We’ve just added 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates to our ACS Sidekick tool.
We launched the Sidekick tool in 2020 to help make Texas 5-year estimate data from the Census American Community Survey (ACS) much faster and easier to process — perfect for planners, grant writers, and people tracking the progress of community initiatives.
ACS Sidekick can help if you:
- need an aggregate (total) estimate for a non-standard range
- geographic area, like a nonprofit service area of five zip codes or 17 census tracts
- age group, like youth aged 17-24 or adults age 55 and older
- other demographic group, like men of color
- percent of federal poverty level, like 100%-<299% FPL
- any other variable grouping.
- need the margin of error (MOE) for that estimate and don’t have the time or desire to look up the formula and calculate it
- use the same queries or value sets (e.g., those 17 census tracts in your service area) over and over
Visit the tool page (link below) to explore the tool and for extra help with using it. We know that ACS data can be overwhelming if you’re not a veteran user. More than just video tutorials, we included other helpful resources and notes on finding the ACS information you’re looking and making sense of what you’ve found.
