---
title: "Table 3.2 Ideal Community Type"
description: "QA6: If you could live anywhere in the United States that you wanted to, would you prefer a city, a suburban area, a small town or a rural area? This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report. City % Suburb % Small town % Rural % (VOL.) DK/Ref % (N) TOTAL 24 21 […]"
date: "2014-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/ideal-community-type/"
---

# Table 3.2 Ideal Community Type

QA6: If you could live anywhere in the United States that you wanted to, would you prefer a city, a suburban area, a small town or a rural area?

This question is discussed in [Section 3](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/section-3-political-polarization-and-personal-life/#ideal%20community) of the report.

|  | City % | Suburb % | Small town % | Rural % | (VOL.) DK/Ref % | (N) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

|  |

| TOTAL | 24 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 3,341 |
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| PARTY WITH LEANERS |

| Rep/Rep lean | 17 | 22 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 1,340 |

| Dem/Dem lean | 32 | 22 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 1,572 |
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| PARTY ID |

| Republican | 14 | 20 | 31 | 34 | 1 | 788 |

| Democrat | 32 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1,036 |

| Independent | 25 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 1,320 |

| Lean Republican | 20 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 552 |

| Lean Democrat | 31 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 536 |
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| IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY |

| Consistently conservative | 4 | 20 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 347 |

| Mostly conservative | 14 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 625 |

| Mixed | 23 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 1,179 |

| Mostly liberal | 32 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 698 |

| Consistently liberal | 46 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 492 |
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| SEX |

| Men | 23 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 1,631 |

| Women | 26 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 1,710 |
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| AGE |

| 18-49 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 1,336 |

| 50+ | 19 | 18 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 1,960 |
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| DETAILED AGE |

| 18-29 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 483 |

| 30-49 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 853 |

| 50-64 | 19 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 1,028 |

| 65+ | 18 | 17 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 932 |
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| SEX BY AGE |

| Men 18-49 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 692 |

| Men 50+ | 17 | 17 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 922 |

| Women 18-49 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 644 |

| Women 50+ | 20 | 19 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 1,038 |
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| RACE |

| White, non-Hispanic | 20 | 20 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 2,407 |

| Black, non-Hispanic | 34 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 348 |

| Hispanic | 36 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 301 |
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| EDUCATION |

| College grad+ | 33 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1,378 |

| Post grad | 36 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 491 |

| College grad | 31 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 887 |

| Some college | 24 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 977 |

| HS or less | 20 | 16 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 972 |
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| FAMILY INCOME |

| $75,000+ | 26 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1,020 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 1,026 |

| <$30,000 | 25 | 14 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 971 |
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| RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |

| Total Protestant | 19 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 1,673 |

| White NH evang. Prot. | 10 | 17 | 33 | 38 | 2 | 624 |

| White NH mainline Prot. | 15 | 19 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 583 |

| Total Catholic | 26 | 21 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 715 |

| White NH Cath. | 18 | 25 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 496 |

| Unaffiliated | 31 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 591 |
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| ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES |

| Weekly or more | 19 | 21 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 1,270 |

| Less than weekly | 27 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 2,031 |
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| REGION |

| Northeast | 23 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 606 |

| Midwest | 20 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 724 |

| South | 24 | 18 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 1,240 |

| West | 30 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 771 |
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| AMONG REP/LEAN REP |

| Men | 15 | 21 | 31 | 33 | 1 | 721 |

| Women | 19 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 619 |

| 18-29 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 163 |

| 30-49 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 315 |

| 50-64 | 13 | 19 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 430 |

| 65+ | 13 | 20 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 417 |

| Agree with Tea Party | 9 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 0 | 555 |

| Disagree/No opinion | 21 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 761 |
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| AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM |

| Men | 32 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 709 |

| Women | 31 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 863 |

| 18-29 | 46 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 240 |

| 30-49 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 409 |

| 50-64 | 26 | 19 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 467 |

| 65+ | 23 | 16 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 441 |
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| AMONG WHITES |

| Men | 18 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 1,177 |

| Women | 21 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 1,230 |

| 18-29 | 32 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 274 |

| 30-49 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 561 |

| 50-64 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 761 |

| 65+ | 16 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 790 |

| College grad | 29 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1,091 |

| Some college or less | 15 | 16 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 1,311 |

| College grad men | 28 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 566 |

| College grad women | 30 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 525 |

| Some col or less men | 13 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 2 | 609 |

| Some col or less women | 17 | 18 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 702 |

| $75,000+ | 24 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 839 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 17 | 18 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 760 |

| <$30,000 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 578 |

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**Next:** [Table 3.3 Important Community Qualities](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/important-community-qualities-one.md)