{"id":4759,"date":"2023-05-11T16:14:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T21:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/home-broadband-use-by-community-type\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T13:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:48:05","slug":"home-broadband-use-by-community-type","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/home-broadband-use-by-community-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Home broadband use by community type"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone chart-builder-data-table wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"8a266912-e589-4000-903c-22fad6569d54\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;8a266912-e589-4000-903c-22fad6569d54&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:4759,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/home-broadband-use-by-community-type\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/home-broadband-use-by-community-type\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2023-05-11&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:null,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Home broadband use by community type&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;% of U.S. adults who say they subscribe to home broadband, by community type&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: The vertical line indicates a change in mode. Polls from 2000-2021 were conducted via phone. In 2023, the poll was conducted via web and mail. In 2024 and 2025, the poll was conducted via web, mail and phone. For more on the mode shift in 2023, &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/short-reads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/31\\\/q-and-a-how-and-why-were-changing-the-way-we-study-tech-adoption\\\/\\&quot;&gt;read our Q&amp;A.&lt;\\\/a&gt; The Center has used several different question wordings to identify broadband users in recent years, which may account for some variance in broadband adoption figures between 2015 and 2018. Our survey conducted in July 2015 used a directly comparable question wording to the one conducted in January 2018. Refer to the topline for more information on how question wording varied over the years. Respondents who did not give an answer or gave other responses are not shown.&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted 2000-2025.&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;PEW RESEARCH 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Polls from 2000-2021 were conducted via phone. In 2023, the poll was conducted via web and mail. In 2024 and 2025, the poll was conducted via web, mail and phone. For more on the mode shift in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/01\/31\/q-and-a-how-and-why-were-changing-the-way-we-study-tech-adoption\/\">read our Q&amp;A.<\/a> The Center has used several different question wordings to identify broadband users in recent years, which may account for some variance in broadband adoption figures between 2015 and 2018. Our survey conducted in July 2015 used a directly comparable question wording to the one conducted in January 2018. Refer to the topline for more information on how question wording varied over the years. Respondents who did not give an answer or gave other responses are not shown.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note\">Source: Surveys of U.S. adults conducted 2000-2025.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; max-width:640px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<!-- register a callback on this div to see if the native share is supported -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__overlay\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"share-modal__overlay-8a266912-e589-4000-903c-22fad6569d54\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- TODO: I would like to be able to use the social share block here. 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><td>75%<\/td><td>79%<\/td><td>63%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/8\/2021<\/td><td>77%<\/td><td>79%<\/td><td>72%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/5\/2023<\/td><td>77%<\/td><td>86%<\/td><td>73%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/10\/2024<\/td><td>76%<\/td><td>85%<\/td><td>73%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/18\/2025<\/td><td>75%<\/td><td>84%<\/td><td>71%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<hr 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Polls from 2000-2021 were conducted via phone. In 2023, the poll was conducted via web and mail. In 2024 and 2025, the poll was conducted via web, mail and phone. For more on the mode shift in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/01\/31\/q-and-a-how-and-why-were-changing-the-way-we-study-tech-adoption\/\">read our Q&amp;A.<\/a> The Center has used several different question wordings to identify broadband users in recent years, which may account for some variance in broadband adoption figures between 2015 and 2018. Our survey conducted in July 2015 used a directly comparable question wording to the one conducted in January 2018. Refer to the topline for more information on how question wording varied over the years. 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