Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Monticello Township’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Allerton Public Library District serves Monticello Township’s 6,133 residents. Last year it lent 68K print books and media and logged 31K visits.
Monticello Township’s library, in brief
Illinois pays a big share
59% of the budget comes from the state, and 33% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Monticello Township is a town of borrowers
Allerton Public Library District lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 93% 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.
What’s behind Monticello Township’s civic life grade
Monticello 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 →
Books and media off the shelf
68K 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 Monticello Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 36K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Allerton Public Library District serves 6,133 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 25 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 4 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
Allerton Public Library District, 4000 Green Apple Lane, Monticello.
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 $2.71 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Monticello Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $448K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.2M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $448K 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 1,538 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Township | Allerton Public Library District fine-free | 11.2 | 53 | — graded with its twin city |
| Willow Branch Township | Willow Branch Township Library | 1.7 | 25 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Bement Township | Bement Public Library District | — | 30 | — graded with its twin city |
| Sangamon Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Colfax 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.
- 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 Monticello Township
Does Monticello Township have a public library?
Yes. Allerton Public Library District, 4000 Green Apple Lane, serves Monticello Township’s 6,133 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Allerton Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Monticello Township’s library?
It logged 5.0 visits and lent 11.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Monticello Township’s civic life grade?
Monticello 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 Monticello 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.