Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Mahomet’s library lends 9.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Mahomet Public Library District serves 13,697 people in and around Mahomet. Last year it lent 129K print books and media and logged 71K visits.
Mahomet’s library, in brief
Mahomet is a town of borrowers
Mahomet Public Library District lends 9.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, more than 88% of similar-size libraries. Each item on the shelves went out about 2.5 times last year. What people borrow ↓
Open about 64 hours a week
Mahomet Public Library District is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 39 items go out. The building ↓
Mahomet Public Library District serves more than Mahomet
The library’s service area covers 13,697 people in and around Mahomet, 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.
What’s behind Mahomet’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Mahomet is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #115 of 754 in Illinois. Mahomet is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
46 community nonprofits are registered in Mahomet
4.6 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 (13 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.6%
9.6% of Mahomet’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 Mahomet’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
129K 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 Mahomet’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 52K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.5 times last year, on average.
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.
Mahomet Public Library District serves 13,697 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 39 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 3 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
Mahomet Public Library District, 1702 East Oak Street, Mahomet.
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 $2.51 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mahomet cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $937K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $937K 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 4,173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet | Mahomet Public Library District fine-free | 9.4 | 64 | A− |
| Mahomet Township | Mahomet Public Library District fine-free | 9.4 | 64 | B+ |
| Lake of the Woods | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Hensley Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Newcomb 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 Mahomet
Does Mahomet have a public library?
Yes. Mahomet Public Library District, 1702 East Oak Street, serves 13,697 people in and around Mahomet (the survey’s count) and is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mahomet Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Mahomet’s library?
It logged 5.2 visits and lent 9.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Mahomet’s civic life grade?
A− Mahomet is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on civic life, #115 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 Mahomet.
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.