Photo: DianePearse69 · CC BY-SA 4.0Pana’s library runs 4.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Carnegie-Schuyler Library serves Pana’s 5,199 residents. Last year it lent 15K books, movies and e-books and logged 5,493 visits.
What Pana’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Carnegie-Schuyler Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Carnegie-Schuyler Library offered 23 programs last year, 4.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Illinois pays a big share
34% of the budget comes from the state, and 57% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 13% of the people Carnegie-Schuyler Library serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
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 Pana’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Pana is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #298 of 754 in Illinois. Pana’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
30 community nonprofits are registered in Pana
5.8 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.4%
9.4% of Pana’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 Pana’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Carnegie-Schuyler Library serves 5,199 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
15K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 28K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
23 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Pana last year.
Find it
Carnegie-Schuyler Library, 303 East Second Street, Pana.
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 $1.82 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pana cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $130K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $237K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $130K 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 699 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pana | Carnegie-Schuyler Library | 2.8 | 30 | B− |
| Pana Township | Carnegie-Schuyler Library | 2.8 | 30 | — graded with its twin city |
| Tower Hill 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Carnegie-Schuyler Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Pana
Does Pana have a public library?
Yes. Carnegie-Schuyler Library, 303 East Second Street, serves Pana’s 5,199 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carnegie-Schuyler Library fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Pana’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 2.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Pana’s civic life grade?
B− Pana is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on civic life, #298 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 Pana.
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.