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Algansee Branch Library · part of Branch District Library

Algansee Township’s library is a branch of Branch District Library, which lends less per resident than 72% of systems its size

Algansee Township’s library is the Algansee Branch Library, a branch of Branch District Library, which serves 46,464 people and lent 126K items last year.

580-B South Ray Quincy Road Route 2, Quincy 49082 · about 32 hours a week
B−Civic lifeAhead of 54% of U.S. towns. Nonprofits and volunteering.
Directions (517) 639-9830 What’s a card worth?
Borrowed a year
126K
2.7 per resident
Visits a year
128K
2.8 per resident · Above typical (2.6)
Programs & events
1,218
about 23 a week · 17K attended
Cardholders
32%
15,014 cards
Open
32 hrs
a week at this branch

What stands out about Algansee Branch Library

Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.

A Wi-Fi hubFine-freePart of a bigger system
Civic life grade

What’s behind Algansee Township’s civic life grade

On community nonprofits and volunteering, Algansee Township is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns. Algansee Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Algansee Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.

B−
Civic lifeA character grade: shown, never part of Algansee Township’s overall grade.
–Library visitsServed by a county or regional system, so there is no town figureC−Community nonprofits2.0 per 1,000 residents · MI towns 3.1 · U.S. 3.7AVolunteering12.3% of adults 25–44 · MI towns 12.4% · U.S. 7.5%
All U.S. towns we grade (17,556)Ahead of 54%
FewerMore
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $58K–$97K (9,231)Ahead of 52%

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.

How sure. Graded on two inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. Algansee Township is small (2,047 residents), so a few dozen organizations or visits move its per-resident figures; the volunteering share is a 2022 estimate from Facebook users aged 25–44.

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 →

Places to belong

5 community nonprofits are registered in Algansee Township

2.0 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.

Community nonprofits, by kind

Arts & culture00.16 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.24
Youth, sports & recreation10.51 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.52
Civic groups, clubs & veterans10.47 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.74
Human services10.27 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.59
Education00.16 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.43
Health00.00 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.16
Environment & animals10.31 per 1,000 · U.S. towns 0.17

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.

Volunteering

12.3%

12.3% of Algansee Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 12.4% in the typical Michigan 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 Algansee Township’s residents live; 2022.

How it compares

Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures

Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.

Visits per resident 2.8 visits · typical 2.6Higher than 54%
Borrowing per resident 2.1 print items · typical 3.7Lower than 72%
Digital borrowing 0.6 e-items · typical 1.2Lower than 71%
Kids’ borrowing 0.9 kids’ items · typical 1.7Lower than 71%
Program attendance 0.4 attendees · typical 0.3Higher than 58%
Programs offered 26.2 per 1,000 residents · typical 14Higher than 82%
Cardholders 32% of residents · typical 39%Lower than 66%
Spending $45 per resident · typical $40Higher than 57%
Fewer per residentMore per resident
Size group

Branch District Library serves 46,464 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.

A year at the library

Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out

Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Branch District Library system. The library’s own count.

128K
visits
2.8 per resident
126K
loans, print + digital
2.7 per resident
1,218
programs & events
17K attended
15K
library cards
32% of people served
Every open hour10items borrowed
Every week336people at a program
Every day1,257Wi-Fi sessions
24 staff (full-time equivalent)92 public computers
What people borrow

Mostly books and media off the shelf

126K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.

126Kloans
Books & media (adults) 43%Kids’ books & media 33%E-books, audio & streaming 23%
From your couch

29,531 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.

Kids & programs

About 15 kids’ programs a week

Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.

Schools in Algansee Township →

Programs last year by age group

Ages 0–5398
Ages 6–11397
Teens164
Adults111
All ages148
Little ones
7.7

story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.

42K
kids’ books & media borrowed
17K
people at programs
1,218
programs
The building

Find it

Algansee Branch Library, 580-B South Ray Quincy Road Route 2, Quincy.

Directions(517) 639-9830
32
hours open a week
495
square feet
With a card

No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Branch District Library branch.

New in Algansee Township? The Handbook →

Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.

What your card is worth

For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.62 worth

Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Algansee Township cardholder borrows.

In a month I’d use…
Books$17 each
1
Kids’ books$12 each
0
E-books & audio$15 each
0
Movies & music$4 each
0
Programs & classes$10 a program
0
Computer & Wi-Fi$3 a session
3
Your card saves you about
$312
a year at retail prices · $26 a month

Who pays for it
$45 per resident a year

Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2.1M.

Local taxes 96%State 2%Gifts & other 2%

Last year the library lent and hosted about $3.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.1M 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 15,014 cardholders ÷ 12.

Next door

Libraries next door

Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.

Ovid Township: no library of its ownQuincy Township: Quincy Branch LibraryReading Township: no library of its ownCalifornia Township: no library of its ownOvid TownshipQuincy TownshipReading TownshipCalifornia TownshipAlgansee Township
12+ loans per resident8–124–8Under 4No library / shared system
TownLibraryLoans per residentHoursCivic life
Algansee TownshipAlgansee Branch Library fine-free—32B−
Quincy TownshipQuincy Branch Library fine-free—41B+
Ovid TownshipNone of its own——C
Reading TownshipNone of its own——B
California TownshipNone of its own——B

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).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.

  • System-wide. Algansee Branch Library is one branch of Branch District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 46,464 people it serves.

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 Algansee Township

Does Algansee Township have a public library?

Yes: Algansee Branch Library, 580-B South Ray Quincy Road Route 2, is a branch of Branch District Library, which serves 46,464 people. The branch is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.

Is Branch District 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 Algansee Township’s library?

It logged 2.8 visits and lent 2.7 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.

What is Algansee Township’s civic life grade?

B− Algansee Township is ahead of 54% 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 Algansee Township.

Town Square →
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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.