2022 Survey

See the full survey results here.  

Areas of opportunity, meaning we are "performing" under the National Benchmark, include:

• Cost of living
• Affordable quality housing
• Public gathering places
• Well planned residential growth and overall quality of new developments
• Public transit
• Affordable high-speed internet access
• Affordable healthcare
• Quality child education and a place to raise children

Some fun facts include:

• Resident support of the expansion of bicycle and pedestrian paths
• Resident support of a robust transit system
• Residents feel safe
• The most important priority, by far, is the Natural Environment

Customized Questions

While most of the questions are standardized so that comparisons can be made to other communities’ answers, the City did have the opportunity to create custom questions. Here are the results of four customized questions:

2020 Survey

There are many interesting results but some interesting tidbits include:

• Quality of life continues to be rated as excellent or good, in line with the national benchmark.
• Respondents generally feel Sedona is a safe place.
• Park and recreation opportunities rated as excellent or good, higher than the national benchmark. 
• More than 90 percent of respondents rated the natural environment, personal health and wellness, perceptions of resident’s neighborhood and perceptions of safety as positive.
• Less than 25 percent of respondents rated employment opportunities, cost of living, and affordable housing as positive.
• Survey results continue to show that quality child-care, traffic flow on major streets, and public transportation rated below the national benchmark.
• Survey respondents were asked about their support for the implementation of a robust transit system for locals and visitors and about 8 in 10 strongly or somewhat supported this proposal; further, about two-thirds of respondents also supported extending the transportation sales tax to support this endeavor.

Customized Questions

While most of the questions are standardized so that comparisons can be made to other communities’ answers, the City did have the opportunity to create custom questions. Here are two:

Why the survey is important

For City staff and City Councilors who hear lots of resident opinion and feedback on issues, it is important to have data from this random sample survey, so that more informed decisions can be made.  

Links to the survey and the results

To see what questions were asked, read a copy of the survey.

To see the complete overview of the results, read this Community Livability Report.

To see how residents’ perceptions compare to our previous community surveys and to see how residents’ answers compare to other cities in the United States, read this Trends Over Time document.

Here are some of the interesting results from the 2017 survey:

• Most respondents rate the quality of life in Sedona as excellent or good, which is on target with the national benchmark.
• Respondents generally feel Sedona is a safe place.
• Sedona rates particularly low as a place to raise children. Residents’ perception of Sedona as a place to raise children also went down from 2007 to 2017.
• Perceptions of local government are mostly lower than national benchmarks and trending equal to or lower compared to previous surveys. 
• More than 90 percent of respondents rated the natural environment, overall appearance, perceptions of resident’s neighborhood and perceptions of safety as good or excellent.
• Measures for overall ease of travel, ease of travel by public transit and car, availability of affordable quality housing, variety of housing options, cost of living and shopping and employment opportunities, among others, were less favorably rated and lower than comparison communities.

Customized questions

While most of the questions are standardized so that comparisons can be made to other communities’ answers, the City did have the opportunity to create custom questions.

One of these was: While the City is currently working on solutions to reduce traffic, please select up to two additional priorities you would want the City to invest in over the next few years. The answers respondents could choose from and the results are below: 

Links to the survey and the results

To see what questions were asked, read a copy of the survey.

To see the complete overview of the results, read this Community Livability Report.

To see how residents’ perceptions compare to our previous community surveys and to see how residents’ answers compare to other cities in the United States, read this Trends Over Time document.