Surface population signals for your target markets
Keep a short list of population measures in view as you review opportunities. Notis retrieves the ACS one-year estimates you request and summarizes the signals for each area.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Retrieves the latest one-year American Community Survey estimates for a geographic area.
Why this helps
Founders often have to interrupt deal work to reopen Census tables just to confirm whether a market is changing in a relevant way.
- Review population measures across selected geographies in a recurring report.
- Reduce context switching during opportunity triage.
- Keep conclusions tied to actual requested estimates.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinity and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for the population signal scan.
- 3Tell Notis the supported geographies and population-related ACS one-year measures to retrieve.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real area and review the estimates before using the brief in a decision.
Questions about this workflow
Can the scan rank markets for me?
Notis can summarize data and apply criteria you provide. The Census action returns estimates, so any ranking should use explicit criteria you supply.
What is required for the recurring query?
Specify the geographies and ACS one-year measures you want. The dataset must support those areas and measures.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinity to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinity 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.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinity and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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