U.S. Zip Code to Core-Based Satistical Area (CBSA)

Usage as simple as:

import zip2cbsa
converter = zip2cbsa.Zip2CBSA()
cbsa, designation = converter.zip2cbsa(['32901'])
print cbsa, designation

results

37340 Metropolitan Statistical Area

It also works with lists:

zipcodes = [32901, 10033, 90003]
converter.zip2cbsa(zipcodes)

results

array([['37340', 'Metropolitan Statistical Area'],
       ['35620', 'Metropolitan Statistical Area'],
       ['31100', 'Metropolitan Statistical Area']], dtype=object)

This code is based on https://github.com/Datamine/CBSA-RUCA-Lookup.