Every two years, the City conducts a Quality of Life Survey to gather opinions from a random sample of Eden Prairie households.

This provides City leaders with a snapshot of how residents feel about living in this community to determine current and future needs.

The latest survey results show Eden Prairie residents continue to enjoy a high quality of life and rate most City services and characteristics higher than local and national benchmarks.

"The Quality of Life Survey is crucial to understanding the perspective of our residents and ensuring the City's priorities are aligned accordingly,” said Mayor Ron Case. “We appreciate the time residents take to provide this valuable feedback.”

Key Findings

• Eden Prairie’s quality of life is exceptional, with 90% of respondents rating their overall quality of life as excellent or good, which places Eden Prairie’s quality of life rating higher than regional and national benchmark communities.
• Eden Prairie is safe, with 93% positively evaluating their overall feeling of safety, while also ranking police services third among cities surveyed in the nation and first among cities surveyed in Minnesota.
• The overall economic health of Eden Prairie is strong and it's a great place to work and conduct business, with residents ranking Eden Prairie higher than local and national benchmark communities.
• City services are highly rated; many ratings outpaced benchmark communities and the overall quality of City services ranked second among all Minnesota cities surveyed.
• The quality of Eden Prairie’s natural environment ranks first among all community characteristics rated in the survey, with 92% of residents rating it as excellent or good.
• Residents are engaged, with the City’s website ranking second behind “word-of-mouth” as a preferred source for local government information, followed by the City's quarterly newsletter, Life in the Prairie .
• Traffic speeding topped the list of safety issues in the community, with 39% of residents indicating it as a moderate to extreme problem, followed by neighborhood stop sign violations at 24%.

The complete survey results and City Council meeting presentation are available at edenprairie.org/QualityOfLife.