The City of Shakopee partnered with Polco, a leader in the field of civic engagement and surveying, to issue the 2025 National Community Survey.
To explore Shakopee's results from the 2025 Community Survey, select the button below.
About Polco and The National Community Survey
Polco brings people and data together to help build stronger, healthier communities. With award-winning community engagement tools and services, Polco allows leaders to engage residents around their most important topics, align goals, and strengthen public trust. Polco is committed to a strict privacy policy, designed to keep participants’ responses confidential and protect personal data.
The National Community Survey (The NCS):
- Is endorsed by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
- Is used by more than 500 local government agencies around the country
- Offers benchmark database comparisons to other communities
- Uses a questionnaire developed by survey researchers and local government experts
- Is designed to provide comprehensive feedback about the community’s quality of life and quality of local government services
- Allows The City of Shakopee to track historical trends across 10 key facets of livability and hundreds of individual questions