Nokomis’ library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Nokomis Public Library serves 2,783 people in and around Nokomis. Last year it lent 11K print books and media and logged 3,680 visits.
What Nokomis’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Nokomis Public Library 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 14% of the people Nokomis Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
Nokomis Public Library serves more than Nokomis
The library’s service area covers 2,783 people in and around Nokomis, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Nokomis Public Library holds 29,000 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.
What’s behind Nokomis’ civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Nokomis is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. Nokomis is graded on two of the three inputs. Nokomis’ count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups pulls it down.
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 →
11 community nonprofits are registered in Nokomis
5.1 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.7%
6.7% of Nokomis’ 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 Nokomis’ residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Nokomis Public Library serves 2,783 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
11K 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 Nokomis’ library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 29K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
43 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
Nokomis Public Library, 100 North Spruce Street, Nokomis.
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 $1.90 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Nokomis cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $100K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $189K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $100K 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 381 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.
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 Nokomis
Does Nokomis have a public library?
Yes. Nokomis Public Library, 100 North Spruce Street, serves 2,783 people in and around Nokomis (the survey’s count) and is open about 47 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Nokomis Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Nokomis’ library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 3.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Nokomis’ civic life grade?
B Nokomis is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Nokomis.
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.