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Redmond survey: overall satisfaction edges up; affordability, growth remain top concerns
Summary
Ian Stewart, senior principal with EMC Research, presented the City of Redmond's 2025 annual community survey at the council's July 8 study session, reporting 536 interviews (March 27'—28, 2025) and a margin of error of '——2.2 percentage points. Overall quality-of-life and city job ratings improved year-over-year, while affordable housing, growth/overdevelopment and cost of living remained the leading concerns.
Ian Stewart, senior principal with EMC Research, presented the City of Redmond's 2025 annual community survey at the council's study session on July 8, 2025. The independent survey, conducted March 27'—28, 2025, used an address-based sampling (ABS) approach and completed 536 interviews; Stewart said, "We did a total of 536 interviews this year," and noted a margin of error of "plus or minus 4.2 percentage points." The survey tracked trends back to 2014 to provide longitudinal comparison.
The headline findings were mixed: quality-of-life measures and the overall "job rating" for city government rose (the presenter reported an 83% positive rating for quality of life and a 68% positive rating for the city's overall job). At the same time, residents continued to list affordable housing and cost of living among the top problems; open-ended answers…
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