Lincoln Park Post Office · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Lincoln Park’s library logs 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Lincoln Park Public Library serves Lincoln Park’s 40,245 residents. Last year it lent 29K print books and media and logged 15K visits.
The short version on Lincoln Park’s library
Lincoln Park Public Library is used less than most libraries its size
Lincoln Park Public Library records 0.4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people. Borrowing is 0.7 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7. It also spends less than most: $7 per resident, against a typical $40. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Lincoln Park Public Library offered 161 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 14. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 11% of the people Lincoln Park Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Runs on less money than most
Lincoln Park Public Library spends $7 per resident, less than 98% of similar-size libraries (typical: $40). 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 Lincoln Park’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Lincoln Park is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns, #692 of 697 in Michigan. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Lincoln Park Public Library spends $7 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size, and its 2024 visits are an estimate from one typical week (the survey’s method for libraries that don’t count every visit).
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($44K–$73K) 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 →
50 community nonprofits are registered in Lincoln Park
1.3 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 (25 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 1 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.1%
6.1% of Lincoln Park’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 Lincoln Park’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Lincoln Park Public Library serves 40,245 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 15 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
29K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Each of the 43K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 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.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Lincoln Park last year.
Find it
Lincoln Park Public Library, 1381 Southfield Road, Lincoln Park.
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 Lincoln Park? 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 $1.56 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Lincoln Park cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $282K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $439K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $282K 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 4,530 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Lincoln Park ranks 5th of 7 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte | Bacon Memorial District Library fine-free | 5.3 | 54 | B− |
| Southgate | Southgate Veterans Memorial Library fine-free | 4.0 | 48 | C− |
| Allen Park | Allen Park Public Library fine-free | 3.6 | 47 | C− |
| Melvindale | Melvindale Public Library | 1.3 | 37 | D |
| Lincoln Park | Lincoln Park Public Library fine-free | 0.7 | 39 | D− |
| Detroit | Detroit Public Library fine-free | 0.5 | 51 | D |
| Ecorse | Ecorse Public Library fine-free | 0.3 | 30 | D− |
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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Lincoln Park Public Library counted one typical week and multiplied by 52, as the survey allows.
- 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 Lincoln Park
Does Lincoln Park have a public library?
Yes. Lincoln Park Public Library, 1381 Southfield Road, serves Lincoln Park’s 40,245 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 39 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park’s library?
It logged 0.4 visits and lent 0.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Lincoln Park’s civic life grade?
D− Lincoln Park is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns on civic life, #692 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 Lincoln Park.
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.