2025 Community
Survey
Justin Tucker
Assistant City Manager
November 5th, 2025
• 25 questions from four elements of the Strategic Plan • Sound Infrastructure
• Safe Community
• Sense of Place
• High Performing Government
• Results compared to the 2024 Annual Community Surveys • Survey available in English and Spanish
2 2025 Community Survey
3 Community Survey
Year n m.e.
*2022 714 4.0%
2023 972 3.1%
2024 1236 2.7%
2025 652 3.7%
Sample data: 2023-2025
2860 total households
62 have taken the survey twice
0 have taken the survey three times
City of Corona
Highlights
4 Consistently positive sentiment in key areas
Significant changes
• Efforts to Reduce Homelessness (+4%)
• Sense of Community (+5%)
• Variety & Frequency of Community Events (+9%)
48% decrease in survey participation
Random Sample Survey
• 8000 Households (1600 per district)
• Additional 1,000 (200 per district) households were added to the sample frame compared to previous years. 5 2025 Community Survey
Respondent Demographics
6 2025 2024 2023 2022
Age 18-34
35-54
55+
Unknown
8%
37%
53%
2%
5%
34%
47%
14%
7%
43%
50%
-
6%
33%
61%
-
Sex Man
Woman
Prefer not to Say/Other
39%
53%
8%
41%
56%
3%
39%
58%
3%
44%
56%
-
District 1
2 3
4 5
Unknown
12%
13%
15%
19%
27%
14%
13%
13%
14%
17%
18%
25%
17%
17%
22%
20%
23%
-
17%
15%
19%
24%
24%
-
Hispanic origin Yes
No
Unknown
30%
66%
4%
28%
58%
14%
33%
67%
-
24%
76%
Housing Type Attached
Detached
Unknown
15%
82%
3%
9%
76%
15%
13%
87%
-
22%
78%
-
City of Corona
Sound Infrastructure
7 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2025 2024 2023 2022
Availability of paths and walking trails 65% 62% 64% 57% City parks 76% 74% 75% 64%
Recreation centers or facilities 66% 65% 66% 59%
Bike lanes 62% 59% 60% 50%
24%
52%
19%
5% City Parks
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
City of Corona
Safe Community
8 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2025 2024 2023 2022
Public safety efforts 71% 69% 67% 59%
Do you feel safe in your neighborhood during the day 86% 84% 80% 86% City’s efforts to reduce homelessness 42% 38% 38% 25%
How prepared are you for an emergency 18% 19% 18% 19%
42%
44%
5%
1%
9%
Safe in Neighborhood
Very Safe
Somewhat Safe
Neither
Somewhat
Unsafe
Very Unsafe
City of Corona
Sense of Place
9 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2025 2024 2023 2022
Corona as a place to live 84% 83% 84% 82%
Corona as a place to raise children 82% 83% 79% 77%
Sense of community 64% 59% 62% 54%
Recommend living in Corona to someone who asks 88% 87% 88% 80% Overall image or reputation of Corona 70% 69% 69% 56%
Overall appearance of Corona 62% 64% 64% 50%
Cleanliness of Corona 59% 59% 60% 50%
Openness and acceptance 75% 75% 74% 58%
Places to recreate, socialize, meet, and connect 53% 51% 49% 37% Variety and frequency of community events 62% 53% 49% 39% Have volunteered in past year 24% 24% 25% 22%
17%
46%
29%
8%
Sense of Community
Excellent Good Fair Poor
City of Corona
High Performing Government
10 Percent "Excellent" or "Good" 2025 2024 2023 2022
The value of services for the taxes paid to Corona 46% 47% 48% 42% The overall direction that Corona is taking 61% 59% 56% 51% Overall confidence in Corona government 50% 51% 51% 38% Treating all residents fairly 64% 64% 65% 50%
Quality of the services provided by the City of Corona 67% 68% 65% 61% 15%
52%
27%
6%
Quality of Services
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
11 • Robust process to hear from a representative sample of residents about key issues over time.
• Open survey results (n= 901) were on average ~11% more negative than the results more negative than the results from the random sample (n= 652). (n= 652).
• Consistent positive sentiment in key areas.
Conclusions
Questions?