Between March 1, and 2022-April 30, 2022, Travis County residents were invited to participate in a survey that asked about the importance of different issues. The survey was available in multiple languages, including Español, Tiếng Việt, 中文 (简体), 中文 (繁體), 한국어 , العربية, اُردُو and हिन्दी. People could take the survey online, by phone, or in person at a number of events.
2,477 people completed the survey.
The survey asked two key questions about a list of issue areas, shown below. The first question asked people to rate the level of importance—from not at all important to very important—for each issue area. The second question asked people to choose which were the five most important issue areas.
| Access to Food | Access to Internet | Action on Climate Change | Better Roads in my Neighborhood |
| Bike Lanes | Child Care | Criminal Justice Reform | Dependable Water Source |
| Dependable Septic or Wastewater System | Drainage and Flooding | Health Care Services (Physical Health) | Homelessness |
| Home Ownership | Jobs with a Living Wage and Job Training | Mental Health Care Services | Parks & Open Spaces |
| Preparing for Emergencies & Disasters | Public Transportation (buses, rail) | Rental Housing | Resources for Small Businesses |
| Sidewalks | Substance Use Services | Traffic |
The issues that were ranked as “very important” by 50% or more of survey participants were:
- Dependable Water Source (75%)
- Dependable Septic or Wastewater System(62%)
- Access to Internet (59%)
- Access to Food (58%)
- Jobs with a Living Wage & Job Training (55%)
- Health Care Services- Physical (53%)
- Mental Health Care Services (50%)
The top five priorities selected by different racial, ethnic, or other identity groups are shown in the table below:
| Issue Area | Total pop | White | Hispanic/Latinx | Black/AA | Asian | Native American | Other | Did Not Respond to Race | LGTBQ+ | Have a Disability |
| Dependable Water Source | 51% | 53% | 43% | 33% | 46% | 49% | 53% | 65% | 44% | |
| Access to Food | 45% | 44% | 48% | 57% | 45% | 62% | 52% | 37% | 48% | 50% |
| Jobs with a Living Wage & Job Training | 32% | 31% | 40% | 43% | 41% | 42% | 35% | |||
| Traffic | 32% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 46% | |||||
| Access to Internet | 29% | 38% | 33% | 32% | ||||||
| Homelessness | 29% | 28% | 30% | 36% | 47% | |||||
| Action on Climate Change | 31% | 28% | 31% | 38% | 37% | |||||
| Mental Health Care Services | 28% | 33% | 34% | |||||||
| Criminal Justice Reform | 36% | 40% | ||||||||
| Health Care Services (Physical Health) | 32% | |||||||||
| Parks and Open Spaces | 36% | |||||||||
| Dependable Septic & Waste System | 35% |
The top five priorities selected by residents who live west or east of Interstate 35 were:
| Top 5 Priorities West of I-35 | Top 5 Priorities East of I-35 |
| 1.Dependable Water Source(56%) | 1.Access to Food (51%) |
| 2.Access to Food (42%) | 2.Dependable Water Source (42%) |
| 3.Traffic (33%) | 3.Jobs with a Living Wage & Job Training (38%) |
| 4.Access to Internet (30%) | 4. Traffic (29%) |
| 4. Action on Climate Change (30%) | 5.Access to Internet (27%) |
| 4.Parks & Open Spaces (30%) |
Find a slide show presentation of survey results here. Watch the presentation of survey results to Travis County Commissioners Court on June 7, 2022 here, starting at 1:27:29 of the video recording.
Survey participants also had the opportunity to leave open comments on the 2022 Travis County Community Survey. Thirty two percent of all survey participants left a comment.
Many of the comments went in-depth on multiple policy areas. Fifty percent of all 784 comments focused on 10 policy areas: housing affordability, taxes, public safety, homelessness, criminal justice reform and the Trauma Recovery Center, political opinions, public education, traffic, economic development, and public transportation. Below, a visual snapshot of how all the comments were categorized by their proportion to the total comments received:
Find a slide show presentation of survey comment results here. Watch the presentation of survey results to Travis County Commissioners Court on December 13, 2022, here starting at 7:20:43 of the video recording.
