Riverview’s library runs 9.3 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 24 for libraries its size
Riverview Public Library serves Riverview’s 12,490 residents. Last year it lent 40K books, movies and e-books and logged 29K visits.
The short version on Riverview’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Riverview Public Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on four. How it compares ↓
Programs are almost all for children
83% of the 116 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including 49 for ages 0–5. Kids & programs ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 19% of the people Riverview Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Riverview Public Library offered 116 programs last year, 9.3 per 1,000 residents against a typical 24. Kids & programs ↓
A big collection for the borrowing it gets
Riverview Public Library holds 72,000 books and other items, but the average item went out less than once last year. What people borrow ↓
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.
What’s behind Riverview’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Riverview is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #594 of 697 in Michigan. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Riverview’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($55K–$92K) score higher, so income alone doesn’t account for it.
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 →
34 community nonprofits are registered in Riverview
2.8 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 (12 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.5%
8.5% of Riverview’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 Riverview’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Riverview Public Library serves 12,490 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 20 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
40K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 72K books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.4 time last year, on average.
9,551 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 2 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Riverview last year.
Find it
Riverview Public Library, 14300 Sibley Road, Riverview.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy.
New in Riverview? 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 $1.57 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Riverview cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $405K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $636K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $405K 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 2,380 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | Trenton Veterans Memorial Library | 3.4 | 58 | C |
| Riverview | Riverview Public Library fine-free | 3.2 | 38 | C |
| Brownstown Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
| Grosse Ile 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.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
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 Riverview
Does Riverview have a public library?
Yes. Riverview Public Library, 14300 Sibley Road, serves Riverview’s 12,490 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 38 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Riverview 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 Riverview’s library?
It logged 2.3 visits and lent 3.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Riverview’s civic life grade?
C Riverview is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on civic life, #594 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 Riverview.
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.