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Pinellas County survey shows strong overall quality of life but falls on utilities and disaster preparedness
Summary
Polco and the National Research Center presented 2025 National Community Survey results to the Pinellas County Board on Aug. 14. The county’s overall quality-of-life ratings remain high, but multiple measures tied to utilities, storm readiness and mobility declined from 2024 and trailed some benchmarks.
Jason, a representative of Polco, presented results of the 2025 National Community Survey to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 14, reporting that most residents rate Pinellas County highly as a place to live while expressing concerns about utilities and disaster preparedness. "Residents continue to experience a high quality of life, in Pinellas County," Jason said during his presentation.
The Polco/National Research Center (NRC) report is based on a probability (random) mail survey and a separate open-participation online survey. Staff purchased a household address listing derived from U.S. Postal Service data, removed addresses outside Pinellas using county GIS boundaries, then randomly mailed invitations to 5,000 addresses beginning Feb. 27; 420 completed responses from that probability sample form the basis of the formal report. An open, countywide online survey collected an additional 1,904 responses; the…
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