Pierre Martin House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSugar Loaf Township’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Daugherty Public Library District serves 6,431 people in and around Sugar Loaf Township. Last year it lent 12K print books and media and logged 6,573 visits.
What Sugar Loaf Township’s library is like
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Daugherty Public Library District sits below the middle on all five per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 15% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 42% for its size. How it compares ↓
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; Daugherty Public Library District serves 6,431 people in and around Sugar Loaf Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Sugar Loaf Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Sugar Loaf Township is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #637 of 754 in Illinois. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Sugar Loaf Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Sugar Loaf Township’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 ($55K–$91K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Sugar Loaf Township
0.8 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 (9 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.6%
8.6% of Sugar Loaf 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 Sugar Loaf Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Daugherty Public Library District serves 6,431 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Daugherty Public Library District system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
12K 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 Sugar Loaf Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Daugherty Public Library District, 220 South Fifth Street, Dupo.
Good at every Daugherty Public Library District branch.
New in Sugar Loaf Township? The Handbook →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 Sugar Loaf Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $254K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $229K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $254K 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 986 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | Central Library fine-free | 8.6 | 64 | A− |
| Millstadt Township | Millstadt Library District | 3.3 | 40 | B− |
| Sugar Loaf Township | Daugherty Public Library District | — | 58 | C− |
| Centreville Township | Cahokia Public Library District | — | 49 | D |
| Cahokia Heights | Cahokia Public Library District | — | 49 | D− |
| Dupo | Daugherty Public Library District | — | 58 | C− |
| Stookey Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Lemay | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
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. Daugherty 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.
- System-wide. Daugherty Public Library District serves 6,431 people in and around Sugar Loaf Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Sugar Loaf Township.
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 Sugar Loaf Township
Does Sugar Loaf Township have a public library?
Yes. Daugherty Public Library District, 220 South Fifth Street, serves 6,431 people in and around Sugar Loaf Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Daugherty Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Sugar Loaf Township’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits and lent 1.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Sugar Loaf Township’s civic life grade?
C− Sugar Loaf Township is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on civic life, #637 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 Sugar Loaf 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.