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New Windsor Public Library District

Rivoli Township’s library runs 9.6 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size

New Windsor Public Library District serves Rivoli Township’s 1,147 residents. Last year it lent 3,224 print books and media and logged 2,498 visits.

412 Main Street, New Windsor 61465 · about 30 hours a week
CCivic lifeAhead of 34% of U.S. towns. Library visits, nonprofits and volunteering.
Borrowed a year
3,224
2.8 per resident
Visits a year
2,498
2.2 per resident · Below typical (3.5)
Programs & events
11
about 1 a week · 159 attended
Cardholders
13%
154 cards
Open
30 hrs
a week
In brief

The short version on Rivoli Township’s library

Below typical on every measure

Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, New Windsor Public Library District sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓

A small-town library

New Windsor Public Library District serves 1,147 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 30 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 ↓

Few residents carry a card

Only 13% of the people New Windsor Public Library District serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓

Few programs for a library this size

New Windsor Public Library District offered 11 programs last year, 9.6 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.

Civic life grade

What’s behind Rivoli Township’s civic life grade

On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Rivoli Township is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Rivoli Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.

C
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Rivoli Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 34%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $42K–$70K (6,606)Ahead of 31%

Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($42K–$70K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.

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.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. Rivoli Township is small (1,019 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

2 community nonprofits are registered in Rivoli Township

1.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation10.82 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.82 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17

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.

Volunteering

10.8%

10.8% of Rivoli 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 Rivoli Township’s residents live; 2022.

How it compares

Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 2.2 visits · typical 3.5Lower than 71%
Borrowing per resident 2.8 print items · typical 3.9Lower than 63%
Program attendance 0.1 attendees · typical 0.7Lower than 85%
Programs offered 9.6 per 1,000 residents · typical 60Lower than 87%
Cardholders 13% of residents · typical 54%Bottom 10%
Spending $39 per resident · typical $54Lower than 69%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

New Windsor Public Library District serves 1,147 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out

Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.

2,498
visits
2.2 per resident
3,224
loans, print + digital
2.8 per resident
11
programs & events
159 attended
154
library cards
13% of people served
Every open hour2items borrowed
Every week3people at a program
Every day0Wi-Fi sessions
1 staff (full-time equivalent)5 public computers11K books & media on the shelves
What people borrow

Books and media off the shelf

3,224 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 Rivoli Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.

How hard the shelves work
0.3×

Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.3 time last year, on average.

Kids & programs

11 programs a year

Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.

Schools in Rivoli Township →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–52
Ages 6–118
Teens0
Adults1
All ages0
Little ones
0

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

159
people at programs
11
programs
The building

Find it

New Windsor Public Library District, 412 Main Street, New Windsor.

30
hours open a week
1,400
square feet
11K
books & media
With a card

Ask at the desk about getting a card.

New in Rivoli Township? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.27 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rivoli Township cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
2
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
0
Your card saves you about
$408
a year at retail prices · $34 a month

Who pays for it
$39 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $45K.

Local taxes 90%State 8%Gifts & other 2%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $57K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $45K 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 154 cardholders ÷ 12.

Next door

Libraries next door

Rivoli Township ranks 3rd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.

12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Greene TownshipViola Public Library District fine-free8.638B
Richland Grove TownshipSherrard Public Library District3.444B+
Rivoli TownshipNew Windsor Public Library District2.830C
North Henderson TownshipNone of its own——— under 1,000 residents
Oxford TownshipNone of its own——A

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).

How to read these numbers

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 Rivoli Township

Does Rivoli Township have a public library?

Yes. New Windsor Public Library District, 412 Main Street, serves Rivoli Township’s 1,147 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is New Windsor Public Library District fine-free?

It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).

How busy is Rivoli Township’s library?

It logged 2.2 visits and lent 2.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.

What is Rivoli Township’s civic life grade?

C Rivoli Township is ahead of 34% 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 Rivoli Township.

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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.