Reynolds Township’s library lends 9.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library serves 9,992 people in and around Reynolds Township. Last year it lent 110K books, movies and e-books and logged 44K visits.
The short version on Reynolds Township’s library
More than half the print loans are for kids
Children’s books and media are 55% of print loans, and kids’ borrowing per resident is higher than at 92% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
Programs draw a crowd
21,000 people came to the system’s 544 programs last year: 2.1 per resident, against a typical 0.5, more than at 96% of similar-size libraries. Kids & programs ↓
A system of heavy borrowers
Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library lends 9.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, more than 90% of similar-size libraries. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
54% of the 544 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 186 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; Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library serves 9,992 people in and around Reynolds Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Reynolds Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Reynolds Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns, #414 of 697 in Michigan. Reynolds Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Reynolds 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 →
10 community nonprofits are registered in Reynolds Township
1.7 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
15.5%
15.5% of Reynolds 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 Reynolds Township’s residents live; 2022.
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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library serves 9,992 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 41 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
110K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
13,554 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library, 117 West Williams Street, Howard City.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library branch.
New in Reynolds 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 $5.72 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Reynolds Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $326K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.9M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $326K budget.
Late fines apply to some overdue items.
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 3,136 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croton Township | Croton Township Library | 3.8 | 36 | C |
| Reynolds Township | Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library | — | 51 | B |
| Winfield Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
| Pierson Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Aetna Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
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. Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library serves 9,992 people in and around Reynolds Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Reynolds 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 Reynolds Township
Does Reynolds Township have a public library?
Yes. Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library, 117 West Williams Street, serves 9,992 people in and around Reynolds Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 51 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
It charges late fines on some overdue items, and it lends e-books and audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Reynolds Township’s library?
It logged 4.4 visits and lent 11.0 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Reynolds Township’s civic life grade?
B Reynolds Township is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on civic life, #414 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 Reynolds 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.