Leepertown Township’s library logs 1.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Leepertown Township Public Library serves Leepertown Township’s 333 residents. Last year it lent 199 print books and media and logged 571 visits.
The short version on Leepertown Township’s library
Leepertown Township Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Leepertown Township Public Library records 1.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. How it compares ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
Leepertown Township Public Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Granville Branch Library in Granville Township, next door, is open about 48 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Leepertown Township Public Library serves 333 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 Leepertown Township Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Leepertown Township Public Library offered 3 programs last year, 9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
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 Leepertown Township’s civic life grade
Leepertown Township 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 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Leepertown Township Public Library serves 333 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Leepertown Township Public Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
199 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 Leepertown Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 3,699 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
3 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Leepertown Township Public Library, 201 East Nebraska Street, Bureau.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Leepertown Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $22K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3,664 worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $22K 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 68 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Leepertown Township ranks 7th of 9 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin Township | Putnam County Public Library District fine-free | 4.6 | 45 | A− |
| Hennepin | Putnam County Public Library District fine-free | 4.6 | 45 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Senachwine Township | Putnam (Condit) Branch Library fine-free | 4.6 | 11 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Granville Township | Granville Branch Library fine-free | 4.6 | 48 | A+ |
| Arispie Township | Tiskilwa Public Library fine-free | 3.4 | 37 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Hall Township | Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library fine-free | 2.2 | 39 | C |
| Leepertown Township | Leepertown Township Public Library fine-free | 0.6 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Selby Township | Selby Township Library District fine-free | 0.5 | 27 | D− |
| De Pue | Selby Township Library District fine-free | 0.5 | 27 | — too few inputs |
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 Leepertown Township
Does Leepertown Township have a public library?
Yes. Leepertown Township Public Library, 201 East Nebraska Street, serves Leepertown Township’s 333 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Leepertown Township Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Leepertown Township’s library?
It logged 1.7 visits and lent 0.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Leepertown Township’s civic life grade?
Leepertown Township 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 Leepertown 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.