census_income_housing
Median household income, per capita income, housing units, owner vs renter occupancy, median home value, median gross and contract rent for a US geography. Used for real estate AI, market analysis, location-based pricing.
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What census_income_housing does on Livedatalink
AI agents call census_income_housing to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
msa | string | — | 5-digit Metropolitan Statistical Area code. Required for msa level. |
year | number | — | ACS 5-year endpoint year (default 2023). |
zcta | string | — | 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area. Required for zcta level. |
level | string | Yes | Geography level: 'us', 'state', 'county', 'zcta' (ZIP), 'place' (city), 'tract', 'msa'. |
place | string | — | Census place FIPS (city). Required for place level. |
state | string | — | 2-letter state code (e.g. 'TX') or 2-digit FIPS. Required for state/county/place/tract levels. |
tract | string | — | 6-digit census tract code. Use '*' for all tracts in a county. |
county | string | — | 3-digit county FIPS. Use '*' for all counties in a state. Required for county/tract levels. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why census_income_housing is rated Low
This is a pure data retrieval tool that queries census statistics. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The use cases mentioned ('real estate AI, market analysis, location-based pricing') are read-only analytical tasks. Severity is low because exposure of census data carries minimal direct risk; it is public demographic information.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves demographic and housing statistics (median income, housing units, occupancy, home values, rent) for US geographies. No description indicates modification, deletion, or execution of code/commands.
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The rule that runs census_income_housing safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For census_income_housing, this is the rule to start with:
census_income_housing is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every census_income_housing call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about census_income_housing
Median household income, per capita income, housing units, owner vs renter occupancy, median home value, median gross and contract rent for a US geography. Used for real estate AI, market analysis, location-based pricing. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
census_income_housing accepts 8 parameters: msa, year, zcta, level, place, state, tract, county. Required: level. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for census_income_housing: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
census_income_housing is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the census_income_housing rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for census_income_housing. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
census_income_housing is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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