Photo: Kingkevy · CC BY-SA 3.0Winfield Township’s library lends 12 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Warrenville Public Library District serves 14,096 people in and around Winfield Township. Last year it lent 170K print books and media and logged 105K visits.
The short version on Winfield Township’s library
Winfield Township uses its library more than almost any town its size
Warrenville Public Library District logs 7.4 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, and lends 12 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 92% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Winfield Township invests in its library
Warrenville Public Library District spends $167 per resident a year, about four times the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (95%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
Open about 65 hours a week
Warrenville Public Library District is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year. Every hour the doors are open, about 50 items go out. The buildings ↓
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.
What’s behind Winfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Winfield Township is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #557 of 754 in Illinois. Winfield Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($77K–$129K) 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 →
131 community nonprofits are registered in Winfield Township
2.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (38 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 11 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.6%
6.6% of Winfield 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 Winfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
Books and media off the shelf
170K 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 Winfield Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 72K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Warrenville Public Library District serves 14,096 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 50 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
About 3 kids’ programs a week
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.
3 places to borrow in Winfield Township
Warrenville Public Library District, 28w751 Stafford Place, Warrenville.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Winfield Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.30 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Winfield Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 9,325 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Winfield Township ranks 5th of 9 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | Glen Ellyn Public Library fine-free | 19.3 | 69 | B− |
| Wheaton | Wheaton Public Library fine-free | 17.2 | 68 | A− |
| Naperville Township | Naperville Public Library fine-free | 16.1 | 73 | C |
| Naperville | Naperville Public Library fine-free | 16.1 | 73 | A− |
| Winfield Township | Warrenville Public Library District fine-free | 12.0 | 65 | C− |
| Warrenville | Warrenville Public Library District fine-free | 12.0 | 65 | B+ |
| Wayne Township | Bartlett Public Library District | 7.4 | 68 | D |
| Winfield | Winfield Public Library fine-free | 5.8 | 62 | C+ |
| Aurora | Aurora Public Library District fine-free | 5.1 | 66 | 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 Winfield Township
Does Winfield Township have a public library?
Yes. Warrenville Public Library District, 28w751 Stafford Place, serves 14,096 people in and around Winfield Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 65 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Warrenville Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Winfield Township’s library?
It logged 7.4 visits and lent 12.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Winfield Township’s civic life grade?
C− Winfield Township is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on civic life, #557 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 Winfield 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.