Attica Township’s library is a branch of Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library, which lends less per resident than 71% of systems its size
Attica Township’s library is the Attica Township Library, a branch of Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library, which serves 11,524 people and lent 28K items last year.
The short version on Attica Township’s library
Open only about 20 hours a week
The Attica Township branch keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Most programs are for young children
74% of the 215 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 31 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; Attica Township’s library is a branch of Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library, so they cover the whole system (11,524 people), not just the Attica Township branch.
What’s behind Attica Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Attica Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #485 of 697 in Michigan. Attica Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Attica Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
9 community nonprofits are registered in Attica Township
1.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.4%
11.4% of Attica 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 Attica Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library serves 11,524 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
28K 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 3 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
Attica Township Library, 4302 Peppermill Road, Attica.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library branch.
New in Attica 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 Attica Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $602K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $476K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $602K 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 3,225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Township | Dryden Township Library | 2.8 | 31 | B− |
| Attica Township | Attica Township Library fine-free | — | 20 | B− |
| Imlay Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Lapeer Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
| Arcadia Township | None 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).
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. Attica Township Library is one branch of Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 11,524 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 Attica Township
Does Attica Township have a public library?
Yes: Attica Township Library, 4302 Peppermill Road, is a branch of Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library, which serves 11,524 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ruth Hughes Memorial 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 Attica Township’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 2.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Attica Township’s civic life grade?
B− Attica Township is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on civic life, #485 of 697 in Michigan. 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 Attica 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.