In uva-bi-sdad/dc.synth.dmg: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case)

knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)

A Data Commons Package for Generating Block and Parcel-Level Demographics using ACS Estimates and Counts of Housing Units per Census Block

Installation

remotes::install_github("uva-bi-sdad/dc.synth.dmg")

library(dc.synth.dmg)

Get ACS and Block Address Count Data

get_data() returns a list of 2 datasets, one of ACS data, the other a count of total housing units per Census block

mydata <- get_data(state_abbrev = "VA", county_fips = "013")

print(mydata)

Generate Demographic Estimates per Census Block

bk_dmgs <-
  generate_block_dmgs(acs_data = mydata$acs_data_51013,
                      bac_data = mydata$bac_data_51013)

print(head(bk_dmgs[order(geoid)]))

To change the default ACS variables set your own named list of variables

set_acs_variables(list(my_total_population = "B01001_001",
                       my_male_population = "B01001_002"))

mydata <- get_data(state_abbrev = "VA", county_fips = "013")

bk_dmgs <-
  generate_block_dmgs(acs_data = mydata$acs_data_51013,
                      bac_data = mydata$bac_data_51013)

print(head(bk_dmgs[order(geoid)]))