assign_lmi: Assign Income Level

In kbrevoort/cbsa: Assigning Counties and Census Tracts to Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Areas.

Description

This function takes a vector of Census tracts and a year and returns either the relative income of the tract or the income level categorization (i.e., low, moderate, middle, or upper).

Usage

assign_lmi(search_tract, year, return_label = TRUE, assign_nonmetro = TRUE)

Arguments

search_tract	Numeric vector of Census tract codes (11 digits)
year	A numeric year (YYYY)
return_label	A logical indicating if the income level categorization is to be returned or the relative income (default = TRUE)
assign_nonmetro	Should LMI or relative incomes be assigned for non-metropolitan areas (default = TRUE)

Value

Either the relative income (if return_label == FALSE) or the income level

kbrevoort/cbsa documentation built on June 12, 2020, 8:44 a.m.