Photo: In memoriam afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0Mott’s library runs 539 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60 for libraries its size
Mott Public Library serves Mott’s 653 residents. Last year it lent 806 books, movies and e-books and logged 1,435 visits.
What Mott’s library is like
Nine times the programs of a typical library its size
Mott Public Library ran 352 programs last year, about 7 a week. That’s 539 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 60. Kids & programs ↓
Open only about 15 hours a week
Mott Public Library keeps short hours: about 15 a week, averaged over the year, so check its schedule before you go. The building ↓
A small-town library
Mott Public Library serves 653 residents with about one full-time staff. It’s compared only with libraries serving under 2,500 people, because per-person numbers always look big in a small town. A year at the library ↓
Most of Mott’s borrowing is digital
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 53% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
People visit, but borrow less than most
Mott Public Library lends 0.6 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, fewer than 96% of similar-size libraries, though visits are closer to typical. What people borrow ↓
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; in a town this small, one busy program or a few avid readers move the per-resident numbers.
What’s behind Mott’s civic life grade
Mott 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 →
About 5 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 Mott last year.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 2 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Mott Public Library serves 653 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 1 item goes out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
53% of borrowing is digital
806 loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Each of the 5,207 books and other items on the shelves went out about 0.1 time last year, on average.
426 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card.
Find it
Mott Public Library, 202 E Third Street, Mott.
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 $5.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Mott cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $11K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $60K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $11K 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 282 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mott | Mott Public Library fine-free | 1.2 | 15 | — under 1,000 residents |
| Castle Rock Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Mott Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Beery Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
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 Mott
Does Mott have a public library?
Yes. Mott Public Library, 202 E Third Street, serves Mott’s 653 residents (the survey’s count) and is open about 15 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Mott Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Mott’s library?
It logged 2.2 visits and lent 1.2 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Mott’s civic life grade?
Mott 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 Mott.
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.