Photo: Dwight Burdette at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Pittsfield Township’s library is a branch of Ann Arbor District Library, which lends more per resident than 99% of systems its size
Pittsfield Township’s library is the Pittsfield Branch Library, a branch of Ann Arbor District Library, which serves 177,696 people and lent 6.8M items last year.
The short version on Pittsfield Township’s library
One of the busiest library systems its size
The Ann Arbor District Library system logs 8.1 visits per resident, against a typical 2.1 for libraries serving 100,000+ people, and lends 26 print items per resident against a typical 3.2. On both counts it beats 99% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
Big on e-books and audiobooks
Digital borrowing runs 12 e-items per resident, against a typical 1.4, higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. It’s 31% of all loans. What people borrow ↓
Kids’ borrowing is a standout
Children’s books and media are 34% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 99% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
132,000 people came to the system’s 1,877 programs last year: 0.7 per resident, against a typical 0.2, more than at 97% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Open about 69 hours a week
The Pittsfield Township branch is open about 69 hours a week, averaged over the year. The building ↓
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; Pittsfield Township’s library is a branch of Ann Arbor District Library, so they cover the whole system (177,696 people), not just the Pittsfield Township branch.
What’s behind Pittsfield Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Pittsfield Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns, #188 of 697 in Michigan. Pittsfield Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; 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 →
166 community nonprofits are registered in Pittsfield Township
4.2 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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 (35 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 12 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
10.0%
10.0% of Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield Township’s residents live; 2022.
Every hour the doors are open, about 379 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ann Arbor District Library system. The library’s own count.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 7 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Ann Arbor District Library serves 177,696 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
6.8M loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
2,082,886 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 21 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
Pittsfield Branch Library, 2359 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ann Arbor District Library branch.
New in Pittsfield 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 $5.61 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Pittsfield Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $19M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $106M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $19M 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 58,648 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Township | Pittsfield Branch Library fine-free | — | 69 | A− |
| Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor District Library fine-free | — | 69 | A |
| Saline | Saline District Library | — | 64 | A |
| Ypsilanti Township | Ypsilanti District Library fine-free | — | 68 | B |
| Lodi Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Ann Arbor 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.
- System-wide. Pittsfield Branch Library is one branch of Ann Arbor District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 177,696 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 Pittsfield Township
Does Pittsfield Township have a public library?
Yes: Pittsfield Branch Library, 2359 Oak Valley Drive, is a branch of Ann Arbor District Library, which serves 177,696 people. The branch is open about 69 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ann Arbor District 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 Pittsfield Township’s library?
It logged 8.1 visits and lent 38.1 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Pittsfield Township’s civic life grade?
A− Pittsfield Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns on civic life, #188 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 Pittsfield 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.