Data Sources

The Wellbeing, Insights, Assets & Tradeoffs Tool (WIATT) survey is critical to this project. This survey is designed to gather valuable input from community members about their needs, preferences, and perceptions regarding the Midtown Thriving Initiative.

The WIATT survey is important for several reasons:

1. 1. 1. It ensures that the project is community-driven and reflects the needs and desires of Kingston’s residents.
      2. It provides a wealth of data that will be used to make informed decisions about the project’s design and implementation.
      3. It helps to identify potential tradeoffs and challenges, enabling project leaders to address these proactively.

The data was gathered from individuals who live in, work in, shop in, or otherwise frequent Kingston, NY.

To see the survey questions, click here.

One of the key features is the project’s comparative analysis against U.S. census data. This allows users to understand how the surveyed community aligns with or diverges from national averages and trends in terms of key demographics and priority populations. This comparative approach not only validates the community data but also provides a broader context for understanding it.

The following demographics were chosen for comparison: race/ethnicity; household income, gender, Language, and age.

Data collection efforts focused on gathering data from residents who were under-sampled, and/or have been historically marginalized in previous surveys:

1. 1. 1. Hispanic or Latino residents
      2. Youth
      3. Residents with household incomes less than $50k

Comparison data was pulled from the American Community Survey and the US Census. To learn more about the comparison data, visit data.census.gov.