Census Geodatabases

[znmeb]

It turns out the Census Bureau maintains a few database with American Community Survey (ACS) data linked with TIGER/Line geodata. The files are in ESRI "GDB" format, but recent versions of QGIS and gdal / rgdal can access them, as can Python GIS tools and PostGIS.

Here's the link: TIGER/Line® with Selected Demographic and Economic Data

Speaking of Census data, the ACS does have income inequality data - here's the FAQ entry for that: Where can I find income inequality data such as quintile and gini index?

[sckott]

There's a R pkg for acs data https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/acs/

And a package for TIGER data https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/tigris/index.html

[jamgreen]

These packages are now also linked with "tidycensus" https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/tidycensus/index.html

[znmeb]

Kyle Walker's blog also looks useful: https://walkerke.github.io/