Photo: Chris857 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dollar Bay’s library logs 1.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Dollar Bay. Last year it lent 4,160 print books and media and logged 3,480 visits.
What Dollar Bay’s library is like
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 89 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 85% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 60% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Osceola Township School Public Library spends $20 per resident, less than 91% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). What your card is worth ↓
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; Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Dollar Bay, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Dollar Bay’s civic life grade
Dollar Bay 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 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Osceola Township School Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
4,160 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
Find it
Osceola Township School Public Library, 48475 North Maple Drive, Dollar Bay.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Osceola Township School Public Library branch.
New in Dollar Bay? 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 $1.91 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Dollar Bay cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $37K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $70K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $37K 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 650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Bay | Osceola Township School Public Library | — | 30 | — graded as part of its town |
| Osceola Township | Osceola Township School Public Library | — | 30 | C+ |
| Houghton | Portage Lake District Library fine-free | — | 51 | A |
| Franklin Township | None of its own | — | — | C |
| Torch Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Portage 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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Dollar Bay, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Dollar Bay.
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 Dollar Bay
Does Dollar Bay have a public library?
Yes. Osceola Township School Public Library, 48475 North Maple Drive, serves 1,877 people in and around Dollar Bay (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Osceola Township School Public 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 Dollar Bay’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 2.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Dollar Bay’s civic life grade?
Dollar Bay 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 Dollar Bay.
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.