State Street Bridge · Photo: Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bridgeport Township’s library logs 4.6 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Bridgeport Public Library serves 12,079 people in and around Bridgeport Township. Last year it lent 29K print books and media and logged 56K visits.
What stands out about Bridgeport Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Bridgeport Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Bridgeport Township is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #512 of 697 in Michigan. Library visits hold the grade up; Bridgeport 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 →
28 community nonprofits are registered in Bridgeport Township
2.9 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 (15 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
7.4%
7.4% of Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport 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.
Bridgeport Public Library serves 12,079 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Bridgeport Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
29K 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 2 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
Bridgeport Public Library, 3399 Williamson Road, Saginaw.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Bridgeport Public Library branch.
New in Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $504K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $458K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $504K 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 7,125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taymouth Township | Taymouth Township Library | 1.0 | 29 | B− |
| Bridgeport Township | Bridgeport Public Library fine-free | — | 53 | B− |
| Saginaw | Public Libraries of Saginaw fine-free | — | 58 | C+ |
| Buena Vista Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Spaulding Township | None of its own | — | — | D |
| Frankenmuth 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Bridgeport Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Bridgeport Public Library serves 12,079 people in and around Bridgeport Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Bridgeport Township.
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 Bridgeport Township
Does Bridgeport Township have a public library?
Yes. Bridgeport Public Library, 3399 Williamson Road, serves 12,079 people in and around Bridgeport Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 53 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport Township’s library?
It logged 4.6 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 Bridgeport Township’s civic life grade?
B− Bridgeport Township is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on civic life, #512 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 Bridgeport 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.