Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0Trenton Township’s library logs 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library serves 9,808 people in and around Trenton Township. Last year it lent 23K books, movies and e-books and logged 8,105 visits.
The short version on Trenton Township’s library
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library is used less than most libraries its size
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library records 0.8 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 1.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library offered 87 programs last year, 8.9 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 87 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.1 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library serves 9,808 people in and around Trenton Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Trenton Township’s civic life grade
Trenton 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library serves 9,808 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
23K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
6,809 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, 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
Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, 1331 Main St., Trenton.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library branch.
New in Trenton Township? The Handbook →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 $1.09 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Trenton Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $327K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $356K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $327K 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 5,270 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton Township | Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library fine-free | — | 48 | — graded with its twin city |
| Trenton | Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library fine-free | — | 48 | A− |
| Lincoln Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Madison Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Marion Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jackson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wilson Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Jefferson 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.
- System-wide. Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library serves 9,808 people in and around Trenton Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Trenton Township.
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 Trenton Township
Does Trenton Township have a public library?
Yes. Grundy County-Jewett Norris Library, 1331 Main St., serves 9,808 people in and around Trenton Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Grundy County-Jewett Norris 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 Trenton Township’s library?
It logged 0.8 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Trenton Township’s civic life grade?
Trenton 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 Trenton 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.