Tremont’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Tremont District Library serves 4,937 people in and around Tremont. Last year it lent 62K print books and media and logged 28K visits.
What Tremont’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
84% of the 403 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Tremont District Library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. 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; Tremont District Library serves 4,937 people in and around Tremont, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Tremont’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Tremont is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns. Tremont is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Tremont’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 →
16 community nonprofits are registered in Tremont
6.8 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 (7 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.2%
10.2% of Tremont’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 Tremont’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
62K 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 Tremont’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 5 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Tremont District Library serves 4,937 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 24 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tremont District Library system. The library’s own count.
About 7 kids’ programs 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
Tremont District Library, 215 South Sampson Street, Tremont.
No late fees. Good at every Tremont District Library branch.
New in Tremont? The Handbook →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 $2.93 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tremont cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $357K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $357K 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 1,577 cardholders ÷ 12.
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.
- System-wide. Tremont District Library serves 4,937 people in and around Tremont, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tremont.
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 Tremont
Does Tremont have a public library?
Yes. Tremont District Library, 215 South Sampson Street, serves 4,937 people in and around Tremont (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tremont District Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Tremont’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 12.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Tremont’s civic life grade?
A Tremont is ahead of 92% 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 Tremont.
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.