Little Mackinaw Township’s library lends 9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
H.A. Peine District Library serves Little Mackinaw Township’s 1,459 residents. Last year it lent 14K books, movies and e-books and logged 5,784 visits.
Little Mackinaw Township’s library, in brief
A small-town library
H.A. Peine District Library serves 1,459 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 40 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 ↓
Kids borrow more here than almost anywhere
Children’s books and media are 54% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 88% of similar-size libraries. That works out to about 21 items per child in Little Mackinaw Township last year. 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 56% 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Little Mackinaw Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Little Mackinaw Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. Little Mackinaw Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
6 community nonprofits are registered in Little Mackinaw Township
5.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.9%
6.9% of Little Mackinaw 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 Little Mackinaw Township’s residents live; 2022.
38 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Little Mackinaw Township last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
H.A. Peine District Library serves 1,459 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
14K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 14K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.9 time last year, on average.
1,141 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
H.A. Peine Public Library District, 202 North Main Street, Minier.
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 $1.73 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Little Mackinaw Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $125K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $216K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $125K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 336 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mackinaw Township | H.A. Peine Public Library District | 9.7 | 40 | B |
| Allin Township | Allin Township Library fine-free | 1.0 | 28 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mackinaw Township | Mackinaw District Public Library fine-free | — | 44 | A− |
| Hopedale Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Hittle 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 Little Mackinaw Township
Does Little Mackinaw Township have a public library?
Yes. H.A. Peine District Library, 202 North Main Street, serves Little Mackinaw Township’s 1,459 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is H.A. Peine District Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Little Mackinaw Township’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 9.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Little Mackinaw Township’s civic life grade?
B Little Mackinaw Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Little Mackinaw 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.