Erin-Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse · Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 3.0Eastpointe’s library runs 3.4 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Eastpointe Memorial Library serves Eastpointe’s 34,318 residents. Last year it lent 74K books, movies and e-books and logged 51K visits.
What Eastpointe’s library is like
Few programs for a library this size
Eastpointe Memorial Library offered 116 programs last year, 3.4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Programs lean toward adults
81% of the 116 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 22 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Almost all the borrowing is off the shelf
Only 8% of loans are e-books, audiobooks or streaming, fewer per resident than at 92% of similar-size libraries. 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 Eastpointe’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Eastpointe is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #689 of 697 in Michigan. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; Eastpointe’s count of community nonprofits comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($47K–$78K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
73 community nonprofits are registered in Eastpointe
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 (29 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
4.4%
4.4% of Eastpointe’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 Eastpointe’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Eastpointe Memorial Library serves 34,318 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 29 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
74K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 61K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
5,838 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
116 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Eastpointe last year.
Find it
Eastpointe Memorial Library, 15875 Oak Avenue, Eastpointe.
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 Eastpointe? 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 $1.39 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Eastpointe cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $900K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $900K 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 19,644 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Eastpointe ranks 4th of 6 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | Civic Center Library | 4.7 | 50 | D |
| St. Clair Shores | Saint Clair Shores Public Library | 4.0 | 58 | C |
| Roseville | Roseville Public Library fine-free | 2.5 | 53 | D− |
| Eastpointe | Eastpointe Memorial Library fine-free | 2.2 | 48 | D |
| Harper Woods | Harper Woods Public Library | 1.1 | 36 | D |
| Detroit | Detroit Public Library fine-free | 0.5 | 51 | D |
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 Eastpointe
Does Eastpointe have a public library?
Yes. Eastpointe Memorial Library, 15875 Oak Avenue, serves Eastpointe’s 34,318 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Eastpointe Memorial 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 Eastpointe’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 2.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Eastpointe’s civic life grade?
D Eastpointe is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on civic life, #689 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 Eastpointe.
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.