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Broomfield survey: residents split on direction; quality-of-life ratings remain high
Summary
A Magellan Strategies survey of 2,908 residents found strong satisfaction with quality of life and city services but sharp concerns about cost of living, utility rate increases and growth. About 36% said Broomfield is headed in the right direction, 29% said wrong track and 35% were unsure.
The City and County of Broomfield tonight heard results of a 2025 community survey conducted by Magellan Strategies that shows high marks for local quality of life and government services but sharp resident concern about cost of living and recent utility rate increases.
Courtney Sievers, a survey researcher with Magellan Strategies, told the City Council the firm completed 2,908 interviews conducted Feb. 24–March 20, 2025 and sent outreach texts to about 44,628 residents, roughly 71% of the adult population. Sievers said the survey is weighted to match Broomfield’s adult population and reports a margin of error of 1.77 percentage points at the 95% confidence level for the overall sample; subgroup margins of error are larger.
The survey asked whether things in Broomfield are moving in the “right…
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