Photo: Roger Puta · Public domainWhite Lake’s library is a branch of Antigo Public Library, which lends more per resident than 52% of systems its size
White Lake’s library is the White Lake Branch, a branch of Antigo Public Library, which serves 19,354 people and lent 102K items last year.
What stands out about White Lake Branch
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind White Lake’s civic life grade
White Lake 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 →
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S.
Antigo Public Library serves 19,354 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 22 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Antigo Public Library system. The library’s own count.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
102K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
22,863 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
About 7 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.
Find it
White Lake Branch, 615 School St., White Lake.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Antigo Public Library branch.
New in White Lake? 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 $2.56 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average White Lake cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $657K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.7M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $657K 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 8,503 cardholders ÷ 12.
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. White Lake Branch is one branch of Antigo Public Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 19,354 people it serves.
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 White Lake
Does White Lake have a public library?
Yes: White Lake Branch, 615 School St., is a branch of Antigo Public Library, which serves 19,354 people. The branch is open about 20 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Antigo Public 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 White Lake’s library?
It logged 2.7 visits and lent 5.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 3.1 visits for libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people.
What is White Lake’s civic life grade?
White Lake 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 White Lake.
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.