{
  "dataset_name": "NYC Housing Analysis",
  "source": "Census ACS 5-year, NYC Open Data, via dev/nyc_housing",
  "last_updated": "2026-02-10",
  "record_count": "2,168 census tracts across 5 boroughs",
  "files": {
    "nyc_housing_metrics_merged.csv": "Full merged dataset: rent burden, income, tenure by tract (340 KB)",
    "nyc_median_rent_by_tract.csv": "Median gross rent by census tract",
    "nyc_median_income_by_tract.csv": "Median household income by census tract",
    "nyc_rent_burden_by_tract.csv": "Rent burden (% income spent on rent) by tract",
    "nyc_tenure_by_tract.csv": "Owner vs renter tenure by tract",
    "nyc_housing_by_borough.csv": "Borough-level housing summary",
    "nyc_boroughs.geojson": "Borough boundaries (7.2 MB)",
    "nyc_community_districts.geojson": "Community district boundaries (9.2 MB)",
    "nyc_neighborhoods.geojson": "Neighborhood boundaries (10.7 MB)",
    "nyc_neighborhoods_with_data.geojson": "Neighborhoods with housing data joined (4.4 MB)"
  },
  "key_fields": {
    "geoid": "Census tract GEOID (11 digits: state + county + tract)",
    "borough": "NYC borough name",
    "median_rent": "Median gross rent (dollars)",
    "median_income": "Median household income (dollars)",
    "rent_burden_pct": "Percentage of income spent on rent"
  },
  "notes": "Companion JSON metadata files exist for each CSV with column descriptions and summary stats."
}