Raymond Township’s library runs 167 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Doyle Public Library District serves 1,692 people in and around Raymond Township. Last year it lent 4,575 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,909 visits.
The short version on Raymond Township’s library
Few residents carry a card
Only 19% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
75% of the 282 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 24 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Fewer visits than most libraries its size
Doyle Public Library District records 1.1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, below 90% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing holds up better, at 2.5 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; Doyle Public Library District serves 1,692 people in and around Raymond 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 Raymond Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Raymond Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Raymond Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Raymond 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 →
8 community nonprofits are registered in Raymond Township
7.0 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
6.2%
6.2% of Raymond 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 Raymond Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Doyle Public Library District serves 1,692 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Doyle Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
4,575 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
428 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
282 programs a year
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.
Find it
Doyle Public Library District, 109 South O'Bannon Street, Raymond.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Good at every Doyle Public Library District branch.
New in Raymond 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 $1.18 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Raymond Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $68K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $81K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $68K 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 323 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Township | Doyle Public Library District | — | 40 | B |
| Rountree Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Zanesville Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Butler Grove Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Harvel Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| King 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.
- System-wide. Doyle Public Library District serves 1,692 people in and around Raymond Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Raymond 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 Raymond Township
Does Raymond Township have a public library?
Yes. Doyle Public Library District, 109 South O'Bannon Street, serves 1,692 people in and around Raymond Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Doyle Public Library District fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Raymond Township’s library?
It logged 1.1 visits and lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Raymond Township’s civic life grade?
B Raymond Township is ahead of 62% 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 Raymond 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.