Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Arcadia Township’s library is a branch of Manistee County Library, which lends less per resident than 58% of systems its size
Arcadia Township’s library is the Arcadia Township Branch Library, a branch of Manistee County Library, which serves 23,120 people and lent 77K items last year.
What stands out about Arcadia Township Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Arcadia Township’s civic life grade
Arcadia 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 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Manistee County Library serves 23,120 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Manistee County Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
77K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 5 kids’ programs 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
Arcadia Township Branch Library, 3586 Glovers Lake Road, Arcadia.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Manistee County Library branch.
New in Arcadia 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 $1.04 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Arcadia Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.4M 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 8,434 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Township | Arcadia Township Branch Library fine-free | — | 19 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Onekama Township | Onekama Branch Library fine-free | — | 25 | — too few inputs |
| Pleasanton Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Blaine 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. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Arcadia Township Branch Library is one branch of Manistee County Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 23,120 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 Arcadia Township
Does Arcadia Township have a public library?
Yes: Arcadia Township Branch Library, 3586 Glovers Lake Road, is a branch of Manistee County Library, which serves 23,120 people. The branch is open about 19 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Manistee County 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 Arcadia Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 3.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Arcadia Township’s civic life grade?
Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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.