Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Calumet Township’s library runs 0.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Calumet Public-School Library serves 8,287 people in and around Calumet Township. Last year it lent 21K print books and media and logged 22K visits.
What’s behind Calumet Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Calumet Township is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns, #297 of 697 in Michigan. Calumet Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Calumet Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups 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 →
33 community nonprofits are registered in Calumet Township
5.2 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
7.5%
7.5% of Calumet 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 Calumet Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Calumet Public-School Library serves 8,287 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 11 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Calumet Public-School Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
21K 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.
3 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Calumet Public-School Library, 57070 Mine Street, Calumet.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Calumet Public-School Library branch.
New in Calumet 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 $2.44 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Calumet Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $137K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $335K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $137K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 4,482 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet Township | Calumet Public-School Library | — | 40 | B+ |
| Osceola Township | Osceola Township School Public Library | — | 30 | C+ |
| Schoolcraft Township | Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library fine-free | — | 35 | B+ |
| Allouez Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Hancock Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Laurium | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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. Calumet Public-School Library serves 8,287 people in and around Calumet Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Calumet 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 Calumet Township
Does Calumet Township have a public library?
Yes. Calumet Public-School Library, 57070 Mine Street, serves 8,287 people in and around Calumet Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 40 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Calumet Public-School Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Calumet Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 2.6 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Calumet Township’s civic life grade?
B+ Calumet Township is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns on civic life, #297 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 Calumet 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.