2023 Community Survey Results:

What Do Broomfielders Think of Broomfield?

By The City and County of Broomfield

Since 2002, the City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) has conducted a survey to provide Broomfield residents the opportunity to rate the quality of life in Broomfield. In the survey, residents rate the quality and importance of community amenities, local government performance, services, and community priorities. Resident feedback helps CCOB understand how well it is serving its residents, assists to better align programs and services with community goals, and drive decisions in CCOB for years to come.

This year’s community survey results revealed a few key findings: residents continue to have a positive quality of life and a strong majority of residents are satisfied with city and county services. The community goal ranked as most important is financial sustainability while feelings of safety at night may be a renewed area of focus. Residents continue to enjoy parks, open spaces and trails, while some streets infrastructure services received lower ratings than in the past.

Broomfield is a great place to live. Residents gave high marks to the overall quality of life in Broomfield, with 89% of respondents rating it as excellent or good. Many individual aspects of the quality of life in Broomfield were given resoundingly positive scores: nine in ten respondents considered Broomfield as a whole, as well as their neighborhoods, excellent or good places to live and to raise children. About three-quarters rated Broomfield as an excellent or good place to work, while about two-thirds thought Broomfield was an excellent or good place to retire.

A strong majority of residents are satisfied with CCOB services. The overall quality of services provided by the City and County of Broomfield received high marks, with 80% of residents praising it as excellent or good. This was similar to 2021 and on par with Front Range and national benchmark comparisons. Further, about eight in ten respondents felt the quality and ease of accessing City and County of Broomfield services are excellent or good, while about two-thirds praised the overall direction of Broomfield, the opportunities provided by CCOB for resident involvement, and information about events, issues, and programs communicated by CCOB.

Financial sustainability rates as the most important community goal. A new question in 2023’s survey asked respondents to prioritize five community goals by level of importance. Half of residents considered financial sustainability and resilience to be the most important goal for Broomfield. Homeowners tended to assign greater importance to the financial sustainability and resilience of Broomfield than renters did.

Feelings of safety at night may be a renewed area of focus. Nearly all respondents felt very or somewhat safe in their neighborhood, shopping and dining locations and parks in Broomfield during the day; this rating was similar to what was observed in previous years. Meanwhile, about three-quarters felt very or somewhat safe after dark, which was the lowest observed rating since 2007. This rating of feelings of safety at night dropped a small percentage from the previous surveys, but is still considered to be very high regionally and nationally.

Parks, open space, and trails continue to be a beloved feature of the community. Almost all of Broomfield’s parks, recreation, and leisure services and facilities were rated very highly, particularly parks, open spaces, and trails. These ratings are in fact higher than national and Front Range communities. Of the 16 evaluated items, 15 were rated favorably by at least eight in ten residents. The remaining item, local cultural and arts events, was rated positively by two-thirds of respondents, a rating that improved significantly from 2021 to 2023.

Ratings for streets infrastructure-related saw a slight decline in this survey. The cleanliness of city-maintained streets was the most praised attribute of the five street services under evaluation; about three-quarters of respondents rated it as excellent or good. Bike lanes, traffic signal timing, and snow and ice control received favorable ratings from 6 in 10 respondents. Finally, street repair was praised by about half of respondents. Compared to 2021, street services in 2023 received lower ratings, ranging from an 8% decrease for bike lanes to a 15% decrease for snow control.

This is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the 212 page survey results report. To read more about the Community Survey and the detailed report of the findings, visit Broomfield.org/CommunitySurvey.