Lead Paint Risk in Kern County, California

43.9%Pre-1978 Housing

133,697Pre-1978 Units

304,481Total Housing Units

236Census 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

133,697 housing units in Kern County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 43.9%, compared with the state rate of 56.7%.
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 236 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 2.02	1,376	1,376	100.0%	292	78	400	500	106
Census Tract 23.05	757	774	97.8%	194	109	176	250	28
Census Tract 9.05	835	857	97.4%	63	55	363	124	230
Census Tract 8	1,578	1,626	97.0%	242	207	1,095	10	24
Census Tract 7.02	990	1,030	96.1%	103	53	379	252	203
Census Tract 19.02	1,871	1,982	94.4%	240	242	342	290	757
Census Tract 27.01	816	867	94.1%	78	181	430	81	46
Census Tract 64.06	1,142	1,214	94.1%	451	323	227	90	51
Census Tract 9.02	1,285	1,371	93.7%	209	415	595	58	8
Census Tract 26	880	955	92.1%	148	172	256	304	0
Census Tract 2.01	1,410	1,550	91.0%	394	207	258	188	363
Census Tract 7.01	916	1,030	88.9%	44	130	166	323	253
Census Tract 1.02	1,177	1,329	88.6%	86	193	624	274	0
Census Tract 11.05	833	947	88.0%	232	167	183	214	37
Census Tract 27.02	897	1,022	87.8%	98	248	276	223	52
Census Tract 11.07	622	709	87.7%	179	84	138	126	95
Census Tract 1.03	1,455	1,663	87.5%	84	0	248	371	752
Census Tract 28.04	1,396	1,597	87.4%	637	610	149	0	0
Census Tract 28.07	1,260	1,442	87.4%	749	304	129	0	78
Census Tract 28.25	819	941	87.0%	60	61	510	145	43
Census Tract 17	1,846	2,131	86.6%	246	236	516	465	383
Census Tract 25.01	1,103	1,276	86.4%	319	368	240	57	119
Census Tract 53	678	786	86.3%	141	117	306	93	21
Census Tract 21	957	1,112	86.1%	184	386	222	77	88
Census Tract 9.03	1,274	1,503	84.8%	241	904	129	0	0
Census Tract 20.01	1,022	1,231	83.0%	128	341	315	126	112
Census Tract 12.02	1,575	1,899	82.9%	627	409	175	203	161
Census Tract 19.01	1,205	1,458	82.6%	0	62	471	296	376
Census Tract 11.04	625	761	82.1%	142	136	229	59	59
Census Tract 52.05	1,753	2,140	81.9%	707	461	418	76	91
Census Tract 56	954	1,171	81.5%	147	177	558	56	16
Census Tract 15	672	828	81.2%	216	163	136	72	85
Census Tract 13.02	577	717	80.5%	225	173	66	16	97
Census Tract 29.01	836	1,042	80.2%	223	161	452	0	0
Census Tract 30.02	721	905	79.7%	109	259	109	167	77
Census Tract 36	1,289	1,617	79.7%	72	207	282	257	471
Census Tract 28.14	1,317	1,663	79.2%	791	414	86	26	0
Census Tract 9.06	1,011	1,284	78.7%	343	257	309	61	41
Census Tract 9.07	572	732	78.1%	117	116	301	30	8
Census Tract 13.01	1,239	1,595	77.7%	305	187	355	92	300
Census Tract 9.09	687	888	77.4%	224	163	266	34	0
Census Tract 28.24	825	1,074	76.8%	574	130	97	0	24
Census Tract 28.16	1,506	1,978	76.1%	1,358	83	55	10	0
Census Tract 6.03	695	915	76.0%	254	0	138	86	217
Census Tract 31.25	706	931	75.8%	369	168	169	0	0
Census Tract 4	1,397	1,859	75.1%	455	302	329	189	122
Census Tract 64.05	557	746	74.7%	234	201	49	64	9
Census Tract 3	1,427	1,939	73.6%	408	248	174	283	314
Census Tract 50.05	808	1,100	73.5%	66	71	347	201	123
Census Tract 64.04	818	1,115	73.4%	362	141	183	108	24
Census Tract 30.01	791	1,082	73.1%	180	151	436	24	0
Census Tract 18.01	1,477	2,025	72.9%	469	310	458	153	87
Census Tract 28.15	1,177	1,618	72.7%	700	333	46	29	69
Census Tract 44.02	1,122	1,545	72.6%	132	204	392	185	209
Census Tract 35	1,988	2,752	72.2%	754	297	449	177	311
Census Tract 28.13	1,205	1,692	71.2%	673	239	284	9	0
Census Tract 9.04	1,126	1,584	71.1%	228	242	465	127	64
Census Tract 14.01	1,002	1,432	70.0%	341	293	165	82	121
Census Tract 24.01	356	513	69.4%	151	35	87	27	56
Census Tract 44.04	1,086	1,571	69.1%	50	290	466	233	47
Census Tract 34	974	1,415	68.8%	237	138	225	146	228
Census Tract 25.03	492	725	67.9%	68	257	113	24	30
Census Tract 65	889	1,314	67.7%	251	272	241	36	89
Census Tract 61.01	1,208	1,788	67.6%	336	188	349	198	137
Census Tract 52.08	1,646	2,476	66.5%	765	398	204	149	130
Census Tract 33.03	361	546	66.1%	76	49	67	37	132
Census Tract 51.03	723	1,106	65.4%	269	322	103	15	14
Census Tract 20.02	1,021	1,569	65.1%	299	67	296	136	223
Census Tract 31.03	812	1,247	65.1%	260	135	280	90	47
Census Tract 41.01	1,180	1,823	64.7%	287	179	392	54	268
Census Tract 28.17	1,202	1,879	64.0%	888	283	0	26	5
Census Tract 12.01	472	752	62.8%	162	85	137	42	46
Census Tract 63.04	622	993	62.6%	134	257	137	58	36
Census Tract 29.02	874	1,407	62.1%	127	485	231	31	0
Census Tract 23.04	584	944	61.9%	120	180	132	73	79
Census Tract 38.11	573	928	61.7%	168	171	50	140	44
Census Tract 18.04	899	1,472	61.1%	413	360	110	0	16
Census Tract 62.01	462	760	60.8%	159	172	36	51	44
Census Tract 31.12	1,372	2,299	59.7%	1,147	90	36	0	99
Census Tract 54.02	1,355	2,276	59.5%	489	323	520	23	0
Census Tract 31.13	920	1,564	58.8%	709	190	21	0	0
Census Tract 52.03	1,489	2,550	58.4%	858	232	260	86	53
Census Tract 50.06	633	1,085	58.3%	102	304	172	55	0
Census Tract 64.03	939	1,645	57.1%	446	193	53	100	147
Census Tract 22.02	592	1,052	56.3%	119	277	130	56	10
Census Tract 9.08	951	1,691	56.2%	528	333	63	27	0
Census Tract 31.26	1,051	1,873	56.1%	742	227	82	0	0
Census Tract 47.02	635	1,139	55.8%	191	162	45	122	115
Census Tract 23.03	540	970	55.7%	211	201	128	0	0
Census Tract 66	787	1,427	55.2%	214	148	167	124	134
Census Tract 52.06	773	1,403	55.1%	390	243	86	35	19
Census Tract 6.02	510	927	55.0%	184	75	71	12	168
Census Tract 52.07	734	1,336	54.9%	380	260	0	94	0
Census Tract 23.02	523	963	54.3%	107	179	93	81	63
Census Tract 54.07	903	1,672	54.0%	553	211	136	0	3
Census Tract 41.02	757	1,411	53.6%	262	197	234	56	8
Census Tract 32.22	338	632	53.5%	237	48	29	19	5
Census Tract 59	878	1,665	52.7%	162	195	403	47	71
Census Tract 22.01	396	758	52.2%	156	149	60	11	20
Census Tract 50.03	485	937	51.8%	203	58	146	50	28