Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Quincy Township’s library lends 7.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Quincy Public Library serves 39,463 people in and around Quincy Township. Last year it lent 291K print books and media and logged 102K visits.
What stands out about Quincy Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Quincy Township’s civic life grade
Quincy Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Quincy Public Library serves 39,463 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 129 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
291K 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 Quincy Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 162K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
About 8 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.
Find it
Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey Street, Quincy.
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 $1.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Quincy Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $3.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $5.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $3.1M 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 13,795 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Township | Quincy Public Library fine-free | 7.4 | 43 | — graded with its twin city |
| Quincy | Quincy Public Library fine-free | 7.4 | 43 | B |
| Melrose Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Riverside Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Ellington Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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. Quincy Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 Quincy Township
Does Quincy Township have a public library?
Yes. Quincy Public Library, 526 Jersey Street, serves 39,463 people in and around Quincy Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Quincy Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Quincy Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 7.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Quincy Township’s civic life grade?
Quincy Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Quincy 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.