Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Langlois’ library lends 20 print items per resident, against a typical 3.9 for libraries its size
Langlois Library District serves 748 people in and around Langlois. Last year it lent 15K print books and media and logged 6,626 visits.
The short version on Langlois’s library
One of the busiest library systems its size
Langlois Library District logs 8.9 visits per resident, against a typical 3.5 for libraries serving under 2,500 people, and lends 20 print items per resident against a typical 3.9. On both counts it beats 87% of similar-size libraries across the U.S. How it compares ↓
More library cards than residents
756 cards for 748 people. Cards held by people from outside the service area count too, so the total can pass the population. At the typical library serving under 2,500 people, it’s 54%. How it compares ↓
A well-funded system
Langlois Library District spends $144 per resident a year, about twice the typical $54 for a library its size. What your card is worth ↓
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; Langlois Library District serves 748 people in and around Langlois, 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 Langlois’ civic life grade
Langlois 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 →
Books and media off the shelf
15K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 6 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving under 2,500 people across the U.S.
Langlois Library District serves 748 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving under 2,500.
Every hour the doors are open, about 10 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Langlois Library District system. The library’s own count.
20 programs a year
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.
Find it
Langlois Library District, 48234 Hwy 101, Langlois.
No late fees. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Langlois Library District branch.
New in Langlois? 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 $2.44 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Langlois cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $54. Operating budget $108K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $263K worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $108K 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 756 cardholders ÷ 12.
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. Langlois Library District serves 748 people in and around Langlois, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Langlois.
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 Langlois
Does Langlois have a public library?
Yes. Langlois Library District, 48234 Hwy 101, serves 748 people in and around Langlois (the survey’s count) and is open about 30 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Langlois Library District fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Langlois’ library?
It logged 8.9 visits and lent 20.3 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.5 visits for libraries serving under 2,500 people.
What is Langlois’ civic life grade?
Langlois 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 Langlois.
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.