Leighton Township’s library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Leighton Township Library serves 7,001 people in and around Leighton Township. Last year it lent 91K books, movies and e-books and logged 24K visits.
What Leighton Township’s library is like
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 55% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 95% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Leighton Township is a town of borrowers
Leighton Township Library lends 11 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 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 Leighton Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Leighton Township is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns, #456 of 697 in Michigan. Leighton Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Leighton Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
19 community nonprofits are registered in Leighton Township
2.6 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 (6 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
9.9%
9.9% of Leighton 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 Leighton Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 3 kids’ programs 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Leighton Township Library serves 7,001 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 45 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
91K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 38K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.9 times last year, on average.
16,685 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Leighton Township Library, 4451 12th Street, Moline.
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 Leighton Township? 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 $4.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Leighton Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $296K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $296K 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 1,470 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leighton Township | Leighton Township Library fine-free | 13.0 | 39 | B− |
| Dorr Township | Leighton Township Library fine-free | 13.0 | 39 | B+ |
| Wayland | Henika District Library fine-free | — | 50 | B− |
| Thornapple Township | Thornapple Kellogg School and Community Library | — | 16 | B− |
| Gaines Township | Gaines Township Library/Cutlerville fine-free | — | 52 | C |
| Wayland 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 Leighton Township
Does Leighton Township have a public library?
Yes. Leighton Township Library, 4451 12th Street, serves 7,001 people in and around Leighton Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Leighton 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 Leighton Township’s library?
It logged 3.5 visits and lent 13.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Leighton Township’s civic life grade?
B− Leighton Township is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns on civic life, #456 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 Leighton 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.