Boyne City Central Historic District · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Boyne City’s library logs 10 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Boyne District Library serves 7,353 people in and around Boyne City. Last year it lent 40K print books and media and logged 77K visits.
What Boyne City’s library is like
Visits are the system’s strong suit
Boyne District Library logs 10 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 94% of similar-size libraries. Borrowing is above typical too, at 5.4 print items per resident. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Boyne District Library spends $98 per resident a year, about twice the typical $43 for a library its size. Almost all of it (91%) 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; Boyne District Library serves 7,353 people in and around Boyne City, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Boyne City’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Boyne City is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns, #17 of 697 in Michigan. Boyne City is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
26 community nonprofits are registered in Boyne City
6.8 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
15.3%
15.3% of Boyne City’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 Boyne City’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 14 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Boyne District Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Boyne District Library serves 7,353 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Books and media off the shelf
40K 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
Boyne District Library, 201 East Main Street, Boyne City.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Boyne District Library branch.
New in Boyne City? 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 $1.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Boyne City cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $717K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $741K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $717K 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 4,516 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne City | Boyne District Library fine-free | — | 53 | A+ |
| Boyne Valley Township | Boyne Falls Branch Library fine-free | — | 33 | A |
| Evangeline Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wilson Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Eveline Township | None of its own | — | — | A+ |
| Advance | 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. Boyne District Library serves 7,353 people in and around Boyne City, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Boyne City.
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 Boyne City
Does Boyne City have a public library?
Yes. Boyne District Library, 201 East Main Street, serves 7,353 people in and around Boyne City (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Boyne 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 Boyne City’s library?
It logged 10.5 visits and lent 5.4 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Boyne City’s civic life grade?
A+ Boyne City is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns on civic life, #17 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 Boyne City.
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.