Waverly’s library lends 9 print items per resident, against a typical 3.7 for libraries its size
Delta Township District Library serves 33,620 people in and around Waverly. Last year it lent 387K books, movies and e-books and logged 130K visits.
The short version on Waverly’s library
More library cards than residents
34,835 cards for 33,620 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving 25,000 to 100,000 people, it’s 39%. How it compares ↓
The shelves work hard
Each of the 56,000 items on the shelves went out about 5.4 times last year, on average. What people borrow ↓
Delta Township District Library serves more than Waverly
The library’s service area covers 33,620 people in and around Waverly, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. 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.
What’s behind Waverly’s civic life grade
Waverly 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 all 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Delta Township District Library serves 33,620 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 131 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
387K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 56K books and other items on the shelves went out about 5.4 times last year, on average.
84,712 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 6 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.
Find it
Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing.
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 Waverly? 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 $3.05 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Waverly cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $2M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $6M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $2M 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 34,835 cardholders ÷ 12.
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 Waverly
Does Waverly have a public library?
Yes. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, serves 33,620 people in and around Waverly (the survey’s count) and is open about 57 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Delta Township District 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 Waverly’s library?
It logged 3.9 visits and lent 11.5 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Waverly’s civic life grade?
Waverly 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 Waverly.
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.