Photo: Dethistoricaler at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Wyandotte’s library logs 4 visits per resident, against a typical 2.6 for libraries its size
Bacon Memorial District Library serves Wyandotte’s 25,058 residents. Last year it lent 132K books, movies and e-books and logged 99K visits.
Wyandotte’s library, in brief
Wyandotte out-borrows every town next door
At 5.3 loans per resident, Wyandotte leads the four towns here. The closest is Southgate, at 4. Libraries next door ↓
Most programs are for young children
70% of the 238 programs last year were for ages 11 and under, including about 1.5 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.
What’s behind Wyandotte’s civic life grade
On library visits, community nonprofits and volunteering, Wyandotte is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns, #448 of 697 in Michigan. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Wyandotte’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 →
68 community nonprofits are registered in Wyandotte
2.8 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 (21 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 3 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
9.0%
9.0% of Wyandotte’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 Wyandotte’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Bacon Memorial District Library serves 25,058 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 47 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
132K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 58K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.8 times last year, on average.
28,017 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. 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, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
children’s books and media borrowed per child under 18 in Wyandotte last year.
Find it
Bacon Memorial District Library, 45 Vinewood Street, Wyandotte.
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 Wyandotte? 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 $2.26 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Wyandotte cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $941K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $2.1M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $941K 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 8,334 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Wyandotte borrows the most per resident of the 4 towns here. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte | Bacon Memorial District Library fine-free | 5.3 | 54 | B− |
| Southgate | Southgate Veterans Memorial Library fine-free | 4.0 | 48 | C− |
| Lincoln Park | Lincoln Park Public Library fine-free | 0.7 | 39 | D− |
| Ecorse | Ecorse Public Library fine-free | 0.3 | 30 | D− |
| Grosse Ile Township | None of its own | — | — | A− |
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.
- 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 Wyandotte
Does Wyandotte have a public library?
Yes. Bacon Memorial District Library, 45 Vinewood Street, serves Wyandotte’s 25,058 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 54 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Bacon Memorial 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 Wyandotte’s library?
It logged 4.0 visits and lent 5.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Wyandotte’s civic life grade?
B− Wyandotte is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on civic life, #448 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 Wyandotte.
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.