Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Auburn Hills’ library lends 4.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Auburn Hills Public Library serves Auburn Hills’s 24,360 residents. Last year it lent 170K books, movies and e-books and logged 66K visits.
What Auburn Hills’s library is like
Most programs are for young children
78% of the 524 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 6.3 a week for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Auburn Hills invests in its library
Auburn Hills Public Library spends $94 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (98%) comes from local taxes. What your card is worth ↓
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.
What’s behind Auburn Hills’ civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Auburn Hills is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #626 of 697 in Michigan. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Auburn Hills’ count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($63K–$105K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
82 community nonprofits are registered in Auburn Hills
3.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (20 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.4%
6.4% of Auburn Hills’ 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 Auburn Hills’ residents live; 2022.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.16 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Auburn Hills cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $2.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2.3M 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 7,671 cardholders ÷ 12.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Auburn Hills Public Library serves 24,360 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 56 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
170K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 62K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
51,354 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Auburn Hills last year.
Find it
Auburn Hills Public Library, 3400 East Seyburn Drive, Auburn Hills.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Auburn Hills? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Libraries next door
Auburn Hills ranks 4th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Township | Bloomfield Township Public Library | 18.5 | 66 | A |
| Orion Township | Orion Township Public Library fine-free | 12.0 | 60 | B− |
| Independence Township | Clarkston Independence District Library fine-free | 7.2 | 61 | C+ |
| Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills Public Library fine-free | 7.0 | 59 | C |
| Waterford Township | Waterford Township Public Library fine-free | 4.3 | 55 | C− |
| Pontiac | Pontiac Public Library | 0.6 | 52 | D |
| Lake Angelus | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Rochester Hills | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Auburn Hills
Does Auburn Hills have a public library?
Yes. Auburn Hills Public Library, 3400 East Seyburn Drive, serves Auburn Hills’ 24,360 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 59 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Auburn Hills Public 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 Auburn Hills’ library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 7.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Auburn Hills’ civic life grade?
C Auburn Hills is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on civic life, #626 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 Auburn Hills.
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.