Photo: Wiszo8 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sauk Village’s library runs 43 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District serves Sauk Village’s 9,345 residents. Last year it lent 6,908 print books and media and logged 27K visits.
What Sauk Village’s library is like
Few residents carry a card
Only 9% of the people Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District lends 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, fewer than 93% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District holds 39,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. What people borrow ↓
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 Sauk Village’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Sauk Village is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #643 of 754 in Illinois. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Sauk Village’s 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($52K–$87K) 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.
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 →
27 community nonprofits are registered in Sauk Village
2.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
2.7%
2.7% of Sauk Village’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 Sauk Village’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District serves 9,345 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 3 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
6,908 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 Sauk Village’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 39K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 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
Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District, 21737 Jeffrey Avenue, Sauk Village.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Sauk Village cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $257K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $217K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $257K 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 802 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Village | Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District | 0.7 | 44 | D |
| Steger | Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library District fine-free | — | 48 | D |
| Lynwood | Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District fine-free | — | 51 | D |
| Ford Heights | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 Sauk Village
Does Sauk Village have a public library?
Yes. Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District, 21737 Jeffrey Avenue, serves Sauk Village’s 9,345 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 44 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Nancy L. Mcconathy Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Sauk Village’s library?
It logged 2.9 visits and lent 0.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Sauk Village’s civic life grade?
D Sauk Village is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on civic life, #643 of 754 in Illinois. 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 Sauk Village.
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.