While it is important for Naperviille to compare performance year over year, it is also valuable to compare our performance against other communities both regionally and nationally. This chart benchmarks Naperville’s performance on a variety of city services as compared with other communities in the East Central region of the country and nationally. The East central region data is compiled from a random sample of survey results from 400 residents in the East Central region of the United States. The national survey is compiled from a sample of more than 4,000 residents in the continental United States.