Lead Paint Risk in Jefferson County, Alabama

58.1%Pre-1978 Housing

179,760Pre-1978 Units

309,542Total Housing Units

189Census Tracts

How to Interpret This

This is an area-level screening signal based on Census housing-age data. It does not confirm lead paint in any specific home. Homes built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint, and certified inspection or testing is the only way to confirm a property-level hazard.

Reporter / Resident Story Kit

179,760 housing units in Jefferson County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 58.1%, compared with the state rate of 42.4%.
Local questions: Which neighborhoods have the oldest housing stock? Are lead-safe renovation resources available? Do renters and families with young children know how to request testing?

Highest-Risk Census Tracts

Individual census tracts ranked by pre-1978 housing percentage. Showing the top 100 of 189 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 51.03	1,566	1,593	98.3%	121	407	750	206	82
Census Tract 106.05	461	472	97.7%	35	21	129	138	138
Census Tract 138.01	906	928	97.6%	23	257	319	239	68
Census Tract 105	698	720	96.9%	30	181	207	146	134
Census Tract 57.01	1,121	1,167	96.1%	64	299	416	142	200
Census Tract 30.02	1,334	1,412	94.5%	120	180	227	356	451
Census Tract 52	1,584	1,676	94.5%	109	382	529	206	358
Census Tract 24.02	368	390	94.4%	0	164	138	46	20
Census Tract 59.07	868	923	94.0%	491	288	73	9	7
Census Tract 33	561	598	93.8%	0	14	142	86	319
Census Tract 20	1,688	1,814	93.1%	371	360	578	118	261
Census Tract 27.01	1,086	1,168	93.0%	0	38	35	12	1,001
Census Tract 36	1,985	2,144	92.6%	209	278	888	336	274
Census Tract 49.01	989	1,071	92.3%	93	168	95	64	569
Census Tract 102	1,101	1,193	92.3%	170	169	202	149	411
Census Tract 132	971	1,053	92.2%	90	168	518	141	54
Census Tract 7	928	1,009	92.0%	42	305	172	272	137
Census Tract 55	727	790	92.0%	177	132	244	127	47
Census Tract 136.01	1,575	1,728	91.1%	237	458	486	233	161
Census Tract 16	1,351	1,484	91.0%	309	178	260	97	507
Census Tract 131	1,800	1,979	91.0%	525	714	163	199	199
Census Tract 4	1,231	1,357	90.7%	67	188	370	122	484
Census Tract 106.04	2,017	2,229	90.5%	157	312	590	273	685
Census Tract 14	967	1,071	90.3%	20	201	381	122	243
Census Tract 53.02	1,492	1,656	90.1%	301	609	468	46	68
Census Tract 139.02	846	941	89.9%	112	377	227	73	57
Census Tract 30.01	974	1,092	89.2%	147	62	300	221	244
Census Tract 31	1,548	1,737	89.1%	236	156	301	241	614
Census Tract 12	1,345	1,528	88.0%	247	61	482	216	339
Census Tract 19.02	836	951	87.9%	111	224	201	71	229
Census Tract 23.06	1,715	1,955	87.7%	150	561	835	13	156
Census Tract 121.03	1,846	2,106	87.7%	636	480	354	197	179
Census Tract 37	1,979	2,285	86.6%	41	325	609	326	678
Census Tract 15	1,314	1,530	85.9%	121	434	244	56	459
Census Tract 47.01	2,347	2,747	85.4%	371	375	75	145	1,381
Census Tract 104.01	1,488	1,743	85.4%	150	173	452	121	592
Census Tract 5	1,343	1,577	85.2%	161	180	625	105	272
Census Tract 29	938	1,101	85.2%	51	19	185	242	441
Census Tract 101	621	734	84.6%	24	95	198	156	148
Census Tract 35	976	1,158	84.3%	84	127	110	324	331
Census Tract 139.01	627	744	84.3%	37	196	127	204	63
Census Tract 1	1,088	1,302	83.6%	135	211	284	95	363
Census Tract 104.02	775	929	83.4%	277	179	271	48	0
Census Tract 129.08	1,746	2,097	83.3%	985	723	38	0	0
Census Tract 38.02	1,751	2,106	83.1%	203	566	482	327	173
Census Tract 8	1,557	1,876	83.0%	21	245	435	197	659
Census Tract 47.02	1,646	1,984	83.0%	389	260	196	51	750
Census Tract 22	999	1,210	82.6%	91	106	255	232	315
Census Tract 119.04	825	1,006	82.0%	304	158	160	163	40
Census Tract 38.03	1,612	1,972	81.7%	88	449	361	317	397
Census Tract 107.01	647	795	81.4%	203	151	182	54	57
Census Tract 59.03	1,804	2,226	81.0%	737	705	200	162	0
Census Tract 144.12	1,477	1,845	80.1%	354	407	643	49	24
Census Tract 57.02	1,210	1,512	80.0%	223	346	275	171	195
Census Tract 103.01	1,188	1,487	79.9%	141	346	164	224	313
Census Tract 34	917	1,154	79.5%	125	39	219	78	456
Census Tract 107.05	1,321	1,662	79.5%	64	130	344	300	483
Census Tract 121.04	1,072	1,348	79.5%	387	198	283	142	62
Census Tract 108.02	1,389	1,758	79.0%	46	83	461	258	541
Census Tract 118.03	1,467	1,889	77.7%	549	521	279	93	25
Census Tract 118.06	1,173	1,518	77.3%	561	355	138	119	0
Census Tract 40	1,385	1,796	77.1%	470	138	296	51	430
Census Tract 21	1,148	1,490	77.0%	249	76	336	191	296
Census Tract 112.09	1,032	1,341	77.0%	537	293	85	117	0
Census Tract 50	1,619	2,106	76.9%	179	315	386	129	610
Census Tract 129.05	1,182	1,544	76.6%	369	163	634	0	16
Census Tract 129.21	1,024	1,339	76.5%	112	472	408	22	10
Census Tract 42	921	1,205	76.4%	108	235	201	57	320
Census Tract 100.02	1,553	2,032	76.4%	441	494	413	156	49
Census Tract 124.02	1,095	1,452	75.4%	131	280	404	199	81
Census Tract 118.04	945	1,255	75.3%	501	94	261	29	60
Census Tract 59.05	1,700	2,266	75.0%	256	488	604	313	39
Census Tract 103.02	1,543	2,057	75.0%	346	389	65	230	513
Census Tract 125	1,561	2,091	74.7%	170	178	484	169	560
Census Tract 129.20	1,200	1,611	74.5%	507	241	433	0	19
Census Tract 129.16	1,128	1,516	74.4%	398	459	234	0	37
Census Tract 23.03	1,136	1,533	74.1%	294	364	366	80	32
Census Tract 108.04	863	1,167	74.0%	166	427	235	17	18
Census Tract 133	1,184	1,600	74.0%	341	177	325	178	163
Census Tract 110.03	714	971	73.5%	227	126	185	72	104
Census Tract 144.06	1,686	2,293	73.5%	1,000	520	103	52	11
Census Tract 109	1,708	2,327	73.4%	339	291	377	168	533
Census Tract 144.09	977	1,333	73.3%	372	541	64	0	0
Census Tract 56	1,814	2,483	73.1%	341	675	705	93	0
Census Tract 108.06	1,663	2,289	72.7%	891	545	227	0	0
Census Tract 110.02	583	807	72.2%	235	86	112	50	100
Census Tract 106.03	639	888	72.0%	205	151	142	141	0
Census Tract 39	637	896	71.1%	88	59	261	120	109
Census Tract 144.05	1,385	1,950	71.0%	665	490	199	22	9
Census Tract 134	1,474	2,082	70.8%	366	487	352	66	203
Census Tract 107.04	1,126	1,599	70.4%	370	168	486	0	102
Census Tract 130.02	783	1,132	69.2%	104	293	259	31	96
Census Tract 108.03	2,058	2,991	68.8%	1,550	409	99	0	0
Census Tract 59.08	1,235	1,801	68.6%	595	428	207	5	0
Census Tract 107.03	618	905	68.3%	24	120	184	96	194
Census Tract 23.05	1,047	1,565	66.9%	123	59	321	88	456
Census Tract 49.02	1,517	2,305	65.8%	521	64	11	138	783
Census Tract 107.02	1,646	2,504	65.7%	268	231	506	291	350
Census Tract 120.01	1,202	1,861	64.6%	582	273	279	36	32
Census Tract 124.03	1,082	1,687	64.1%	600	256	84	48	94