Delta Township’s library lends 9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Delta Township District Library serves Delta Township’s 33,620 residents. Last year it lent 387K books, movies and e-books and logged 130K visits.
The short version on Delta Township’s library
More library cards than residents
34,835 cards for 33,620 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
Top 10% in Michigan for borrowing
Delta Township ranks #8 of 88 Michigan towns with a library of their own for items borrowed per resident. Print borrowing alone runs 9 items per resident, more than at 87% of similar-size libraries nationwide. How it compares ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 56,000 items on the shelves went out about 5.4 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Delta Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Delta Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #344 of 697 in Michigan. All three 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 →
124 community nonprofits are registered in Delta Township
3.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
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 (29 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 4 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.8%
8.8% of Delta 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 Delta Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Delta Township District Library serves 33,620 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 131 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
387K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 56K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.4 times last year, on average.
84,712 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 kids’ programs a week
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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Delta Township last year.
Find it
Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Delta 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 $3.05 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Delta Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 34,835 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Township | Delta Township District Library fine-free | 11.5 | 57 | B |
| Windsor Township | Dorothy Hull Library - Windsor Township fine-free | 2.9 | 33 | C+ |
| Lansing | Capital Area District Library fine-free | — | 63 | A |
| Oneida Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Watertown Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Lansing 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. Delta Township District Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
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 Delta Township
Does Delta Township have a public library?
Yes. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, serves Delta Township’s 33,620 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Delta Township 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 Delta Township’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 11.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Delta Township’s civic life grade?
B Delta Township is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on civic life, #344 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 Delta 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.