Stephen Wright House · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Wyoming Township’s library runs 130 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Paw Paw Public Library District serves 830 people in and around Wyoming Township. Last year it lent 2,892 print books and media and logged 3,136 visits.
What stands out about Wyoming Township’s library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Wyoming Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Wyoming Township is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. Wyoming Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Wyoming 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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Wyoming Township
6.6 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.
8.4%
8.4% of Wyoming 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 Wyoming Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Paw Paw Public Library District serves 830 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
2,892 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 Wyoming Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 15K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
About 1 kids’ program 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.
Find it
Paw Paw Public Library District, 362 Chicago Road, Paw Paw.
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 $1.56 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wyoming Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $42K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $66K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $42K 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 389 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Township | Paw Paw Public Library District fine-free | 3.5 | 28 | A− |
| Paw Paw Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Brooklyn Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Meriden 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 Wyoming Township
Does Wyoming Township have a public library?
Yes. Paw Paw Public Library District, 362 Chicago Road, serves 830 people in and around Wyoming Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 28 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Paw Paw Public Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Wyoming Township’s library?
It logged 3.8 visits and lent 3.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wyoming Township’s civic life grade?
A− Wyoming Township is ahead of 83% 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 Wyoming 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.