Port Austin Township Library, serving an area of 3,900 residents, has a collection of 11,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 920 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 800 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $10,500. Patrons make 13,200 visits annually, and check out materials 19,800 times. Twenty-one percent of all check-outs are children's materials.