Photo: Whoisjohngalt · CC BY-SA 4.0Vicksburg’s library lends 1.8 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Vicksburg District Library serves 13,503 people in and around Vicksburg. Last year it lent 24K print books and media and logged 21K visits.
The short version on Vicksburg’s library
Below typical on every measure
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people, Vicksburg District Library sits below the middle on all six per-resident measures we compare, and in the bottom 30% on five. How it compares ↓
Few residents carry a card
Only 18% of the people the system serves have a library card, against a typical 40% for its size. 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; Vicksburg District Library serves 13,503 people in and around Vicksburg, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Vicksburg’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Vicksburg is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns, #272 of 697 in Michigan. Vicksburg is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Vicksburg’s count of community nonprofits pulls 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 →
12 community nonprofits are registered in Vicksburg
3.1 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.
12.3%
12.3% of Vicksburg’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 Vicksburg’s residents live; 2022.
Below most similar-size libraries on all 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Vicksburg District Library serves 13,503 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 8 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Vicksburg District Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
24K 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 3 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
Vicksburg District Library, 215 South Michigan Avenue, Vicksburg.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Vicksburg District Library branch.
New in Vicksburg? 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 $1.03 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Vicksburg cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $392K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $402K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $392K budget.
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 2,440 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | Vicksburg District Library | — | 58 | B+ |
| Schoolcraft Township | Vicksburg District Library | — | 58 | A− |
| Brady Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
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.
- Digital loans not reported. The library didn’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
- System-wide. Vicksburg District Library serves 13,503 people in and around Vicksburg, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Vicksburg.
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 Vicksburg
Does Vicksburg have a public library?
Yes. Vicksburg District Library, 215 South Michigan Avenue, serves 13,503 people in and around Vicksburg (the survey’s count) and is open about 58 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg’s library?
It logged 1.6 visits and lent 1.8 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is Vicksburg’s civic life grade?
B+ Vicksburg is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns on civic life, #272 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 Vicksburg.
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.