Photo: Gbohm · CC BY-SA 4.0Carp Lake Township’s library runs 1.7 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Carp Lake Township Library serves Carp Lake Township’s 582 residents. Last year it lent 1,321 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,303 visits.
The short version on Carp Lake Township’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving under 2,500 people, Carp Lake Township Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on seven. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Carp Lake Township Library offered 1 programs last year, 1.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 16 hours a week
Carp Lake Township Library keeps short hours: about 16 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. Ontonagon Township Library in Ontonagon Township, next door, is open about 34 hours a week. The building ↓
A small-town library
Carp Lake Township Library serves 582 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Carp Lake Township’s civic life grade
Carp Lake Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Carp Lake Township Library serves 582 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
1,321 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 14K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
104 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
1 programs a year
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.
Find it
Carp Lake Township Library, 35349 Mall Circle Drive, White Pine.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Carp Lake 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 Carp Lake Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $32K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $32K 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 161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carp Lake Township | Carp Lake Township Library | 2.3 | 16 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Ontonagon Township | Ontonagon Township Library fine-free | — | 34 | A+ |
| Bergland Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Wakefield Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Matchwood Township | 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.
- 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 Carp Lake Township
Does Carp Lake Township have a public library?
Yes. Carp Lake Township Library, 35349 Mall Circle Drive, serves Carp Lake Township’s 582 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 16 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Carp Lake Township 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 Carp Lake Township’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Carp Lake Township’s civic life grade?
Carp Lake Township isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Carp Lake 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.