Campbell Township’s library is a branch of Saranac Clarksville District Library, which lends more per resident than 52% of systems its size
Campbell Township’s library is the Clarksville Area Library, a branch of Saranac Clarksville District Library, which serves 10,470 people and lent 132K items last year.
What Campbell Township’s library is like
Most of the system’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 67% of loans, more per resident than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Print still makes up 33%. What people borrow ↓
Most programs are for young children
75% of the 225 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 2.2 a week 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; Campbell Township’s library is a branch of Saranac Clarksville District Library, so they cover the whole system (10,470 people), not just the Campbell Township branch.
What’s behind Campbell Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Campbell Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Campbell Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Campbell 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Campbell Township
2.2 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 (1 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
15.2%
15.2% of Campbell 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 Campbell Township’s residents live; 2022.
67% of borrowing is digital
132K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
88,711 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Saranac Clarksville District Library serves 10,470 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 26 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Saranac Clarksville District Library system. The library’s own count.
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
Clarksville Area Library, 165 N. Main Street, Clarksville.
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 Saranac Clarksville District Library branch.
New in Campbell 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 $4.49 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Campbell Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $461K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $461K 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 2,170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Township | Clarksville Area Library fine-free | — | 48 | B |
| Bowne Township | Alto Branch Library fine-free | — | 37 | B+ |
| Boston Township | Saranac Public Library fine-free | — | 48 | A− |
| Odessa Township | Lake Odessa Community Library fine-free | — | 39 | A− |
| Carlton Township | 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.
- System-wide. Clarksville Area Library is one branch of Saranac Clarksville District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 10,470 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 Campbell Township
Does Campbell Township have a public library?
Yes: Clarksville Area Library, 165 N. Main Street, is a branch of Saranac Clarksville District Library, which serves 10,470 people. The branch is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Saranac Clarksville 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 Campbell Township’s library?
It logged 5.7 visits and lent 12.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Campbell Township’s civic life grade?
B Campbell Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Campbell 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.