Orland Township’s library lends 6.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Orland Park Public Library serves 58,703 people in and around Orland Township. Last year it lent 390K print books and media and logged 214K visits.
Orland Township’s library, in brief
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Orland Park Public Library charges late fines on some overdue items. Four of the six libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 72 hours a week
Orland Park Public Library is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 104 items go out. The buildings ↓
Orland Township invests in its library
Orland Park Public Library spends $102 per resident a year, about twice the typical $40 for a library its size. Almost all of it (93%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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 Orland Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Orland Township is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #510 of 754 in Illinois. Orland Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($78K–$130K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
245 community nonprofits are registered in Orland Township
2.5 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (62 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 15 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.5%
7.5% of Orland Township’s 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 Orland Township’s residents live; 2022.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Orland Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $6M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $6M 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 21,316 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Orland Park Public Library serves 58,703 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 104 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
390K 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 Orland Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 241K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.6 times last year, on average.
About 7 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.
2 places to borrow in Orland Township
Orland Park Public Library, 14921 South Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Orland Township
Libraries next door
Orland Township ranks 2nd of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort Township | Frankfort Public Library District | 7.7 | 67 | C+ |
| Orland Township | Orland Park Public Library | 6.6 | 72 | C |
| Orland Park | Orland Park Public Library | 6.6 | 72 | C+ |
| Homer Township | Homer Township Public Library District fine-free | 3.2 | 61 | C+ |
| Homer Glen | Homer Township Public Library District fine-free | 3.2 | 61 | C+ |
| Bremen Township | Acorn Public Library District fine-free | — | 64 | D |
| Palos Township | Green Hills Public Library District fine-free | — | 69 | C− |
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 Orland Township
Does Orland Township have a public library?
Yes. Orland Park Public Library, 14921 South Ravinia Avenue, serves 58,703 people in and around Orland Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 72 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Orland Park Public Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Orland Township’s library?
It logged 3.6 visits and lent 6.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Orland Township’s civic life grade?
C Orland Township is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on civic life, #510 of 754 in Illinois. 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 Orland 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.