data/README.md

Data Sources

All raw data is gitignored. Acquire each source and place in the corresponding data/raw/ subfolder before running the pipeline.

parcels/

• Source: Maricopa County Assessor GIS
• File: Parcels_All.shp
• Acquired: March 2026

assessor/

• Source: Maricopa County Assessor Tax Roll
• Files: Secured_Master_*.txt
• Acquired: March 2026
• Encoding: cp1252 | Delimiter: pipe

zoning/

• Source: City of Phoenix Open Data
• Acquired: March 2026
• ...

transit/

• Source: Valley Metro GTFS
• ...

census/

• Source: NHGIS (nhgis.org)
• ACS 2019–2023 5-year estimates, tract level
• Acquired: November 2025
• File: nhgis0005_ds267_20235_tract_E.csv

jobs/

• Source: U.S. Census LODES WAC
• File: az_wac_S000_JT00_2022.csv
• Acquired: March 2025
• Geography: AZ block groups (AZ_blck_grp_2023.shp)