Hello folks,
I'm working on a project where I'm trying to build a median income estimate for a larger, non-census defined area. We're essentially aggregating municipalities (county subdivisions), into a larger umbrella geography that is not defined by the census bureau (so not a county, msa or things like that). I am wary of using a PUMA to County Subdivision crosswalk because I am not quite sure how that would work with higher income municipalities next to lower-income ones.
Would anyone happen to know a good way of aggregating up to median income for this different kind of geography? Whether through an R script or some other tool? Would love any ideas on how to tackle this.
Thanks,
Peter
Hi JamiRae, would it be possible to share these files with me as well? I'm working on a project that requires similar aggregations for a number of ACS tables and median income is one of them. Thanks…
Hi Peter -Not sure if I'm reading your post correctly, but if you're trying to calculate the median income for an aggregated area, you can use the income band ranges to calculate. I wrote a Python script that does it but also have an Excel worksheet. Is that what you're trying to do? I can provide the script and/or excel spreadsheet for examples if that would be helpful.
-Jami
Hi Jami,
Yes that is exactly what I am trying to do. I figured the income bands would play a role, I've used them in a different tool in the past. I would love to see your code/excel sheet if you would be able to forward it along. I can be reached here!
Okay, great. sent it to you via email - hopefully the attachments don't send it to your spam folder.
Hi JamiRae, would it be possible to share these files with me as well? I'm working on a project that requires similar aggregations for a number of ACS tables and median income is one of them. Thanks in advance!
Hi Gustavo. No problem. I put them in a zipfile online. Go here to download the file: https://gisdiva.com/downloads/misc/ See the Readme file for details about it. Some day I'll get this converted to R using TinyCensus to pull the data in. But this works for me for now. Let me know if you have questions or trouble getting the files.