It was created for a Public Health course in Master's program. This survey includes demographics, economics, politics, education, and social programs.

1. Willimantic
Sunhee Park

2.  1. body of water
 2. a high way or rail road track
 Road-the borough is served by several state
routes: Route 32, Route 66, Route 195, Route 289,
Willimantic Bypass (US 6)
 Bus-The Windham Region Transit District,
connections to Hartford or Danielson
 1 airports and 5 armtrak train station within
30miles of the Willimantic city center, the number of
people who take public transportation in
Willimantic is 44% lower than the national average.
 3. economic, residential or commercial areas
 4. refer to and include map of the area
Boundaries

3.  The population density in Willimantic is 450%
higher than CT.
 The median age is 34% lower than CT
 In Willimantic 74.37% of population is
Caucasian
 60% of people can speak English, 34% of people
can speak Spanish.
 What kind of people do you see? Young, old,
homeless, alone, families, what races do you
see? is the population homogeneous?
Demographics

4.  Indian word meaning place of swift running waters
 Water powered manufacturing
 Till 1821, the village was known as Willimantic Falls,
home to about 20 families and a single school district
 In 1822, a factory by Charles Lee, made of stone
quarried from the Willimantic River
 By 1828 6 cotton factories in Willimantic
 Known as Thread city because American Thread
Company had a mill on the banks of Willimantic River,
at one time the largest of employer in the state as well
as one of the largest producers of thread in the world.
Its factory was the first in the world to use electric
lighting
 In 1893, it would become city
History

5.  From the end of Civil War to the outbreak of
WW II, Willimantic was the center for the
production of silk and cotton thread,
immigrants from Europe arrived to work in
mills.
 Railroads added to growth of Willimantic, in
the early 20th century between 50 and 100 trains
ran through Willimantic daily. More than 800
ornate Victorian Homes
History

6.  American Thread moved to North Carolina in
1985, and the towns economy floundered, the
unemployment rate in Windham, the town that
contains Willimantic was 7.8% in 2014.
 In 2002, Hartford Courant ran on investigative
series called “Heroin Town” describing
rampant heroin use in Willimantic
History

7.  Population: 17411 in 2016
 Population density (CT people per sq. mile):
3,959
 Median age: 27.3, one of the largest population
of people less than 20 year olds at 30.1% of
total, one of the largest population of people 20
to 29 year olds at 24.4% of total
 Racial makeup: 70.35% white, 30.19% Hispanic
or Latino, 6.25% African American, 0.59%
Native American, 1.67% Asian, 0.13% Pacific
Islander, 16.87% from other races.
Demographics

8.  Median income for a household was $30,155,
median income for a family was $38,427, Male
had a median income of $30,697, versus
$23,297, About 14.6% of families and 19.8% of
the population were the below the poverty line
including 25.7% of those under age 18 and
12.8% of those age 65 or over.
economy

9.  Do you note any indicators of different ethnic
groups-restaurants, churches, private shcools,
festivals? What signs do you see of different
cultural groups?
Ethnicity

10.  Are there chruches, temples, mosques? Does the
community appear homogeneous? Are the lawns
cared for? Gardens? Signs of art? Culture? Heritage?
Historical markers? How do you feel in this
community? Welcome? Stranger?
 Baptist church, chapel, Lutheran church, Holy
Trinity Orthodox Church, Iqlesia Cristiana
Pentecostal, Inqlesia Fuente de Salvacion
Missionera, Ukrainian Catholic Church, St Pauls
Episcopal Church, Temple Bnai Israel, Immaculata
Retreat House, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Iglesia Bautista
de Willimantic, Islamic Center of willimantic
Values and Beliefs

11.  Windham High/Middle school
 Windham Technical High school
 Arts at the Capitol Theater Performing Arts High
school
 Charles H Barrows STEM Field Academy
 Natchug school
 W.B. Sweeney school
 St. Mary-St. Joseph school
 Eastern Connecticut State University
 Quinebaug Valley Community College
 Completed high school, associate degree and
bachelors is lower than national average
Education

12.  Road-The borough is served by several state
routes: Route 14, Route 32, Route 66, Route 195,
and Route 289. The borough is also served by
the Willimantic Bypass (US 6).
 Bus-The Windham region Transit District
manages public transport including buses. It
has connections to Hartford or Danielson.
Transportation

13.  Poverty: The most common racial group living
below the poverty line in Willimantic is White,
followed by Hispanic or Latino and unknown.
 Income per capita, & the median household
income in Willimantic are a bout 40% lower
then the national average
 Male median earning are 41% higher than the
national average
 The unemployment rate is 44% and the poverty
level in Willimantic is 88% higher than the
national average
Economy

14. Employed by Occupation