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Waverly Public Library

Waverly Public Library didn’t send its yearly numbers to the Public Libraries Survey

Waverly Public Library serves Waverly’s 1,194 residents.

291 North Pearl Street, Waverly 62692 · about 22 hours a week
B−Civic lifeAhead of 46% of U.S. towns. Library visits, nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (217) 435-2051
No yearly numbers this time. Waverly Public Library didn’t send its numbers to the 2024 Public Libraries Survey, so there are no visits, loans or programs to show. Its address and hours come from the survey’s directory.
Civic life grade

What’s behind Waverly’s civic life grade

On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Waverly is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Waverly’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Waverly’s overall grade.
DLibrary visits0.8 visits per resident · IL towns 3.4 · U.S. 3.4A−Community nonprofits5.8 per 1,000 residents · IL towns 3.4 · U.S. 3.7BVolunteering8.5% of adults 25–44 · IL towns 8.1% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 46%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $42K–$70K (6,556)Ahead of 43%

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.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. Waverly is small (1,142 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

8 community nonprofits are registered in Waverly

5.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation10.73 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans32.18 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education21.45 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals10.73 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17
Other10.73 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.47

Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.

Volunteering

8.5%

8.5% of Waverly’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 Waverly’s residents live; 2022.

The building

Find it

Waverly Public Library, 291 North Pearl Street, Waverly.

Directions(217) 435-2051
22
hours open a week
2,967
square feet
With a card

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New in Waverly? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.

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 Waverly

Does Waverly have a public library?

Yes. Waverly Public Library, 291 North Pearl Street, serves Waverly’s 1,194 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 22 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Waverly Public Library fine-free?

It charges late fines on some overdue items (the library’s 2024 survey report).

What is Waverly’s civic life grade?

B− Waverly is ahead of 46% 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.

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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.