What is County Business Patterns (CBP)?

CBP is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This server uses it to return total business establishments, employees, and annual payroll by county.

Does income include taxes?

Median household income reported by the Census represents pre-tax (gross) income from all sources.

Can it separate individual vs household income?

The primary metrics fetched here are Household metrics as they give the highest fidelity snapshot of local living conditions.

U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy
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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy. "
                "You have access to 4 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server

U.S. Census economic data.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 4 tools from U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

4 Tools

Income by State — Median income & poverty rates
Income by County — Drill down into local economies
Education by State — Bachelor's degree attainment
Business Patterns — County-level business activity

Authentication

Requires a free API key from the Census Bureau.

The U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 4 tools from U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

get_business_patterns

From County Business Patterns (CBP) — the definitive dataset for understanding local economic activity and business concentration. Get County Business Patterns — establishments, employees, and payroll by county

get_education_by_state

Education level is a key predictor of income, employment, and economic development. Get educational attainment for all states — bachelor's degree or higher

get_income_by_county

Critical for real estate analysis, business site selection, and understanding economic disparity within a state. Get median household income and poverty for all counties in a state

get_income_by_state

Median income is the single most-used economic indicator from the Census — it determines federal funding, cost-of-living adjustments, and market opportunity analysis. Get median household income and poverty rates for all states

Example Prompts for U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy immediately.

"What is the median household income in New York state?"

"Compare poverty levels down the counties of Illinois"

"Show the business patterns for restaurants in Texas"

Troubleshooting U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating U.S. Census Income — Median Income, Poverty & Economy MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.