Jarvis Township’s library runs 46 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Tri-Township Public Library District serves 16,886 people in and around Jarvis Township. Last year it lent 83K print books and media and logged 70K visits.
What stands out about Jarvis Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Jarvis Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Jarvis Township is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #266 of 754 in Illinois. Jarvis Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Jarvis Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
41 community nonprofits are registered in Jarvis Township
2.6 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 (11 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.
11.3%
11.3% of Jarvis 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 Jarvis Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Tri-Township Public Library District serves 16,886 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 26 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
83K 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 Jarvis Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 21K books and other items on the shelves went out about 4 times last year, on average.
About 9 kids’ programs 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.
Find it
Tri-Township Public Library District, 209 South Main Street, Troy.
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 $1.95 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Jarvis Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $782K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.5M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $782K 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 3,603 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Jarvis Township ranks 2nd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon Township | O'Fallon Public Library fine-free | 7.8 | 61 | B |
| Jarvis Township | Tri-Township Public Library District fine-free | 4.9 | 61 | B |
| Troy | Tri-Township Public Library District fine-free | 4.9 | 61 | B+ |
| Collinsville Township | Collinsville Memorial Library Center fine-free | 2.7 | 60 | B− |
| St. Jacob Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Pin Oak Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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.
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 Jarvis Township
Does Jarvis Township have a public library?
Yes. Tri-Township Public Library District, 209 South Main Street, serves 16,886 people in and around Jarvis Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 61 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tri-Township Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Jarvis Township’s library?
It logged 4.1 visits and lent 4.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Jarvis Township’s civic life grade?
B Jarvis Township is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on civic life, #266 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 Jarvis 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.