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2025 Olmsted County resident survey: most residents rate county positively, but affordable housing and child care lag
Summary
The county’s management analyst presented results from the 2025 resident survey: roughly 8 in 10 residents rate Olmsted County as a good or excellent place to live, response rate was about 18%, and areas noted for improvement included availability of affordable housing and child care, as well as some measures of government trust and transparency.
Olmsted County staff on Aug. 7 presented results from the 2025 resident survey, reporting generally positive ratings for quality of life while highlighting persistent challenges around affordable housing and child care.
Management analyst Fermina Espinosa told commissioners the survey used the vendor Polco’s National Community Survey template, which added national benchmark comparisons. The county mailed 6,000 surveys (one per household sample) and received about an 18% response rate — slightly lower as a percentage than prior rounds but a larger absolute number of responses than 2022…
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