Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Wyanet Township’s library lends 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Raymond A Sapp Memorial Township Library serves Wyanet Township’s 1,242 residents. Last year it lent 2,015 print books and media and logged 3,415 visits.
Wyanet Township’s library, in brief
A small-town library
Raymond A Sapp Memorial Township Library serves 1,242 residents with about one full-time staff, open about 24 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 ↓
Programs lean toward adults
76% of the 88 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 21 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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 Wyanet Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wyanet Township is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; library visits come closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$78K) 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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Wyanet Township
2.3 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.
5.6%
5.6% of Wyanet 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 Wyanet 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.
Raymond A Sapp Memorial Township Library serves 1,242 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
2,015 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 Wyanet Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 11K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
88 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
Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Township Library, 103 East Main Street, Wyanet.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wyanet Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $51K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $43K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $51K 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 648 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Wyanet Township ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Township | Princeton Public Library fine-free | 6.4 | 53 | — graded with its twin city |
| Wyanet Township | Raymond A. Sapp Memorial Township Library fine-free | 1.6 | 24 | C− |
| Concord Township | Mason Memorial Library District fine-free | 0.7 | 28 | B |
| Bureau Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Indiantown 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 Wyanet Township
Does Wyanet Township have a public library?
Yes. Raymond A Sapp Memorial Township Library, 103 East Main Street, serves Wyanet Township’s 1,242 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 24 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Raymond A Sapp Memorial Township Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Wyanet Township’s library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 1.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wyanet Township’s civic life grade?
C− Wyanet Township is ahead of 17% 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 Wyanet 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.