Library · Dexter
Dexter District Library
Dexter’s library is the Dexter District Library, a branch of Dexter District Library, open about 70 hours a week.
IMLS Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024School-district system. Dexter’s branch belongs to Dexter District Library, which serves 21,616 people. The yearly numbers below are for the whole system, not just this branch. A card works at every branch.
Your branch
Dexter District Library
3255 Alpine Street, Dexter 48130
70 hrsopen a week
30,000sq ft
Charges late finesLate fees on some overdue items
E-books & audiobooksBorrow from home with your card
Auto-renews loansBooks renew on their own if no one’s waiting
Research databasesOnline courses, journals, genealogy and more
Fiscal year 2024
A year at Dexter District Library
134K
visits
6.2 per resident
501K
loans, print + digital
23.2 per resident
566
programs & events
23K attended
11K
library cards
50% of people served
How it compares
Against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people
Per-resident numbers, compared only with libraries of a similar size across the country, because a tiny town’s library always looks busier per person.
Visits per resident
6.2 visits · typical 3.1
Higher than 87% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing per resident
19.0 print items · typical 3.9
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Digital borrowing
4.2 e-items · typical 1.1
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Kids’ borrowing
10.9 kids’ items · typical 1.8
Top 10% of similar-size libraries
Program attendance
1.1 attendees · typical 0.4
Higher than 89% of similar-size libraries
Cardholders
50% of residents
Higher than 67% of similar-size libraries
Borrowing & programs
What people use it for
What people borrow
501K loans last year
Books & media (adults)35%Kids’ books & media47%E-books, audio & streaming18%
Who the programs are for
566 story times, classes, clubs and events
Money
Who pays for it
$80 per resident a year
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $1.7M.
Local 86%State 1%Federal 0%Gifts & other 13%
About these numbers
How to read this page
Hours are an averageThe survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Compared by size“Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
One year, the library’s own countLibraries report their own visits, loans and programs for fiscal year 2024. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Distances are straight-line from the town center.