Photo: Rklawton · CC BY-SA 4.0Negaunee’s library runs 47 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 34 for libraries its size
Negaunee Public Library serves 7,859 people in and around Negaunee. Last year it lent 14K books, movies and e-books and logged 11K visits.
The short version on Negaunee’s library
Runs on less money than most
Negaunee Public Library spends $11 per resident, less than 94% of similar-size libraries (typical: $43). What your card is worth ↓
42% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 42% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. 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; Negaunee Public Library serves 7,859 people in and around Negaunee, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Negaunee’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Negaunee is among the top 1% of U.S. towns, #5 of 697 in Michigan. Negaunee is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs put Negaunee near the top nationally; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 →
39 community nonprofits are registered in Negaunee
8.4 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 (7 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.
19.3%
19.3% of Negaunee’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 Negaunee’s residents live; 2022.
42% of borrowing is digital
14K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,956 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Negaunee Public Library serves 7,859 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 6 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Negaunee Public Library system. The library’s own count.
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
Negaunee Public Library, 319 West Case Street, Negaunee.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Negaunee Public Library branch.
New in Negaunee? 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 $2.81 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Negaunee cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $90K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $253K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $90K 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 2,821 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negaunee | Negaunee Public Library | — | 50 | A+ |
| Ishpeming | Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library | — | 42 | A+ |
| Negaunee Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Ishpeming 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.
- System-wide. Negaunee Public Library serves 7,859 people in and around Negaunee, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Negaunee.
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 Negaunee
Does Negaunee have a public library?
Yes. Negaunee Public Library, 319 West Case Street, serves 7,859 people in and around Negaunee (the survey’s count) and is open about 50 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Negaunee 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 Negaunee’s library?
It logged 1.5 visits and lent 1.8 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Negaunee’s civic life grade?
A+ Negaunee is among the top 1% of U.S. towns on civic life, #5 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 Negaunee.
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.