Results of 2022 Resident Survey Now Available

The results of the 2022 City of Virginia Beach Resident Survey are available to review on the City website. A random sample of Virginia Beach residents was invited to participate in the survey asking for their feedback on City programs, services, and priorities.The complete survey results can be viewed online at virginiabeach.gov/ResidentSurvey.

The City contracted ETC Institute, one of the nation's leading firms in the field of local government research, to administer the survey. The survey included some standardized questions utilized in communities across the country to allow Virginia Beach to benchmark the city against average ratings in other communities. The survey also included questions developed specifically for Virginia Beach to gain insights on particular issues that impact the city.

Some of the major findings from the survey showed that:

• 91.4% of residents rate the quality of life in Virginia Beach as either excellent or good
• 81% of residents rate Virginia Beach as an either excellent or good place to raise children
• 92.5% of residents rate the overall quality of fire services as either excellent or good
• 79.5% of residents rate the overall quality of police services provided as either excellent or good, 24.9% above the National Average
• 80.1% of residents feel safe in the city, which is 12.1% above the National Average

Residents invited to complete the survey were randomly selected to ensure that the survey data would be statistically viable and that input from a diverse range of residents that reflect the demographic composition of the city with regard to age, geographic dispersion, gender, race and other factors was received.

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