Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRushville Township’s library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Rushville Public Library serves 3,005 people in and around Rushville Township. Last year it lent 26K print books and media and logged 37K visits.
What Rushville Township’s library is like
Mostly paid for by gifts, not taxes
51% of the library’s income comes from gifts, endowments, fees and other sources, not taxes. Local taxes cover 33%. What your card is worth ↓
Rushville Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Rushville Public Library logs 12 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, and lends 8.5 print items per resident against a typical 3.8. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Programs draw a crowd
5,203 people came to the library’s 132 programs last year: 1.7 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 93% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A place to get online
Rushville Public Library logs about 111 Wi-Fi sessions a day and has 10 public computers. That’s 13 sessions per resident a year. A year at the library ↓
Programs lean toward adults
50% of the 132 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 46 were for children. 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.
What’s behind Rushville Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Rushville Township is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns. Rushville Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Rushville Township’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 →
24 community nonprofits are registered in Rushville Township
9.9 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.8%
9.8% of Rushville 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 Rushville Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Rushville Public Library serves 3,005 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Books and media off the shelf
26K 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 Rushville Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 26K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1 time last year, on average.
132 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
Rushville Public Library, 514 Maple Avenue, Rushville.
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 $5.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Rushville Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $105K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $610K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $105K 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 574 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushville Township | Rushville Public Library fine-free | 8.5 | 36 | A |
| Astoria Township | Astoria Public Library District fine-free | — | 33 | A |
| Oakland Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Bainbridge Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Frederick Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Buena Vista Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Browning 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 Rushville Township
Does Rushville Township have a public library?
Yes. Rushville Public Library, 514 Maple Avenue, serves 3,005 people in and around Rushville Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 36 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Rushville Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Rushville Township’s library?
It logged 12.2 visits and lent 8.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Rushville Township’s civic life grade?
A Rushville Township is ahead of 95% 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 Rushville 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.