Fruitport Township’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Fruitport District Library serves Fruitport Township’s 14,575 residents. Last year it lent 62K books, movies and e-books and logged 19K visits.
The short version on Fruitport Township’s library
Programs lean toward adults
64% of the 198 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 68 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
Runs on less money than most
Fruitport District Library spends $14 per resident, less than 91% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). 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.
What’s behind Fruitport Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Fruitport Township is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #655 of 697 in Michigan. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Fruitport District Library spends $14 per resident, against a typical $43 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($64K–$107K) 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 →
38 community nonprofits are registered in Fruitport Township
2.5 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 (14 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.1%
8.1% of Fruitport 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 Fruitport Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Fruitport District Library serves 14,575 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 28 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
62K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 19K books and other items on the shelves went out about 2.3 times last year, on average.
19,314 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 1 kids’ program 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 Fruitport Township last year.
2 places to borrow in Fruitport Township
Fruitport District Library, 47 Park Street, Fruitport.
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 Fruitport Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Fruitport Township
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $4.76 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Fruitport Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $197K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $940K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $197K 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 3,377 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitport Township | Fruitport District Library fine-free | 4.2 | 43 | C− |
| Norton Shores | Norton Shores Branch Library fine-free | — | 55 | C+ |
| Spring Lake Township | Spring Lake District Library fine-free | — | 64 | B |
| Muskegon Township | Muskegon Township fine-free | — | 43 | C |
| Muskegon | Hackley Public Library fine-free | — | 50 | C |
| Sullivan Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Crockery 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.
- 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 Fruitport Township
Does Fruitport Township have a public library?
Yes. Fruitport District Library, 47 Park Street, serves Fruitport Township’s 14,575 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 43 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Fruitport 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 Fruitport Township’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 4.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Fruitport Township’s civic life grade?
C− Fruitport Township is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on civic life, #655 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 Fruitport 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.