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Community Survey

2022 Community Survey Highlights#

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey! Overall, the report is positive with a few areas of concern and opportunities for improvement. 

Some of Fort Collins’ strongest areas are:

  • Overall as a place to live and raise children
  • Overall quality of life
  • Quality of outdoor and recreational opportunities

Some of the City’s greatest areas for improvement and focus are:

  • Affordable quality housing
  • Environmental health
  • Neighborhood livability and social health

This is just one of many methods of public input the City uses in decision-making processes.

Download the 2022 Community Survey Report

Supplemental Opt-In Web Survey#

Beginning in 2018, an additional opt-in version of the survey was added to give residents who were not randomly selected an opportunity to provide feedback.

Download the 2022 Supplemental Web Survey Report

What Can You Learn?#

The survey covers a variety of topics connected to the City’s seven strategic outcome areas.

  1. Neighborhood Livability & Social Health
  2. Culture & Recreation
  3. Economic Health
  4. Environmental Health
  5. Safe Community
  6. Transportation and Mobility
  7. High Performing Government

The community rates the community on a scale of “Very Good” to “Very Bad” on items such as:

  • Overall, as a place to live
  • Community acceptance of all people
  • Safety in different areas of town
  • Disaster response and other safety services
  • Utilities such as drinking water and electric services
  • Support of businesses
  • Natural areas and other cultural opportunities
  • Interactions with City staff

The reports include overall results in these areas and cross analyses of the data to show how different segments of the population feel about the community. For example, results can be compared by: respondent length of residency; age; race/ethnicity; and geographical area.