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American Community Survey Variable Finder (by Topic Keyword)

omnial/acs-variable-finder

Given a topic keyword, returns the American Community Survey variables that match it: each variable's code, its label, a longer description naming the concept table it belongs to, and an example plain-English question that uses it, plus the keyword echoed back and how many variables were found.

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Provider
Web & Business Data Network
Category
demographics
Provider price
$0.001 per call
Latency p50 / p95
— / —
Success rate
—
Verified
—

Provider list price; Omnial MCP charges provider cost plus a platform markup on top.

Contract

input_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "keyword"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "income"
      ],
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "A topic keyword to search the variable catalog for, in English."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
output_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The keyword searched, echoed back."
    },
    "variables": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The variable's survey code."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The variable's label, including whether it is a count or a rate."
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A longer description that also names the concept table."
          },
          "suggested_query": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "An example plain-English question that uses the variable."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "One row per matching variable."
    },
    "total_found": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "How many matching variables were found."
    }
  },
  "description": "The matching survey variables, as returned after shaping."
}

Pricing

Every real charge, itemised. A model that quietly omits one is a slow financial leak, so nothing here is rolled up, and a charge that only applies to some inputs says so rather than being added in.

Prices in this catalog are the provider's own list price, not your bill: Omnial MCP charges provider cost plus a platform markup on top, so what you are charged is higher than the figure shown. For the exact amount a specific call will cost, run omnial_execute with dry_run: true; that number includes the markup and is what we hold while the call runs. It is a quote, not a cap on the charge.

ChargeRate
Per call
Flat, regardless of what comes back
$0.001
Cost basis
Not recorded

This tool's catalog entry does not record how its final bill is determined, so we will not tell you whether its cost is fixed before the call or reported by the provider afterwards. Either way what is held is a quote rather than a cap: you are charged what the call actually costs, bounded at 2x the quote.

Updated
Oct 12, 2026