Haslett’s library is a branch of Capital Area District Library, which lends more per resident than 83% of systems its size
Haslett’s library is the Haslett Branch Library, a branch of Capital Area District Library, which serves 244,451 people and lent 2.4M items last year.
What stands out about Haslett Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Haslett’s civic life grade
Haslett 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 →
Mostly books and media off the shelf
2.4M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
739,715 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Capital Area District Library serves 244,451 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 67 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Capital Area District Library system. The library’s own count.
About 29 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
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
Haslett Branch Library, 1590 Franklin Street, Haslett.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Capital Area District Library branch.
New in Haslett? 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 $2.79 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Haslett cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $13M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $37M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $13M 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 92,454 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lansing | East Lansing Public Library fine-free | 6.3 | 63 | A |
| Bath Township | Bath Township Public Library fine-free | 0.5 | 53 | C |
| Haslett | Haslett Branch Library fine-free | — | 64 | — graded as part of its town |
| Okemos | Hope Borbas Okemos Branch Library fine-free | — | 71 | — graded as part of its town |
| Meridian Township | Hope Borbas Okemos Branch Library fine-free | — | 71 | A |
| Williamstown Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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.
- System-wide. Haslett Branch Library is one branch of Capital Area District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 244,451 people it serves.
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 Haslett
Does Haslett have a public library?
Yes: Haslett Branch Library, 1590 Franklin Street, is a branch of Capital Area District Library, which serves 244,451 people. The branch is open about 64 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Capital Area 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 Haslett’s library?
It logged 3.1 visits and lent 9.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Haslett’s civic life grade?
Haslett 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 Haslett.
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.