Iowa City is partnering with Polco, a leader in the field of civic engagement and surveying, to issue our 2024 Community Survey. All residents and community members are invited to participate!

Randomly selected households were mailed survey invitations in September and October. All other residents were invited to take the public survey online in October and November. Survey results will be compiled in a report by Polco and shared with the community upon completion. The results will be posted to this webpage when they are available.

For more information on the community survey, please contact Assistant City Manager Kirk Lehmann at klehmann@iowa-city.org or 319-356-5014.

Polco brings people and data together to help build stronger, healthier communities. With award-winning community engagement tools and services, Polco allows leaders to engage residents around their most important topics, align goals, and strengthen public trust. Polco is committed to a strict privacy policy, designed to keep participants’ responses confidential and protect personal data.

The National Community Survey (The NCS):

• Is endorsed by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
• Is used by more than 500 local government agencies around the country
• Offers benchmark database comparisons to other communities
• Uses a questionnaire developed by survey researchers and local government experts
• Is designed to provide comprehensive feedback about the community’s quality of life and quality of local government services
• Allows Iowa City to track historical trends across 10 key facets of livability and hundreds of individual questions

Survey Materials 

• Survey Questionnaire
• Survey Results (Anticipated December 2024)