Community Survey
We asked for your thoughts about Lakewood’s quality of life, city services, your priorities and more in the 2025 Community Survey, and the results are in!
Take a look at the PowerPoint presentation about the results. For an in-depth look, including the verbatim responses to open-ended questions, please review the Full Findings Report.
*If you need an accessible version of any of these documents, please contact adacoordinator@lakewood.org.
Lakewood conducted its first community survey in 2000, so this 2025 survey marks the 11th iteration of the Community Survey.
Probolsky Research conducted the 2025 Community Survey from May 2 to May 29, 2025. Unlike previous years that relied solely on mail outreach to contact a random selection of Lakewood residents to take the survey, the 2025 survey employed a multipronged approach that included phone calls, emails, text messages and mailed invitations to reach a random selection of Lakewood residents. This approach increased participation and better reflects the city’s diverse adult population by matching the city’s demographics in age, gender, ethnicity, education, homeowners/renters and household income.
The results from this survey are statistically valid, which means they are accurate and reliable and are not based on chance or a flaw. This allows robust conclusions to be drawn from the results.
The city also provided an open-link survey for anyone to take from May 29 to June 29, 2025. While the results from the open-link survey are not statistically valid, the open-link results showed broadly similar themes to the statistically valid survey.
Other way to communicate
Of course, you don't have to take a survey to communicate with us! We want Lakewood residents to be informed and to share your concerns, questions and ideas. Here are links to some suggestions on how to stay informed:
- Request Lakewood -- online customer service to report your concerns.
- Lakewood City Council -- contact information for your elected representatives.
- Stay Informed -- newsroom, social media, videos and dozens of ways to stay informed about city business, programs, services and events.