Put local demographic context beside device readings
When a site report arrives, resolve its tract and retrieve the ACS estimates you care about, such as population or housing measures.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get ACS 5-Year Estimates
Retrieves five-year American Community Survey estimates for geographic areas.
Why this helps
Environmental or infrastructure readings can lack the neighborhood context needed to interpret who may be affected.
- Retrieve detailed ACS five-year estimates for a supplied tract and variables.
- Pair site readings with relevant community context in one report.
- Use tract identifiers to make geographic comparisons more consistent.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Adafruit IO and Census bureau once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation and instruct Notis to geocode the supplied site address, then retrieve specified ACS five-year variables for its tract.
- 3Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 4Test with one real site address and a short list of ACS variables.
Questions about this workflow
What information must the webhook include?
Include a device site address and specify which ACS variables and year to query, or provide those choices in the automation instruction.
Does the ACS action discover variables automatically?
No. Choose the variables you need; Census bureau also offers a separate variable discovery action if you need to inspect available fields.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Adafruit IO to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Adafruit IO triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Retrieves the latest one-year American Community Survey estimates for a geographic area.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Geocode Address
Converts a street address into latitude and longitude coordinates.
Get ACS 5-Year Estimates
Retrieves five-year American Community Survey estimates for geographic areas.
Geocode Address for Census Geographies
Returns coordinates and Census geography identifiers for an address.
Geocode Address Parts
Converts address components into latitude and longitude coordinates.
Get Community Resilience Estimates
Retrieves estimates of community resilience and vulnerability to disasters.
Geocode Address with Geography
Returns an address’s coordinates and Census geography identifiers.
Get County Business Patterns
Retrieves county-level business establishment and employment statistics for a year.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Adafruit IO and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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Do this · Action
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