Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY 4.0Madison Heights’ library runs 7.7 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Madison Heights Public Library serves Madison Heights’s 28,468 residents. Last year it lent 82K books, movies and e-books and logged 78K visits.
The short version on Madison Heights’s library
Few residents carry a card
Only 17% of the people Madison Heights Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans. Print still makes up 58%, much of it kids’ books. 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 Madison Heights’ civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Madison Heights is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #611 of 697 in Michigan. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Madison Heights’ count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($52K–$87K) 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 →
61 community nonprofits are registered in Madison Heights
2.2 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 (20 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.
8.4%
8.4% of Madison Heights’ 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 Madison Heights’ residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Madison Heights Public Library serves 28,468 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 31 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
42% of borrowing is digital
82K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 64K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.7 time last year, on average.
34,591 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. 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 Madison Heights last year.
Find it
Madison Heights Public Library, 240 West Thirteen Mile Road, Madison Heights.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Madison Heights? 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 $1.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Madison Heights cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $928K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $928K 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 4,886 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Madison Heights ranks 4th of 5 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | Troy Public Library fine-free | 11.3 | 65 | B |
| Royal Oak | Royal Oak Public Library fine-free | 9.4 | 61 | B− |
| Warren | Civic Center Library | 4.7 | 50 | D |
| Madison Heights | Madison Heights Public Library fine-free | 2.9 | 51 | C |
| Hazel Park | Hazel Park Memorial Library fine-free | 2.4 | 42 | 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.
- 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 Madison Heights
Does Madison Heights have a public library?
Yes. Madison Heights Public Library, 240 West Thirteen Mile Road, serves Madison Heights’ 28,468 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Madison Heights 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 Madison Heights’ library?
It logged 2.8 visits and lent 2.9 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Madison Heights’ civic life grade?
C Madison Heights is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on civic life, #611 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 Madison Heights.
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.