Tekonsha’s library runs 101 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Tekonsha Township Public Library serves 1,757 people in and around Tekonsha. Last year it lent 3,282 print books and media and logged 8,753 visits.
What stands out about Tekonsha Township Public Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Tekonsha’s civic life grade
Tekonsha isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 4 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Tekonsha Township Public Library serves 1,757 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 2 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Tekonsha Township Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
3,282 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
Tekonsha Township Public Library, 230 South Church Street, Tekonsha.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Tekonsha Township Public Library branch.
New in Tekonsha? 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 $1.13 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Tekonsha cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $71K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $81K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $71K 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 1,265 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. Tekonsha Township Public Library serves 1,757 people in and around Tekonsha, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Tekonsha.
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 Tekonsha
Does Tekonsha have a public library?
Yes. Tekonsha Township Public Library, 230 South Church Street, serves 1,757 people in and around Tekonsha (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Tekonsha Township 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 Tekonsha’s library?
It logged 5.0 visits and lent 1.9 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Tekonsha’s civic life grade?
Tekonsha isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Tekonsha.
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.