Lead Paint Risk in Lauderdale County, Alabama

50.6%Pre-1978 Housing

22,680Pre-1978 Units

44,801Total Housing Units

26Census 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

22,680 housing units in Lauderdale County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 50.6%, 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 26 of 26 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 103	920	959	95.9%	92	128	458	169	73
Census Tract 107	685	733	93.5%	116	91	250	152	76
Census Tract 102	1,041	1,228	84.8%	281	404	193	55	108
Census Tract 108	1,393	1,671	83.4%	347	539	311	93	103
Census Tract 106	1,331	1,619	82.2%	243	179	213	327	369
Census Tract 101	335	458	73.1%	54	63	60	27	131
Census Tract 110	1,626	2,331	69.8%	245	458	629	178	116
Census Tract 104	1,056	1,658	63.7%	298	140	234	173	211
Census Tract 111.02	1,223	2,148	56.9%	418	599	206	0	0
Census Tract 115.03	721	1,304	55.3%	449	150	44	23	55
Census Tract 109.02	1,025	1,922	53.3%	686	216	73	37	13
Census Tract 109.01	907	1,801	50.4%	185	569	113	31	9
Census Tract 116.03	1,156	2,402	48.1%	339	643	85	61	28
Census Tract 116.02	946	2,051	46.1%	478	175	146	144	3
Census Tract 114.02	662	1,457	45.4%	167	196	53	21	225
Census Tract 118.02	950	2,226	42.7%	291	473	63	45	78
Census Tract 113	498	1,169	42.6%	119	212	83	60	24
Census Tract 118.01	851	2,117	40.2%	216	236	116	123	160
Census Tract 115.04	877	2,270	38.6%	317	180	157	0	223
Census Tract 112	773	2,053	37.7%	232	241	230	21	49
Census Tract 114.01	416	1,104	37.7%	195	109	64	0	48
Census Tract 117	796	2,170	36.7%	300	258	149	24	65
Census Tract 115.02	769	2,224	34.6%	316	203	116	19	115
Census Tract 111.01	923	2,768	33.3%	411	197	301	14	0
Census Tract 116.05	343	1,167	29.4%	233	92	4	4	10
Census Tract 116.06	457	1,791	25.5%	289	145	9	3	11