Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0McLean’s library lends 6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District serves 1,252 people in and around McLean. Last year it lent 7,561 print books and media and logged 4,877 visits.
What stands out about Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind McLean’s civic life grade
McLean 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.
Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District serves 1,252 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, for the whole Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
7,561 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 McLean’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
13 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District, 111 South Hamilton Street, Mclean.
No late fees. Good at every Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District branch.
New in McLean? 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 $1.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average McLean cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $101K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $133K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $101K 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 336 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. Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District serves 1,252 people in and around McLean, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just McLean.
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 McLean
Does McLean have a public library?
Yes. Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District, 111 South Hamilton Street, serves 1,252 people in and around McLean (the survey’s count) and is open about 29 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mount Hope-Funk's Grove Townships Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is McLean’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 6.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is McLean’s civic life grade?
McLean 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 McLean.
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.