Pleasant View Township’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Blue Mound Memorial Library District serves 2,291 people in and around Pleasant View Township. Last year it lent 6,878 print books and media and logged 2,288 visits.
The short version on Pleasant View Township’s library
A small-town library
Blue Mound Memorial Library District serves 2,291 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 43 hours a week. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Blue Mound Memorial Library District serves more than Pleasant View Township
The library’s service area covers 2,291 people in and around Pleasant View Township, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Blue Mound Memorial Library District records 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 91% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 3 print items per resident. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Pleasant View Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pleasant View Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns. Pleasant View Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Pleasant View Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
4 community nonprofits are registered in Pleasant View Township
3.2 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.9%
11.9% of Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Blue Mound Memorial Library District serves 2,291 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
6,878 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 Pleasant View Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 17K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
67 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
Blue Mound Memorial Library District, 213 North Saint Marie Street, Blue Mound.
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 $1.17 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pleasant View Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $111K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $130K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $111K 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 906 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Township | Blue Mound Memorial Library District | 3.0 | 43 | B+ |
| South Macon Township | South Macon Public Library District fine-free | 2.3 | 33 | A |
| Blue Mound Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Prairieton 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 Pleasant View Township
Does Pleasant View Township have a public library?
Yes. Blue Mound Memorial Library District, 213 North Saint Marie Street, serves 2,291 people in and around Pleasant View Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Blue Mound Memorial Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Pleasant View Township’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 3.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Pleasant View Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Pleasant View Township is ahead of 71% 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 Pleasant View 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.