City-Data

Small tool for exploring data relevant to metro areas and cities in the US using a variety of sources.

Setup

General

Run

pip install -r requirements.txt

to install the dependencies.

Census Data API Key

In order to use the US Census data API (required for accessing data from the American Community Survey, a.k.a. ACS), you should first create your own API key by navigating to and following instructions from the census.gov api page.

Then, you should create a .env.local file and paste it in as the value for key CENSUS_API_KEY. In other words, you should add this entry to your .env.local file:

CENSUS_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY

where you replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API Key.