Mecosta’s library runs 19 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Morton Township Public Library serves 6,776 people in and around Mecosta. Last year it lent 38K books, movies and e-books and logged 23K visits.
What stands out about Morton Township Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Mecosta’s civic life grade
Mecosta isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
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.
Morton Township Public Library serves 6,776 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 23 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Morton Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
38K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
9,336 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, 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
Morton Township Public Library, 110 South James Street, Mecosta.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Morton Township Public Library branch.
New in Mecosta? 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 $1.94 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mecosta cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $328K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $637K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $328K 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 9,328 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Morton Township Public Library serves 6,776 people in and around Mecosta, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Mecosta.
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 Mecosta
Does Mecosta have a public library?
Yes. Morton Township Public Library, 110 South James Street, serves 6,776 people in and around Mecosta (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Morton Township 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 Mecosta’s library?
It logged 3.4 visits and lent 5.6 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Mecosta’s civic life grade?
Mecosta isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Mecosta.
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.