Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Linden’s library runs 0.8 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library serves 3,852 people in and around Lake Linden. Last year it lent 7,051 print books and media and logged 7,607 visits.
The short version on Lake Linden’s library
Few programs for a library this size
Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library offered 3 programs last year, 0.8 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on three. How it compares ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 66% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is lower than at 62% of similar-size libraries, so the high share mostly reflects light borrowing by adults. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library spends $14 per resident, less than 92% 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; Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library serves 3,852 people in and around Lake Linden, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Lake Linden’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Lake Linden is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns. Lake Linden is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Lake Linden’s count of community nonprofits ranks highest.
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 Lake Linden
5.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (0 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
8.2%
8.2% of Lake Linden’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 Lake Linden’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library serves 3,852 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
7,051 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.
3 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library, 601 Calumet Street, Lake Linden.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library branch.
New in Lake Linden? 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 $1.87 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lake Linden cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $53K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $98K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $53K 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 1,173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Linden | Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library fine-free | — | 35 | B+ |
| Schoolcraft Township | Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library fine-free | — | 35 | B+ |
| Torch Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
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. Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library serves 3,852 people in and around Lake Linden, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Lake Linden.
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 Lake Linden
Does Lake Linden have a public library?
Yes. Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public Library, 601 Calumet Street, serves 3,852 people in and around Lake Linden (the survey’s count) and is open about 35 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lake Linden-Hubbell School Public 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 Lake Linden’s library?
It logged 2.0 visits and lent 1.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Lake Linden’s civic life grade?
B+ Lake Linden is ahead of 75% 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 Lake Linden.
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.