Indian Grove Township’s library logs 8.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Dominy Memorial Library serves 3,633 people in and around Indian Grove Township. Last year it lent 39K books, movies and e-books and logged 29K visits.
What Indian Grove Township’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 68% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Indian Grove Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Dominy Memorial Library logs 8.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 9.8 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 90% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Gifts and endowments pay a real share
34% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 58%. What your card is worth ↓
Most programs are for young children
77% of the 91 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 50 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 55% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Indian Grove Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Indian Grove Township is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #465 of 754 in Illinois. Indian Grove Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Indian Grove Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($56K–$94K) 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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Indian Grove Township
4.1 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.9%
5.9% of Indian Grove 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 Indian Grove Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 1 kids’ program a week
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Dominy Memorial Library serves 3,633 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 18 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
39K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 21K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.7 times last year, on average.
3,151 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Dominy Memorial Library, 201 South Third Street, Fairbury.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home.
New in Indian Grove 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 $3.25 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Indian Grove Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $183K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $595K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $183K 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 1,224 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Township | Forrest Public Library District fine-free | 12.1 | 36 | D |
| Indian Grove Township | Dominy Memorial Library fine-free | 10.6 | 41 | C |
| Yates Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lawndale Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Avoca Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Belle Prairie Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Indian Grove Township
Does Indian Grove Township have a public library?
Yes. Dominy Memorial Library, 201 South Third Street, serves 3,633 people in and around Indian Grove Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 41 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Dominy Memorial Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Indian Grove Township’s library?
It logged 8.1 visits and lent 10.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Indian Grove Township’s civic life grade?
C Indian Grove Township is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on civic life, #465 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 Indian Grove 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.