
More about the building →Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Hoopeston Public Library District serves 8,927 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 Hoopeston Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
25K 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 Hoopeston’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.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.02 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Hoopeston cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $450K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $459K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $450K 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 4,905 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. Hoopeston Public Library District serves 8,927 people in and around Hoopeston, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Hoopeston.
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 Hoopeston
Does Hoopeston have a public library?
Yes. Hoopeston Public Library District, 110 North Fourth Street, serves 8,927 people in and around Hoopeston (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Hoopeston Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Hoopeston’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 2.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Hoopeston’s civic life grade?
A− Hoopeston is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns on civic life, #124 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 Hoopeston.
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. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places; photo via Wikimedia Commons. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.