Kaneville’s library lends 7.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Kaneville Public Library District serves 1,155 people in and around Kaneville. Last year it lent 8,857 print books and media and logged 5,873 visits.
What Kaneville’s library is like
A small-town library
Kaneville Public Library District serves 1,155 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 32 hours a week. 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 ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 20% of the people Kaneville Public Library District serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Kaneville Public Library District serves more than Kaneville
The library’s service area covers 1,155 people in and around Kaneville, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
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 Kaneville’s civic life grade
Kaneville 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Kaneville Public Library District serves 1,155 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
8,857 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 Kaneville’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
36 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
Kaneville Public Library District, 2s101 Harter Road, Kaneville.
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 $1.47 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Kaneville cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $110K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $161K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $110K 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 230 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 Kaneville
Does Kaneville have a public library?
Yes. Kaneville Public Library District, 2s101 Harter Road, serves 1,155 people in and around Kaneville (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Kaneville Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Kaneville’s library?
It logged 5.1 visits and lent 7.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Kaneville’s civic life grade?
Kaneville 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 Kaneville.
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.