Prescott’s library is a branch of Ogemaw District Library, which lends less per resident than 75% of systems its size
Prescott’s library is the Ogemaw East Branch Library, a branch of Ogemaw District Library, which serves 11,647 people and lent 28K items last year.
The short version on Prescott’s library
Open only about 15 hours a week
The Prescott branch keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 8% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
73% of the 599 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 136 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
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; Prescott’s library is a branch of Ogemaw District Library, so they cover the whole system (11,647 people), not just the Prescott branch.
What’s behind Prescott’s civic life grade
Prescott 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 →
About 3 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Ogemaw District Library serves 11,647 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 9 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Ogemaw District Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
28K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
5,144 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Ogemaw East Branch Library, 200 Washington Street, Prescott.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Ogemaw District Library branch.
New in Prescott? 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 $2.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Prescott cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $270K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $550K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $270K 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 914 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Ogemaw East Branch Library is one branch of Ogemaw District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 11,647 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 Prescott
Does Prescott have a public library?
Yes: Ogemaw East Branch Library, 200 Washington Street, is a branch of Ogemaw District Library, which serves 11,647 people. The branch is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Ogemaw 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 Prescott’s library?
It logged 1.2 visits and lent 2.4 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Prescott’s civic life grade?
Prescott 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 Prescott.
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.