Minonk Township’s library lends 5.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Filger Public Library serves 1,928 people in and around Minonk Township. Last year it lent 12K books, movies and e-books and logged 5,734 visits.
The short version on Minonk Township’s library
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Filger Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Two of the three libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Nearly everyone in Minonk Township has a card
1,647 cards for 1,928 people, or 85%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
79% of the 78 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 11 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Filger Public Library holds 31,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. 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 Minonk Township’s civic life grade
Minonk 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 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Filger Public Library serves 1,928 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.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
12K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 31K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.
1,625 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
78 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.
Find it
Filger Public Library, 261 East Fifth Street, Minonk.
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 $2.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Minonk Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $84K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $183K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $84K 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 1,647 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minonk Township | Filger Public Library | 6.2 | 34 | — graded with its twin city |
| Minonk | Filger Public Library | 6.2 | 34 | C+ |
| Clayton Township | Benson Branch Library fine-free | — | 9 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Nebraska Township | Flanagan Public Library District fine-free | — | 26 | B+ |
| Panola Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Groveland 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 Minonk Township
Does Minonk Township have a public library?
Yes. Filger Public Library, 261 East Fifth Street, serves 1,928 people in and around Minonk Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 34 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Filger Public 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 Minonk Township’s library?
It logged 3.0 visits and lent 6.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Minonk Township’s civic life grade?
Minonk 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 Minonk 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.