Survey says Ontario is a good place to live

More than three-fourths of Ontario residents believe their city is an “excellent” or “good” place to live, a city-commissioned survey has found.

Twenty-seven percent rated the city “just fair,” while only two percent rated it a “poor” place to live, according to a study conducted by FM3, a Los Angeles research firm that specializes in demographic and political research.

Sixty-eight percent said they were “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with Ontario’s efforts to get information to them via its three primary methods of communication: Ontario Living Magazine, the city’s website, and handbills included with water bills.

Sixty-three percent said they felt “very safe” or “somewhat safe” in their neighborhoods, and cited Ontario’s “small town” feel like one of the things they most liked about the city.  Homelessness, crime, street maintenance, traffic, and the cost of housing were considered Ontario’s most serious issues.

The two-week survey was conducted in May and has an accuracy rate of 95 percent. Data were collected in English and Spanish, by landline and mobile phone.

To see the full survey visit www.ontario.ca.gov.