Use Polco to inform decisions about:
Strategic plans
Budgets & fund allocation
Performance measurement
Urgent issues in your community
Use Polco to engage residents throughout the year
Quarter 1
Dive deeper on key issues from benchmark survey
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Use polls and surveys for controversial issues
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Survey about new capital projects
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Ask about resident priorities for budget
Quarter 4
The National Community Survey is our best source of data from the community. Using benchmarks to look at how other communities rate services is really helpful to us so then we can identify where we have a need.
Kate Rusch
Public Information Officer, Estes Park, Colo.
We really like the benchmarks from The National Community Survey so we can see how we compare to other communities across the country.
Lisa Brown
Director of Strategy Management, Rock Hill, South Carolina
The National Community Survey is an important tool to inform city operations by helping us align our strategic plan, departmental work plans and budgets with community priorities. It was a key input in the City Plan update, and will help shape the city’s Strategic Plan update.
Kelly DiMartino
Deputy City Manager, Fort Collins, Colo.
Polco gets you to your engagement goals
Here's what your full cycle of engagement could look like
Get input that holds up to scrutiny
- Resident verification
- Statistically valid results
- Representative sample
- Inclusive methods
- Local gov and data science expertise
- Neutral and unbiased survey questions
- Custom-built surveys

Hear beyond the vocal few
- Online survey platform
- Hybrid and mailed survey options
- Library of expert-designed survey questions
- Multi-channel outreach

Make informed decisions
- Interactive data dashboard
- Compare against peer cities
- Time trends and benchmarks
- Packet-ready PDF reports
- Stakeholder presentations

Close the loop with transparency
- Ready-to-use follow-up surveys
- Ongoing polls and performance measurement
- Share outcomes with residents

Comprehensive community engagement and civic performance analytics software
The Polco platform makes meaningful community engagement not only possible, but enjoyable.
Scientific Survey Methods
Get representative input & results you can trust with a random sample and open participation survey components
Polco Live
With real-time polling, local governments can easily hear from more of their communities during public meetings and events - remote or in-person