Calculate Population Data

[justinperline]

Using tidycensus, there are a few basic demographic variables that should be calculated for every place:

• [x] Population
• [ ] Population density
• [x] Average population age
• [x] Average household income
• [ ] Cost of living
• [ ] Average 1-bedroom rental price
• [ ] Average 2-bedroom home price
• [ ] Diversity index (likely spin off into another issue)

Not all of these may be possible via the census or acs records, but these seem like reasonable items.

[justinperline]

Used the American Community Survey Data (5-year) to grab data on the population, median population age, and average household income.

Code: https://github.com/justinperline/samegrassbutgreener/blob/main/code/demographics.R