Putnam Township’s library logs 5.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.1 for libraries its size
Pinckney Community Public Library serves 11,072 people in and around Putnam Township. Last year it lent 55K print books and media and logged 65K visits.
What stands out about Pinckney Community Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Putnam Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Putnam Township is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns, #320 of 697 in Michigan. Putnam Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Putnam Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
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 →
23 community nonprofits are registered in Putnam Township
2.9 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
11.4%
11.4% of Putnam 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 Putnam Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Pinckney Community Public Library serves 11,072 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 21 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Pinckney Community Public Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
55K 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 4 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
Pinckney Community Public Library, 125 Putnam St., Pinckney.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Pinckney Community Public Library branch.
New in Putnam 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 $1.00 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Putnam Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $877K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $878K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $877K 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 17,430 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Township | Hamburg Township Library | 4.8 | 56 | B |
| Putnam Township | Pinckney Community Public Library fine-free | — | 52 | B |
| Unadilla Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Marion Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Dexter Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
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. Pinckney Community Public Library serves 11,072 people in and around Putnam Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Putnam 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 Putnam Township
Does Putnam Township have a public library?
Yes. Pinckney Community Public Library, 125 Putnam St., serves 11,072 people in and around Putnam Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Pinckney Community Public 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 Putnam Township’s library?
It logged 5.9 visits and lent 5.0 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Putnam Township’s civic life grade?
B Putnam Township is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns on civic life, #320 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 Putnam 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.