East Metro Pulse
East Metro Pulse is a biennial survey and report that measures community vitality in the Twin Cities East Metro.
We want to learn more about the strengths and challenges facing our community. But the way a community functions is more nuanced than numerical.
East Metro Pulse helps us shape the narrative of the East Metro. The story begins with our survey of Dakota, Ramsey and Washington County residents, conducted by Wilder Research. It culminates with reporting that weaves together the insights gained from the community with highlights of our initiatives, partnerships and grants.
The East Metro Pulse report provides valuable data on the health and vitality of the East Metro and ensures that our nonprofit partners, community leaders, policymakers and others have access to comprehensive and meaningful data about the region.
Volume 4 Coming Soon
We look forward to releasing Volume 4 of the East Metro Pulse in March 2025.
Data Insights
East Metro residents feel the impact of COVID-19 in different ways.
See the COVID-19 report
Fewer residents faced obstacles to employment in 2021 than 2018.
See the Employment report
Access to high quality education varies for East Metro residents.
See the Education report
Residents' trust in institutions to treat people of all races and ethnicities fairly varies.
See the Fair Treatment report
Residents in the East Metro identified a variety of issues that are most critical to the region.
See the Critical Issues reportFrequently Asked Questions
GENERAL
What is East Metro Pulse?
East Metro Pulse is a community perception survey of Dakota, Ramsey and Washington County residents commissioned by the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation and conducted by Wilder Research. We ask East Metro residents how they feel about community connectedness, economic opportunity and security, education and much more. Data collected through East Metro Pulse will be used to help our neighbors, leaders and policymakers better understand the state of the East Metro.
What does the Foundation hope to learn from this survey?
We are interested in a wide range of issues that affect the daily lives of East Metro residents. We hope our survey will help us learn about everything from poverty to education, transportation to food security, arts and culture to health and more.
Volume 3 Interactive Data Book
Dig deeper into the East Metro Pulse data with an interactive tool designed to help you cross reference and segment all 19,000 data points to answer the questions relevant to your community.
Volume 3 Data Book
View the data from our 2021 survey with a full listing of all survey responses.
Volume 2 Report
Take a look at a sampling of data revealed by our 2018 survey.
Volume 2 Data Book
Dig deeper into the data with a full listing of all survey responses.
Volume 1 Report
See highlights from our 2016 East Metro Pulse Survey.
Volume 1 Data Book
View full survey responses from our 2016 East Metro Pulse survey.
Highlights from East Metro Pulse Volume 3
Residents
East Metro residents responded to the household survey
Data
Over 20,000 data points available in the data book
Belonging
Think of the East Metro as a place where they belong
Data for Your Community
What could East Metro Pulse mean for your community? How could this resource impact your work? Contact Director of Learning Stephanie Peterson to learn more.