Maquon’s library runs 9.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Maquon Public Library District serves 1,489 people in and around Maquon. Last year it lent 4,536 print books and media and logged 2,267 visits.
Maquon’s library, in brief
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Maquon Public Library District sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Maquon Public Library District offered 14 programs last year, 9.4 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; Maquon Public Library District serves 1,489 people in and around Maquon, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Maquon’s civic life grade
Maquon 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 →
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Maquon Public Library District serves 1,489 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Maquon Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
4,536 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 Maquon’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
14 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Maquon Public Library District, 210 Main Street, Maquon.
No late fees. Good at every Maquon Public Library District branch.
New in Maquon? The Handbook →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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Maquon cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $46K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $79K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $46K 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 229 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.
- System-wide. Maquon Public Library District serves 1,489 people in and around Maquon, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Maquon.
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 Maquon
Does Maquon have a public library?
Yes. Maquon Public Library District, 210 Main Street, serves 1,489 people in and around Maquon (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Maquon Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Maquon’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 3.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Maquon’s civic life grade?
Maquon 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 Maquon.
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.