2024 Community
Survey
Justin Tucker
Assistant City Manager
October 16, 2024
• 24 questions from four elements of the Strategic Plan • Sound Infrastructure
• Safe Community
• Sense of Place
• High Performing Government
• Results compared to the 2023 Annual Community Survey
• Survey available in English and Spanish
2 2024 Community Survey
Random Sample Survey
• 7000 Households (1400 per district)
• June 25th – Sept 30th, 2024
• Email invitation (4x) then by mail
• 1,236 completed surveys
• 17.6% response rate
• 2.7% margin of error
Open Participation Survey
• Publicized on City Website and Social media
• 640 responses
3 2024 Community Survey
City of Corona
Highlights
4 27% increase in survey participation
Consistent positive sentiment in key
areas
Significant changes
• Neighborhood safety
• Corona as a place to raise children
• Sense of Community
• The variety and frequency of community
events
• Corona’s overall direction
• Quality of services
Respondent Demographics
5 2024 2023 2022
Age 18-34
35-54
55+
Unknown
5%
34%
47%
14%
7%
43%
50%
-
6%
33%
61%
-
Sex Man
Woman
Prefer not to Say/Other
41%
56%
3%
39%
58%
3%
44%
56%
-
District 1
2 3
4 5
Unknown
13%
13%
14%
17%
18%
25%
17%
17%
22%
20%
23%
-
17%
15%
19%
24%
24%
-
Hispanic origin Yes
No
Unknown
28%
58%
14%
33%
67%
-
24%
76%
Housing Type Attached
Detached
Unknown
9%
76%
15%
13%
87%
-
22%
78%
-
City of Corona
Sound Infrastructure
6 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2024 2023 2022
Availability of paths and walking trails 62% 64% 57%
City parks 74% 75% 64%
Recreation centers or facilities 65% 66% 59%
Bike lanes 59% 60% 50%
City of Corona
Safe Community
7 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2024 2023 2022
Public safety efforts 69% 67% 59%
Do you feel safe in your neighborhood during the day 84% 80% 86% City’s efforts to reduce homelessness 38% 38% 25%
How prepared are you for an emergency 19% 18% 19%
City of Corona
Sense of Place
8 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2024 2023 2022
Corona as a place to live 83% 84% 82%
Corona as a place to raise children 83% 79% 77%
Sense of community 59% 62% 54%
Recommend living in Corona to someone who asks 87% 88% 80% Overall image or reputation of Corona 69% 69% 56%
Overall appearance of Corona 64% 64% 50%
Cleanliness of Corona 59% 60% 50%
Openness and acceptance 75% 74% 58%
Places to recreate, socialize, meet, and connect 51% 49% 37% Variety and frequency of community events 53% 49% 39%
Have volunteered in past year 24% 25% 22%
City of Corona
High Performing Government
9 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2024 2023 2022
The value of services for the taxes paid to Corona 47% 48% 42% The overall direction that Corona is taking 59% 56% 51% Overall confidence in Corona government 51% 51% 38%
Treating all residents fairly 64% 65% 50%
Quality of the services provided by the City of Corona 68% 65% 61% 10 • Robust process to hear from a representative sample of residents about key issues over time.
• Open survey results (n=640) were 10% more negative than the results from the random sample (n=1,236).
• Consistent positive sentiment in key areas.
• Anticipate that current efforts will not show in perception data for some time.
Conclusions
Questions?