Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY 4.0Schoolcraft’s library lends 5.9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8 for libraries its size
Schoolcraft Community Library serves 3,835 people in and around Schoolcraft. Last year it lent 22K print books and media and logged 9,244 visits.
What stands out about Schoolcraft Community Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Schoolcraft’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Schoolcraft is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns. Schoolcraft is graded on two of the three inputs. Both inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups ranks highest.
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 Schoolcraft
5.8 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 (2 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
10.7%
10.7% of Schoolcraft’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 Schoolcraft’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Schoolcraft Community Library serves 3,835 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 12 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Schoolcraft Community Library system. The library’s own count.
More than half the print loans are kids’ books
22K 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 2 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
Schoolcraft Community Library, 330 North Centre Street, Schoolcraft.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Schoolcraft Community Library branch.
New in Schoolcraft? 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 $1.75 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Schoolcraft cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $202K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $353K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $202K 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 1,428 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Schoolcraft Community Library serves 3,835 people in and around Schoolcraft, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Schoolcraft.
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 Schoolcraft
Does Schoolcraft have a public library?
Yes. Schoolcraft Community Library, 330 North Centre Street, serves 3,835 people in and around Schoolcraft (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Schoolcraft Community 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 Schoolcraft’s library?
It logged 2.4 visits and lent 5.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Schoolcraft’s civic life grade?
A Schoolcraft is ahead of 91% 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 Schoolcraft.
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.