Photo: A. McMurray A mcmurray · CC BY 2.5Sandwich Township’s library runs 64 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Sandwich Public Library District serves 7,714 people in and around Sandwich Township. Last year it lent 34K print books and media and logged 35K visits.
What stands out about Sandwich Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Sandwich Township’s civic life grade
Sandwich 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 4 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Sandwich Public Library District serves 7,714 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
34K 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 Sandwich Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 42K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.8 time last year, on average.
About 4 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
Sandwich Public Library District, 925 South Main Street, Sandwich.
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 $1.34 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sandwich Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $462K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $619K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $462K 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 2,282 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Sandwich Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Grove Township | Hinckley Public Library District | 6.7 | 47 | A |
| Sandwich Township | Sandwich Public Library District fine-free | 4.4 | 53 | — graded with its twin city |
| Somonauk Township | Somonauk Public Library District fine-free | 3.1 | 55 | — graded with its twin city |
| Little Rock Township | Plano Community Library District fine-free | — | 54 | C |
| Northville Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
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 Sandwich Township
Does Sandwich Township have a public library?
Yes. Sandwich Public Library District, 925 South Main Street, serves 7,714 people in and around Sandwich Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Sandwich Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Sandwich Township’s library?
It logged 4.5 visits and lent 4.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Sandwich Township’s civic life grade?
Sandwich 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 Sandwich 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.