Wheatland Township’s library logs 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries its size
Wheatland Township Library serves 2,829 people in and around Wheatland Township. Last year it lent 1,474 print books and media and logged 1,942 visits.
What Wheatland Township’s library is like
Wheatland Township Library is used less than most libraries its size
Wheatland Township Library records 0.7 visits per resident, against a typical 3 for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people. Borrowing is 0.5 print items per resident, against a typical 3.8. It also spends less than most: $25 per resident, against a typical $43. How it compares ↓
Few programs for a library this size
Wheatland Township Library offered 2 programs last year, 0.7 per 1,000 residents against a typical 34. Kids & programs ↓
Nearly everyone the system serves has a card
2,490 cards for 2,829 people, or 88%. At the typical library serving 2,500 to 10,000 people, it’s 42%. 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; Wheatland Township Library serves 2,829 people in and around Wheatland Township, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Wheatland Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Wheatland Township is ahead of 97% of U.S. towns. Wheatland Township 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 Wheatland Township
5.8 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: civic groups, clubs & veterans.
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.
18.0%
18.0% of Wheatland Township’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 Wheatland Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people across the U.S.
Wheatland Township Library serves 2,829 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000.
A year at Wheatland Township Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Wheatland Township Library system. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
1,474 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.
2 programs a year
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
Find it
Wheatland Township Library, 207 Michigan Avenue, Remus.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Wheatland Township Library branch.
New in Wheatland Township? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wheatland Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $71K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $25K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $71K 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 2,490 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Township | Wheatland Township Library | — | 32 | A+ |
| Morton Township | Morton Township Public Library | — | 32 | A− |
| Sheridan Township | None of its own | — | — | A |
| Broomfield Township | None of its own | — | — | B+ |
| Millbrook 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. Wheatland Township Library serves 2,829 people in and around Wheatland Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wheatland Township.
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 Wheatland Township
Does Wheatland Township have a public library?
Yes. Wheatland Township Library, 207 Michigan Avenue, serves 2,829 people in and around Wheatland Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 32 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Wheatland Township 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 Wheatland Township’s library?
It logged 0.7 visits and lent 0.5 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3 visits for libraries serving 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is Wheatland Township’s civic life grade?
A+ Wheatland Township is ahead of 97% 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 Wheatland Township.
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.