Pigeon Grove Township’s library lends 10 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Cissna Park Community Library District serves 1,687 people in and around Pigeon Grove Township. Last year it lent 18K print books and media and logged 7,542 visits.
Pigeon Grove Township’s library, in brief
Programs are almost all for children
85% of the 207 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 27 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
5,959 people came to the system’s 207 programs last year: 3.5 per resident, against a typical 0.7, more than at 95% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
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; Cissna Park Community Library District serves 1,687 people in and around Pigeon Grove Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Pigeon Grove Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pigeon Grove Township is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. Pigeon Grove Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Pigeon Grove Township’s 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Pigeon Grove Township
7.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (4 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
5.2%
5.2% of Pigeon Grove 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 Pigeon Grove Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Cissna Park Community Library District serves 1,687 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Cissna Park Community Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
18K 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 Pigeon Grove Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Find it
Cissna Park Community Library District, 511 North Second Street, Cissna Park.
No late fees. Good at every Cissna Park Community Library District branch.
New in Pigeon Grove Township? The Handbook →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 $3.74 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pigeon Grove Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $96K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $358K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $96K 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 631 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loda Township | A. Herr Smith & E.E. Smith Loda Township Library | 3.6 | 34 | C− |
| Pigeon Grove Township | Cissna Park Community Library District fine-free | — | 46 | B− |
| Cissna Park | Cissna Park Community Library District fine-free | — | 46 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Fountain Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Artesia Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ash Grove 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.
- System-wide. Cissna Park Community Library District serves 1,687 people in and around Pigeon Grove Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Pigeon Grove Township.
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 Pigeon Grove Township
Does Pigeon Grove Township have a public library?
Yes. Cissna Park Community Library District, 511 North Second Street, serves 1,687 people in and around Pigeon Grove Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 46 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Cissna Park Community Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Pigeon Grove Township’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 10.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Pigeon Grove Township’s civic life grade?
B− Pigeon Grove Township is ahead of 53% 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 Pigeon Grove 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.