As part of a U.S. Department of Education grant, lndyEast Promise Neighborhood must conduct a community survey three times over five years to understand the needs and opportunities of local youth, assess caregivers’ perceptions of community and basic needs, and establish baseline trends for tracking progress. The survey topics, developed through collaborative sessions with partners, cover education, health, safety, early childhood development, and community connectedness. The survey was conducted from June to December in 2023 and had 594 responses.
Of the respondents, 62% were African-American, 19% were white and 16% were another race. Forty-three percent of people have lived in the neighborhood for 1 – 3 years and 52% are employed full-time. The highest education 40% of respondents had was a high school diploma, 23% attended high school with no diploma and only 6% had a bachelor’s degree. Eighty-three percent of respondents had a high school income of less than $50,000. See all the results and the results by focus areas in the full report.
