Union Township’s library lends 5.4 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Village of Avon Public Library serves 704 people in and around Union Township. Last year it lent 3,817 print books and media and logged 2,479 visits.
Union Township’s library, in brief
Open only about 18 hours a week
Village of Avon Public Library keeps short hours: about 18 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Village of Avon Public Library serves 704 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Union Township’s civic life grade
Union 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 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Village of Avon Public Library serves 704 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,817 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 Union Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 8,183 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.5 time last year, on average.
38 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Village of Avon Public Library, 105 South Main Street, Avon.
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 $2.53 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Union Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $29K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $72K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $29K 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 171 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | Village of Avon Public Library fine-free | 5.4 | 18 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Greenbush Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ellisville Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Lee Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Indian Point 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 Union Township
Does Union Township have a public library?
Yes. Village of Avon Public Library, 105 South Main Street, serves 704 people in and around Union Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 18 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Village of Avon Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Union Township’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 5.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Union Township’s civic life grade?
Union 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 Union 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.