Macomb Township’s library is a branch of Clinton-Macomb Public Library, which lends more per resident than 84% of systems its size
Macomb Township’s library is the North Branch, a branch of Clinton-Macomb Public Library, which serves 184,879 people and lent 1.4M items last year.
The short version on Macomb Township’s library
Open about 66 hours a week
The Macomb Township branch is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
157,867 cards for 184,879 people, or 85%. At the typical library serving 100,000+ people, it’s 41%. 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; Macomb Township’s library is a branch of Clinton-Macomb Public Library, so they cover the whole system (184,879 people), not just the Macomb Township branch.
What’s behind Macomb Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Macomb Township is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #675 of 697 in Michigan. Macomb Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($90K–$151K) 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 →
118 community nonprofits are registered in Macomb Township
1.3 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: youth, sports & recreation.
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 (29 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 6 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
6.7%
6.7% of Macomb 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 Macomb Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Clinton-Macomb Public Library serves 184,879 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 137 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Clinton-Macomb Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
1.4M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
174,507 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 15 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
North Branch, 54100 Broughton Rd., Macomb.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Clinton-Macomb Public Library branch.
New in Macomb 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 $3.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Macomb Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $7.3M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $22M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7.3M budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 157,867 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Township | Ray Township Public Library | 4.0 | 35 | B− |
| Shelby Township | Shelby Township Library fine-free | 3.9 | 57 | D |
| Chesterfield Township | Chesterfield Township Library fine-free | 3.8 | 48 | C− |
| Macomb Township | North Branch | — | 66 | D |
| Clinton Township | Clinton-Macomb Public Library | — | 72 | 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.
- System-wide. North Branch is one branch of Clinton-Macomb Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 184,879 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 Macomb Township
Does Macomb Township have a public library?
Yes: North Branch, 54100 Broughton Rd., is a branch of Clinton-Macomb Public Library, which serves 184,879 people. The branch is open about 66 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Clinton-Macomb Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Macomb Township’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 7.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Macomb Township’s civic life grade?
D Macomb Township is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on civic life, #675 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 Macomb 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.