Library · Niles
Niles-Maine District Library
Niles’s library is the Niles-Maine District Library, a branch of Niles-Maine District Library, open about 64 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024Multi-county system. Niles’s branch belongs to Niles-Maine District Library, which serves 59,181 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Niles-Maine District Library
6960 Oakton Street, Niles 60714
64 hrsopen a week
65,193sq ft
Fine-freeNo late fees on books returned late
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Niles-Maine District Library
208K
visits
3.5 per resident
551K
loans, print + digital
9.3 per resident
1,505
programs & events
42K attended
16K
library cards
27% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
3.5 visits · typical 2.6
Higher than 68% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
9.3 print items · typical 3.7
Higher than 88% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
0.7 attendees · typical 0.3
Higher than 87% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
27% of residents
A little below typical (25th percentile)
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
551K loans last year
Books & media (adults)100%Kids’ books & media0%E-books, audio & streaming0%
Who the programs are for
1,505 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$104 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $6.1M.
Local 82%State 7%Gifts & other 11%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.