The NCS Report - Charlottesville, VA 2022 - Flipbook - Page 3
pandemic. This may impact how your City's 2022 ratings compare to other communities’ ratings from the past five years.
Trends over time
Trend data for Charlottesville represent important comparison data and should be examined for improvements or declines*.
Deviations from stable trends over time represent opportunities for understanding how local policies, programs, or public
information may have affected residents' opinions. Changes between survey years have been noted with an arrow and the
percent difference. If the difference is greater than seven percentage points between the 2018 and 2022 surveys, the change is
statistically significant.
* In 2020, The NCS survey was updated to include new and refreshed items. Consequently, some of the trends may be impacted
due to wording modifications that could have potentially altered the meaning of the item for the respondent.
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