Roxand Township’s library logs 1 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries its size
Mulliken District Library serves 1,748 people in and around Roxand Township. Last year it logged 1,788 visits.
Roxand Township’s library, in brief
Few programs for a library this size
Mulliken District Library offered 7 programs last year, 4 per 1,000 residents against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 18 hours a week
The Roxand Township branch keeps short hours: about 18 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
1,616 cards for 1,748 people, or 92%. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
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; Mulliken District Library serves 1,748 people in and around Roxand Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Roxand Township’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Roxand Township is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; library visits pull 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 →
7 community nonprofits are registered in Roxand Township
3.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: human services.
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.
13.8%
13.8% of Roxand 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 Roxand Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mulliken District Library serves 1,748 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Mulliken District Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Mulliken District Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
7 programs a year
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
Mulliken District Library, 135 Main Street, Mulliken.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Mulliken District Library branch.
New in Roxand Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Roxand Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $73K.
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 1,616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxand Township | Mulliken District Library | — | 18 | B− |
| Sunfield Township | Sunfield District Library | — | 27 | A |
| Oneida Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Chester Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Danby 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.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Mulliken District Library serves 1,748 people in and around Roxand Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Roxand 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 Roxand Township
Does Roxand Township have a public library?
Yes. Mulliken District Library, 135 Main Street, serves 1,748 people in and around Roxand Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 18 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mulliken District 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 Roxand Township’s library?
It logged 1.0 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Roxand Township’s civic life grade?
B− Roxand Township is ahead of 50% 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 Roxand 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.