East Peoria, Illinois Quality of Life Survey INITIAL REPORT OF RESULTS AARON A. BUCHKO, PH.D. SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 Dr. Buchko s involvement is courtesy of
The Purpose To find out how area residents perceive the Quality of Life in East Peoria, Illinois
The Project A survey of the overall Quality of Life in East Peoria High-level view Reach out to those who live and work in the city
Methodology The survey: from benchmarking with other available studies Respondents: 553 Procedure: Electronically through the schools Paper and electronic through the Park District Hard copies available at various sites Available through the Times-Courier On the East Peoria website
Results
Who were the respondents? Gender 35% 65% Male Female
Who were the respondents? Marital Status 5% 1% 17% 6% 1% 70% Single Divorced Engaged Married Widowed Partner/Living Together
Who were the respondents? Age Range 12% 15% 34% 39% Under 30 30-45 46-65 Over 65
Who were the respondents? Number of Children 11% 18% 52% 19% 0 1 2 3 or more
Who were the respondents? Income 8% 4% 13% 19% 18% 19% 19% < $20,000 $20,001- $40,000 $40,001 - $60,000 $80,001 - $100,000 $100,001 - $150,000 > $150,000 $60,001 - $80,000
Who were the respondents? Overwhelmingly white Overwhelmingly from zip code 61611
What do they think?
What do they think? I would recommend East Peoria to family and friends as a great place to live. 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 Strongly Disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Strongly Agree
What do they think? Is East Peoria a safe place to live and work? 160 140 65% at 8 or above 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not a safe place to live and work 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A very safe place to live and work
What do they think? Are you satisfied with the accessibility to the health care system in East Peoria? 100 90 43% at 8 or above 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 Very Dissatisfied 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very Satisfied
What do they think? Is East Peoria a good place to raise children? 120 100 49% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not a good place to raise children 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A very good place to raise children
What do they think? How well does East Peoria provide economic opportunity for citizens? 120 100 45% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not much economic opportunity 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A lot of economic opportunity
What do they think? Does East Peoria provide sufficient opportunities for leisure and recreation? 120 50% at 8 or above 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not much leisure rec opportunity 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A lot of leisure rec opportunity
What do they think? Does East Peoria have a good variety and mix of neighborhoods and housing to meet the needs of residents? 120 100 46% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not a good variety and mix of housing 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A very good variety and mix of housing
What do they think? Is East Peoria a good place to grow old? 120 100 43% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not a good place to grow old 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A very good place to grow old
What do they think? Does East Peoria provide adequate networks and opportunities for people to develop social relationships? 120 45% at 8 or above 100 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not a lot of social relationships 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A lot of social relationships
What do they think? Does East Peoria provide adequate shopping, dining, and retail service opportunities? 250 73% at 8 or above 200 150 100 50 0 1 Not a lot of shopping, dining and services 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A lot of shopping, dining and services
What do they think? Is it easy, convenient, and safe to travel and get around within East Peoria? 120 100 48% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Not easy to get around 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very easy to get around
What do they think? Does East Peoria provide sufficient access to the arts and cultural opportunities? 120 100 22% at 8 or above 80 60 40 20 0 1 Very poor access to arts and culture 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very good access to arts and culture
What do they think? Overall Averages 9 8 7 Shopping/ Dining and Safety are Highest 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Arts/Culture and Health Care/Aging are Lowest
What do they think? I would recommend East Peoria to family and friends as a great place to live. 45 40 Women a bit more favorable than Men 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1 Strongly Disagree 2 3 4 5 Men 6 Women 7 8 9 10 Strongly Agree
What do they think? I would recommend East Peoria to family and friends as a great place to live. 60 Older more favorable than Younger 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 Strongly Disagree 2 3 Under 35 4 35-44 5 6 44-55 7 54-65 8 9 over 65 10 Strongly Agree
Some Analyses Net Promotor Score: Take the percentage that give a 9 or 10 (Promotors) and Subtract the percentage of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (Detractors) Total % of 9 & 10: 37.0% Total % of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6: 29.2% NET PROMOTOR SCORE: 7.8% More Promotors than Detractors
Some Analyses What Matters Most? Multiple Regression Analysis (uses correlations) 3 items are statistically significant: Safety Good Place to Raise Children Neighborhoods and Housing The top 2 (Safety/Raise Children) explain nearly 75% of the overall rating. Safety and Children are the most important
Concluding Thoughts Not bad we do pretty well as a community We d like to continue to improve Do the drill down; look at key areas and see if we can get more details
Questions?
Thank You! EAST PEORIA QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY REPORT AARON A. BUCHKO, PH.D SEPTEMBER 18, 2015