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Goodyear residents rate quality of life high; mobility and housing flagged in 2025 community survey
Summary
City staff and Polco presented the results of the 2025 National Community Survey: 9 in 10 residents say Goodyear is a good or excellent place to live, while mobility and several housing-related measures show gaps and some declines since 2023.
Erin Caldwell, a survey research principal with Polco, presented the City of Goodyear’s 2025 National Citizen Survey results at the June 16 work session, reporting that about nine in 10 respondents rated Goodyear as an excellent or good place to live. "I am happy to be here, to present a summary of the findings from your Goodyear National Community Survey," Caldwell said.
Caldwell said the probability (random) sample produced 415 completed surveys, an 11% response rate and a margin of error of about ±5 percentage points; an open-participation survey also produced 328 responses but was not used for the benchmarking analysis. "All households were eligible," she said, and Polco applied standard weighting to rebalance respondent demographics against Goodyear’s adult population.
The survey groups 121 evaluative…
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