Census
live GovernmentReal EstateDataCensus MCP — U.S. Census Bureau housing-relevant APIs.
Tools
census_acs Get American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The core dataset for housing statistics including total housing units, median home value, owner-occupied units, median rent
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census_building_permits Get monthly building permits data from the Census Bureau residential construction survey. Tracks new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits.
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census_housing_starts Get new residential construction data including housing starts, units under construction, and completions from the Census Bureau.
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census_homeownership Get quarterly homeownership rates from the Census Bureau Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS). Reports the percentage of occupied housing units that are owner-occupied.
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census_available_datasets List available Census Bureau datasets. No API key required. Useful for discovering dataset identifiers, descriptions, and available variables before querying specific data.
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Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"census_acs","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("census_acs", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("census mcp — u");Related packs
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