Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia · Public domainGoodland Township’s library logs 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Goodland Township Library serves Goodland Township’s 1,735 residents. Last year it lent 606 print books and media and logged 923 visits.
The short version on Goodland Township’s library
Goodland Township Library is used less than most libraries its size
Goodland Township Library records 0.5 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people. Borrowing is 0.3 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9. It also spends less than most: $31 per resident, against a typical $54. How it compares ↓
A small-town library
Goodland Township Library serves 1,735 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 ↓
Open only about 20 hours a week
Goodland Township Library keeps short hours: about 20 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 12% of the people Goodland Township Library serves have a library card, against a typical 54% for its size. How it compares ↓
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 Goodland Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Goodland Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($81K–$135K) 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 →
5 community nonprofits are registered in Goodland Township
3.0 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.0%
11.0% of Goodland 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 Goodland Township’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Goodland Township Library serves 1,735 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Goodland Township Library
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
606 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 7,039 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
24 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 Goodland Township last year.
Find it
Goodland Township Library, 2370 N. Van Dyke Rd., Imlay City.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Goodland 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 Goodland Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $54K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $13K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $54K 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 209 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodland Township | Goodland Township Library fine-free | 0.3 | 20 | C |
| Imlay Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Lynn Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Arcadia Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Burnside 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.
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 Goodland Township
Does Goodland Township have a public library?
Yes. Goodland Township Library, 2370 N. Van Dyke Rd., serves Goodland Township’s 1,735 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Goodland Township 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 Goodland Township’s library?
It logged 0.5 visits and lent 0.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Goodland Township’s civic life grade?
C Goodland Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Goodland 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.