Photo: Cookieman1.1.1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Taylor’s library logs 1.3 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Taylor Community Library serves Taylor’s 63,409 residents. Last year it lent 158K books, movies and e-books and logged 81K visits.
The short version on Taylor’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, Taylor Community Library sits below the middle on all seven per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on six. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 14% of the people Taylor Community Library serves have a library card, against a typical 39% for its size. How it compares ↓
Programs lean toward adults
55% of the 381 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 83 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.
What’s behind Taylor’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Taylor is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #687 of 697 in Michigan. All three inputs sit below most U.S. towns; the share of younger adults in volunteering groups comes closest to the middle.
Taylor Community Library spends $17 per resident, against a typical $40 for libraries its size.
Most U.S. towns with similar household incomes ($46K–$76K) 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 →
91 community nonprofits are registered in Taylor
1.5 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 (61 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 11 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
5.7%
5.7% of Taylor’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 Taylor’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Taylor Community Library serves 63,409 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 58 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Almost half the print loans are kids’ books
158K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 100K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.1 time last year, on average.
49,967 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 Taylor last year.
2 places to borrow in Taylor
Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, Taylor.
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 Taylor? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Other libraries in Taylor
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $2.32 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Taylor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $1.1M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $1.1M 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 9,059 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Taylor ranks 2nd of 3 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dearborn Heights | Dearborn Heights City Libraries fine-free | 2.6 | 54 | C |
| Taylor | Taylor Community Library fine-free | 2.5 | 52 | D |
| Romulus | Romulus Public Library | 1.5 | 58 | D |
| Brownstown Township | None of its own | — | — | C− |
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 Taylor
Does Taylor have a public library?
Yes. Taylor Community Library, 12303 Pardee Road, serves Taylor’s 63,409 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 52 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Taylor 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 Taylor’s library?
It logged 1.3 visits and lent 2.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Taylor’s civic life grade?
D Taylor is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on civic life, #687 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 Taylor.
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.