Photo: Chris Light at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Utica Township’s library runs 7.3 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Utica Public Library District serves Utica Township’s 2,454 residents. Last year it lent 11K print books and media and logged 7,904 visits.
The short version on Utica Township’s library
A small-town library
Utica Public Library District serves 2,454 residents with about 2 full-time staff, open about 32 hours a week. 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 ↓
Still charges late fines, unlike its neighbors
Utica Public Library District charges late fines on some overdue items. All three libraries in neighboring towns have dropped them. What your card is worth ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Utica Public Library District offered 18 programs last year, 7.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people Utica Public Library District serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Utica Public Library District holds 54,000 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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Utica Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Utica Township is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns. Utica Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Utica Township’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 →
14 community nonprofits are registered in Utica Township
7.7 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.7%
11.7% of Utica 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 Utica Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Utica Public Library District serves 2,454 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
11K 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 Utica Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 54K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
18 programs a year
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
Utica Public Library District, 224 Mill Street, Utica.
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 $1.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Utica Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $146K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $193K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $146K 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 392 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Utica Township borrows the most per resident of the 3 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica Township | Utica Public Library District | 4.4 | 32 | A+ |
| LaSalle Township | Lasalle Public Library fine-free | 1.8 | 43 | B+ |
| LaSalle | Lasalle Public Library fine-free | 1.8 | 43 | B+ |
| Ottawa Township | Reddick Public Library District fine-free | — | 63 | A |
| Deer Park Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Waltham Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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 Utica Township
Does Utica Township have a public library?
Yes. Utica Public Library District, 224 Mill Street, serves Utica Township’s 2,454 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Utica Public Library District fine-free?
It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Utica Township’s library?
It logged 3.2 visits and lent 4.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Utica Township’s civic life grade?
A+ Utica Township is ahead of 97% 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 Utica 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.