The three headline numbers
Wave 1 asked every resident how the city is doing overall. These are the three measures that read the city as a whole. Each shows its full answer split, because a positive score is not a grade — the rest of the city is mostly neutral or undecided, not unhappy.
- 80%Satisfied With Their Quality Of Life80% satisfied · 10% dissatisfied · 10% neutralAsked: “Overall, how satisfied are you with the quality of life in Pembroke Pines?”
- 63%Say The City Is Heading In The Right Direction63% say yes · 14% say no · 23% not sureAsked: “Do you feel the city is heading in the right direction?”
- 84%Feel Safe In Their Neighborhood84% feel safe · 4% feel unsafe · 12% neutralAsked: “How safe do you feel in your neighborhood?”
Wave 1 · 1,933 residents · Fielded July 6–9, 2026 · weighted to the city’s active registered voters · modeled band +/-2.9 points. See All 17 Questions, District By District →
One program, two waves
The second wave was not a repeat. Wave 1 rated every city service and asked what matters most. Wave 2 returned to two of those subjects, city communication and transit, with concrete proposals instead of satisfaction scales. It also opened a subject Wave 1 never covered: an $80 million public-safety bond.
- Wave 1July 6–9, 2026
Find out what is working, and what is not
A full baseline of city services, safety, direction and priorities from 1,933 residents, mapped to all four City Commission districts.
What came back: strong marks for safety and fire-rescue, and a clear pressure point on cost. Affordability was the lowest-rated measure in the survey, and cost of living was the issue residents named most.
- Wave 2July 21–24, 2026
Go deeper, and put a new question on the table
A shorter follow-up to 1,636 residents. 42% of them had answered Wave 1, so the two waves partly track the same people. It revisited communication and transit with specific proposals, added code enforcement, and asked about the bond for the first time.
What came back: on the bond, this is not an argument about public safety. It is an information problem first and a cost problem second.
Where the two waves connect
Communication and transit were measured in Wave 1 and taken further in Wave 2, which swapped satisfaction scales for specific proposals. These are the two threads that run through both surveys.
A short, factual briefing moves the bond vote 15 points
Wave 2 asked the bond question twice in the same sitting. Residents saw the ballot language and answered, then read a brief on the buildings’ condition and the household cost, and answered again. Information, not advocacy, accounts for the shift, and undecided residents break toward yes. It still falls short of the majority a bond needs.
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Every question as it was asked, filterable by district and demographics, with the full answer split on every measure.
Final resultsWave 1City of Pembroke Pines2026 Community SurveyThe baseline read on life in Pembroke Pines: city services, safety, direction and priorities, citywide and by City Commission district, with an explorable map, district comparisons, and residents’ written comments.- 84%feel safe in their neighborhood84% feel safe · 4% feel unsafe · 12% neutral
- 80%are satisfied with their quality of life80% satisfied · 10% dissatisfied · 10% neutral
- 29%are satisfied with affordability, the lowest-rated measure29% satisfied · 41% dissatisfied · 30% neutral
Final resultsWave 2City of Pembroke Pines2026 Community Survey Follow-UpA proposed $80 million public-safety bond, put to residents with no additional information, then again after a short factual briefing, plus city text alerts, on-demand and senior transit, and code enforcement priorities.- 42%would vote yes on the bond after a briefing42% yes · 34% no · 24% undecided, up from 27% yes
- 82%would sign up for city text alerts82% likely · 11% unlikely · 7% not sure
- 48%would use a free on-demand ride service48% likely · 41% unlikely · 11% not sure