Illinois Township’s library runs 336 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Corning City Library serves 211 people in and around Illinois Township. Last year it lent 4,151 books, movies and e-books and logged 980 visits.
The short version on Illinois Township’s library
Kansas pays a big share
100% of the budget comes from the state, and 0% from local taxes. Nationally, most library money is local. What your card is worth ↓
Most of Illinois Township’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 63% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 37%, much of it kids’ books. What people borrow ↓
Six times the programs of a typical library its size
Corning City Library ran 71 programs last year, about 1 a week. That’s 336 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 90% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 94% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
Corning City Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Centralia Community Library in Home Township, next door, is open about 34 hours a week. The building ↓
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 Illinois Township’s civic life grade
Illinois Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
71 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Corning City Library serves 211 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 5 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: spending and funding. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
63% of borrowing is digital
4,151 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 6,305 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.2 time last year, on average.
2,600 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Corning City Library, 6221 5th St., Corning.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Illinois Township? The Handbook →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 Illinois Township cardholder borrows.
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 178 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Illinois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Township | Corning City Library fine-free | 19.7 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Corning | Corning City Library fine-free | 19.7 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Home Township | Centralia Community Library fine-free | 13.9 | 34 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Harrison Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mitchell Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Red Vermillion 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.
- Not reported for 2024: spending and funding. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
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 Illinois Township
Does Illinois Township have a public library?
Yes. Corning City Library, 6221 5th St., serves 211 people in and around Illinois Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Corning City Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Illinois Township’s library?
It logged 4.6 visits and lent 19.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Illinois Township’s civic life grade?
Illinois Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Illinois 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.