Do urban and rural Americans live very different lives?
62%
62% of urban residents say urban and rural Americans live very different lifestyles today.
n = 5,015 US urban residents · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Percentages weighted for state representation.
What it means
Close to two-thirds, from the urban side of the divide. The question was not asked of rural residents.
Methodology
- Sample
- 5,015
- Population
- US urban residents
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- America's urban-rural divide
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Do urban and rural Americans live very different lives?" Survey of 5,015 US urban residents, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/do-urban-and-rural-americans-live-different-lives
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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