`census_homeownership`

Pack: census · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp

US homeownership rate and housing vacancy rates by quarter, from the Census Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS) — the official source. Returns headline (the national homeownership rate as a percent) plus the rental and homeowner vacancy rates. Defaults to the latest published quarter.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`time`	string	no	Quarter as “YYYY-QN” (e.g. “2026-Q1”). Defaults to the latest published quarter.
`_apiKey`	string	no	Census API key

Example call

Arguments

{
  "time": "2024-Q1",
  "_apiKey": "your-census-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"census_homeownership","arguments":{"time":"2024-Q1","_apiKey":"your-census-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('census_homeownership', {
  "time": "2024-Q1",
  "_apiKey": "your-census-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "time": "from+2020-Q1+to+2024-Q1",
  "_apiKey": "your-census-api-key"
}

Response shape

Always returns: metric, time, results

Field	Type	Description
`metric`	string	Metric type
`time`	string	Time period queried
`results`	array	Array of homeownership rate records

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "metric": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "homeownership_rate"
      ],
      "description": "Metric type"
    },
    "time": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Time period queried"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "Homeownership rate data rows"
      },
      "description": "Array of homeownership rate records"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "metric",
    "time",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "census": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

census_homeownership