Survey Says: Retiring, Working, and Raising Kids in West Richland

A few weeks ago I wrote about West Richland’s citywide survey that was conducted earlier this year — specifically about the survey result that shows we really love West Richland as a place to live.

Here are a few more interesting survey results; these are about how we rate West Richland as a place for various lifestyles and life decisions.

Raising Kids in West Richland

City residents rate West Richland as a very good place to raise kids. If you toss out the 78 “don’t know” replies, 95% of the other 714 replies were either “good” or “excellent.”

Working in West Richland

This question is interesting because of all the “don’t know” replies. That’s a testament to the fact that many/most West Richlanders work somewhere else. And it also reflects somewhat, I’d say, on the slower business growth in the city — slower than population growth.

Retiring in West Richland

Is West Richland a good place to retire? The survey results say that most of us think it is, but perhaps not as enthusiastically as being a place to raise kids. There’s another survey question where the replies suggested that the city has room to improve its services for seniors, so that probably impacts these results. Still, 67% rated West Richland as “excellent” or “good” as a place to retire.

I’ll do more posts on the survey results in the future. You can still download the PPT from the city’s web site, or right here on WestRichlandRealEstateBlog.com.

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