A living, community-built portrait of the priorities, ideas, and concerns about Waveland for the next 20 years. The following summarizes the results of the 103 people who participated in the Compass 2046 Community Survey.
Charts of community priorities, demographic breakdowns, and where consensus is building will appear here.
Where they live, how long they've called Waveland home, whether they rent or own. Demographics shape priorities — and this is who's helping write the next 20 years.
When asked what residents value most about their city, the same threads keep surfacing — the coastline, the people, the pace of small-town life. Here's how they ranked.
Residents rated ten community goals from low to high importance. Mean scores out of four, sorted by priority. The distribution bar shows how votes spread across each tier.
Should new homes follow design guidelines that protect neighborhood character?
Where should the city focus its housing and development energy?
How residents see Coleman Avenue's role in the city's future.
Which economic priorities residents want the city to chase first.
From daily mobility modes to long-term infrastructure priorities — what residents do today, and what they want tomorrow.
Modes of transportation residents use most often.
Do residents feel safe walking and biking in Waveland?
Ten potential transportation investments, scored 1–4 by residents. Mean score plus the distribution bar.
Facilities residents most want to see added or improved.
What drew residents to Waveland — or kept them.
Employment status of survey respondents — a snapshot of the working life behind the responses.
Each day's submissions across the survey window. Spikes show the days outreach efforts reached a new corner of Waveland.
The community survey has closed, but there are still many ways to shape the Compass 2046 plan. Attend an upcoming event or reach out through the Get Involved section.
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