The Census Bureau employs people to visit homes that haven’t returned their forms, including the American Community Survey. I know one of these people and it is her full time job.
We received on of those surveys a few years ago. In addition to being intrusive, it was easy to see how the information would be used to create their socialist utopia. “How many miles do you drive to work?” In utopia, you and your co-workers will all live in a highrise right next door to your employment so you can walk to work, eliminating the need for even an electric car! Bur I still can’t determine why they need to know how many toilets we have.
Americans rightly expect to live their lives with a reasonable level of privacy. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects them from government searches unless there is some compelling reason for them. But the reasons for making the ACS mandatory are not at all compelling.