Photo: Chris857 · CC BY-SA 4.0Osceola Township’s library logs 1.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Osceola Township. Last year it lent 4,160 print books and media and logged 3,480 visits.
The short version on Osceola Township’s library
Programs are almost all for children
100% of the 89 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 0 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Kids’ books are most of what goes out
Children’s books and media make up 85% of print loans. Per resident, kids’ borrowing is higher than at 60% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Runs on less money than most
Osceola Township School Public Library spends $20 per resident, less than 91% of similar-size libraries (typical: $54). 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; Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Osceola Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Osceola Township’s civic life grade
On library visits and community nonprofits, Osceola Township is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. Osceola Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Osceola Township’s count of community nonprofits holds the grade up; library visits pull it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($43K–$71K) 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Osceola Township
4.6 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: arts & culture.
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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 4 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Osceola Township School Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
4,160 print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
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
Find it
Osceola Township School Public Library, 48475 North Maple Drive, Dollar Bay.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Osceola Township School Public Library branch.
New in Osceola 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 $1.91 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Osceola Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $37K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $70K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $37K 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 650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osceola Township | Osceola Township School Public Library | — | 30 | C+ |
| Calumet Township | Calumet Public-School Library | — | 40 | B+ |
| Dollar Bay | Osceola Township School Public Library | — | 30 | — graded as part of its town |
| Torch Lake Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Franklin Township | None of its own | — | — | 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.
- Visits are a typical-week estimate. Osceola Township School 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.
- System-wide. Osceola Township School Public Library serves 1,877 people in and around Osceola Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Osceola Township.
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 Osceola Township
Does Osceola Township have a public library?
Yes. Osceola Township School Public Library, 48475 North Maple Drive, serves 1,877 people in and around Osceola Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Osceola Township School 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 Osceola Township’s library?
It logged 1.9 visits and lent 2.2 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Osceola Township’s civic life grade?
C+ Osceola Township is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on civic life. 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 Osceola 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.