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Safety of neighborhood

Poor/fair 11.9% 12.7% 5.2%

Good 59.4% 53.5% 60.5% 0.0605

Excellent 28.7% 33.8% 34.3%

Safety of schools

Poor/fair 12.2% 9.3% 2.4%

Good 59.7% 59.8% 69.6% 0.0035

Excellent 28.1% 30.9% 28.0%

Ability to respond to major safety threats

Poor/fair 27.0% 29.2% 16.9%

Good 58.9% 58.5% 67.6% 0.0999

Excellent 14.1% 12.3% 15.5%

• Respondents over the age of 65 rated most quality of public safety aspects higher than younger respondents.
• Of respondents over age 65, 26% rated quality of law enforcement as excellent compared to 13 to 18% of
those younger than 65.
• Of older adults, 23% rated efforts to prevent crime as excellent compared to 9 to 14% of younger adults.
• Over half of adults over age 65 rated the quality of emergency services as excellent compared to one third
of younger adults.

• Respondents 21 to 50 years of age were more likely to rate safety of schools as fair or poor (12%) than older
adults.

ASPECTS OF EDUCATION 21-50 years 51-64 years 65+ years Difference in
338 (45.6%) 192 (25.9%) 211 (28.5%) rating by age

A place that meets your family’s educational needs 12.7% 9.6% 0.463
51.6% 50.7%
Poor/fair 13.0% 35.7% 39.7% 0.1788

Good 43.5% 26.7% 15.1% 0.3384
45.8% 57.6%
Excellent 43.5% 27.5% 27.3% 0.0404

Birth-to-three education 13.0% 7.3% 0.2936
50.4% 57.4%
Poor/fair 23.1% 36.6% 35.3%

Good 49.8% 8.4% 4.4%
53.9% 53.9%
Excellent 27.1% 37.7% 41.7%

Early education opportunities 9.0% 7.8%
40.1% 33.5%
Poor/fair 13.8% 50.9% 58.7%

Good 46.7%

Excellent 39.5%

Quality of schools - 4K-12

Poor/fair 13.1% 2 | APPENDIX

Good 46.0%

Excellent 40.9%

Quality of higher education

Poor/fair 12.3%

Good 39.2%

Excellent 48.5%

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