Wright Township’s library runs 264 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Wright Township. Last year it logged 5,941 visits.
What Wright Township’s library is like
Four times the programs of a typical library its size
Waldron District Library ran 635 programs last year, about 12 a week. That’s 264 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Most programs are for young children
71% of the 635 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 3.8 a week for ages 0–5. 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; Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Wright Township, and its numbers cover all of them; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Wright Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Wright Township is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. Wright Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Wright Township’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 →
3 community nonprofits are registered in Wright Township
1.6 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 (3 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town.
17.6%
17.6% of Wright 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 Wright Township’s residents live; 2022.
About 9 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.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 1 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
A year at Waldron District Library
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Waldron District Library system. The library’s own count.
Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey fills a missing figure with its own estimate; we leave estimates out rather than show them as the library’s count.
Find it
Waldron District Library, 107 North Main Street, Waldron.
E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Waldron District Library branch.
New in Wright 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 Wright Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $96K.
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 900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Township | Waldron District Library | — | 37 | B |
| Pittsford Township | Pittsford Public Library | — | 23 | B |
| Medina Township | None of its own | — | — | B− |
| Ransom Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mill Creek Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Amboy 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.
- Not reported for 2024: print loans and books & media on the shelves. The survey filled the figure with its own estimate, so it is left out.
- System-wide. Waldron District Library serves 2,408 people in and around Wright Township, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Wright 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 Wright Township
Does Wright Township have a public library?
Yes. Waldron District Library, 107 North Main Street, serves 2,408 people in and around Wright Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 37 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Waldron 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 Wright Township’s library?
It logged 2.5 visits per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Wright Township’s civic life grade?
B Wright Township is ahead of 57% 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 Wright 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.