Photo: Peterpahl8 · CC BY-SA 3.0Presque Isle Township’s library is a branch of Presque Isle District Library, which lends less per resident than 55% of systems its size
Presque Isle Township’s library is the Grand Lake Branch Library, a branch of Presque Isle District Library, which serves 14,332 people and lent 51K items last year.
What stands out about Grand Lake Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Presque Isle Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Presque Isle Township is ahead of 98% of U.S. towns. Presque Isle Township is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; Presque Isle Township’s count of community nonprofits 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 →
17 community nonprofits are registered in Presque Isle Township
8.8 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
12.1%
12.1% of Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 13 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 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Presque Isle District Library serves 14,332 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Presque Isle District Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
51K 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.
Find it
Grand Lake Branch Library, 18132 Lake Esau Highway, Presque Isle.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Presque Isle District Library branch.
New in Presque Isle 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 $1.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Presque Isle Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $907K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $907K 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 4,518 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Township | Grand Lake Branch Library fine-free | — | 30 | A+ |
| Presque Isle Harbor | Grand Lake Branch Library fine-free | — | 30 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Krakow Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Alpena Township | None of its own | — | — | — graded with its twin city |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Grand Lake Branch Library is one branch of Presque Isle District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 14,332 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 Presque Isle Township
Does Presque Isle Township have a public library?
Yes: Grand Lake Branch Library, 18132 Lake Esau Highway, is a branch of Presque Isle District Library, which serves 14,332 people. The branch is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle Township’s library?
It logged 5.8 visits and lent 3.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Presque Isle Township’s civic life grade?
A+ Presque Isle Township is ahead of 98% 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 Presque Isle 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.