Rockbridge Township’s library lends 5.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Greenfield Public Library serves 1,059 people in and around Rockbridge Township. Last year it lent 5,987 print books and media and logged 3,689 visits.
Rockbridge Township’s library, in brief
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
66% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 30%. What your card is worth ↓
A small-town library
Greenfield Public Library serves 1,059 residents with about one full-time staff. 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 ↓
Open only about 22 hours a week
Greenfield Public Library keeps short hours: about 22 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Jerseyville Public Library in Jersey Township, next door, is open about 64 hours a week. The building ↓
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 Rockbridge Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Rockbridge Township is ahead of 72% of U.S. towns. Rockbridge Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Rockbridge 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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Rockbridge Township
6.4 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.2%
7.2% of Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Greenfield Public Library serves 1,059 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
5,987 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 Rockbridge Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 7,980 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
72 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
Greenfield Public Library, 515 Chestnut Street, Greenfield.
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 $2.57 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rockbridge Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $47K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $120K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $47K 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 229 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Rockbridge Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Township | Jerseyville Public Library | 6.9 | 64 | B+ |
| Rockbridge Township | Greenfield Public Library fine-free | 5.7 | 22 | B+ |
| Greenfield | Greenfield Public Library fine-free | 5.7 | 22 | — graded with its twin city |
| Linder Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ruyle Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Rubicon Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kane Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Western Mound 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 Rockbridge Township
Does Rockbridge Township have a public library?
Yes. Greenfield Public Library, 515 Chestnut Street, serves 1,059 people in and around Rockbridge Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Greenfield Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Rockbridge Township’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 5.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Rockbridge Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Rockbridge Township is ahead of 72% 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 Rockbridge 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.