U.S. Census Housing — Home Values, Rent & Real Estate Data

U.S. Census Housing — Home Values, Rent & Real Estate Data MCP Connector for Claude

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Access the definitive source for U.S. residential real estate data. Extract median home values, median gross rent, ownership vs. renting rates, and vacancy data at the state and county level. Create full socioeconomic profiles.

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U.S. Census housing data.

5 Tools

  • Housing by State — Values, rent, ownership
  • Housing by County — Drill down into local markets
  • State Profile — Full socioeconomic snapshot
  • County Profile — Deep dive into specific counties
  • Query Census — Run any custom API query

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Requires a free API key from the Census Bureau.

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5 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_housing_by_state

renter-occupied, and vacant units for every state. The #1 dataset for real estate market analysis. Get housing data for all states — home values, rent, ownership rates, vacancies

get_housing_by_county

Essential for real estate investors, developers, and market researchers. Get housing data for all counties in a state — values, rent, ownership

get_state_profile

One query = complete state intelligence. Get a comprehensive socioeconomic profile for a state — population, income, housing, demographics

get_county_profile

Get a comprehensive profile for a specific county

query_census

Specify ACS variables (e.g., B01003_001E for population), geography (state:*, county:*, place:*), optional in-clause for filtering, year, and dataset path. See api.census.gov/data.html for all available datasets and variables. Run a custom Census API query — any dataset, variables, and geography

See how to talk to your AI agent using U.S. Census Housing — Home Values, Rent & Real Estate Data.

What is the median home value in California?

📊 **U.S. Census Bureau: Housing by State** **California (06):** - Median Home Value: $611,400 - Median Gross Rent: $1,768 - Owner-Occupied: 7,330,227 - Renter-Occupied: 5,903,115

How many houses are vacant in Nevada?

📊 **Housing by State** **Nevada (32):** - Total Housing Units: 1,310,211 - Occupied Units: 1,180,388 - Vacant Housing Units: 129,823 (9.9%)

Use a custom query to find the renter to ownership ratio in Ohio

📊 **Census: B25003_002E,B25003_003E for state:39** **Ohio (39):** - Owner-Occupied: 3,241,180 (67.1%) - Renter-Occupied: 1,589,455 (32.9%)

The ACS asks respondents to estimate how much their property (house and lot, mobile home and lot, or condominium unit) would sell for if it were for sale. The median represents the middle value.

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