#1Oxford Township
Oakland County · 23,066 peopleVisits per resident a year·Oxford Public Library, FY 2024
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Oxford Township, #1 on this list · Indian Lake Road Stone Arch Bridge · Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0Oxford Township has the most-used library of Michigan’s 91 towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own: 7.7 visits per resident a year at Oxford Public Library (IMLS Public Libraries Survey). The typical library here counts 2.3.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey: a year’s visits divided by the people the library serves. Only a library that serves one town (80–125% of its population) and reported its own count is ranked; IMLS estimates never are. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1Visits per resident a year·Oxford Public Library, FY 2024
#2Visits per resident a year·Interlochen Public Library, FY 2024
#3Visits per resident a year·Clinton Township Public Library, FY 2024
Visits per resident, highest first.
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Oxford Township (Oakland County): Oxford Public Library counts 7.7 visits per resident a year. Green Lake Township (6.5) and Clinton Township (6.1) follow.
By library visits per resident in the IMLS Public Libraries Survey: the visits a town’s own library reported, divided by the population it serves, highest first. It is the same rank as on each town’s Library & civic life page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ with a library of their own that reported its visits (91 in Michigan). Towns served by a county or regional system share its figure and aren’t ranked one by one; figures IMLS estimated for a library that didn’t report aren’t ranked; in states with strong townships the township, not a village inside it, is ranked. Every town is on the Michigan page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.