Lead Paint Risk in Sacramento County, California

49.2%Pre-1978 Housing

292,147Pre-1978 Units

593,616Total Housing Units

363Census 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

292,147 housing units in Sacramento County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 49.2%, 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 363 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 31.01	1,214	1,225	99.1%	122	141	930	3	18
Census Tract 3	1,584	1,609	98.4%	88	45	226	368	857
Census Tract 74.15	1,200	1,222	98.2%	632	482	50	36	0
Census Tract 35.01	1,418	1,468	96.6%	52	55	985	252	74
Census Tract 31.02	980	1,019	96.2%	13	198	637	86	46
Census Tract 35.02	1,246	1,301	95.8%	0	51	1,015	180	0
Census Tract 58.01	2,261	2,364	95.6%	648	193	1,409	0	11
Census Tract 74.03	1,459	1,530	95.4%	245	273	804	116	21
Census Tract 23	1,766	1,854	95.3%	82	24	50	304	1,306
Census Tract 16.02	1,181	1,244	94.9%	39	43	11	319	769
Census Tract 81.17	800	843	94.9%	74	272	433	21	0
Census Tract 40.13	1,521	1,615	94.2%	191	1,030	253	47	0
Census Tract 74.02	2,265	2,428	93.3%	125	489	1,520	131	0
Census Tract 54.03	1,305	1,401	93.1%	971	255	62	0	17
Census Tract 39	1,683	1,821	92.4%	214	467	935	42	25
Census Tract 33	1,834	1,995	91.9%	107	227	983	450	67
Census Tract 38	1,674	1,832	91.4%	121	777	698	61	17
Census Tract 52.04	1,863	2,041	91.3%	514	1,134	206	0	9
Census Tract 60.04	1,024	1,122	91.3%	64	423	481	48	8
Census Tract 1	1,659	1,827	90.8%	107	138	1,291	123	0
Census Tract 44.01	1,414	1,557	90.8%	348	156	446	376	88
Census Tract 42.01	1,716	1,903	90.2%	324	486	879	16	11
Census Tract 91.09	1,540	1,711	90.0%	1,252	73	200	5	10
Census Tract 59.04	1,946	2,164	89.9%	158	759	794	221	14
Census Tract 16.01	1,609	1,796	89.6%	103	54	577	391	484
Census Tract 30.02	1,726	1,931	89.4%	164	305	422	546	289
Census Tract 91.07	1,285	1,438	89.4%	1,167	77	19	22	0
Census Tract 34	1,811	2,029	89.3%	167	499	1,115	20	10
Census Tract 49.04	1,728	1,937	89.2%	259	418	983	68	0
Census Tract 13	2,143	2,406	89.1%	306	318	316	251	952
Census Tract 58.04	965	1,087	88.8%	509	354	94	0	8
Census Tract 89.10	1,214	1,367	88.8%	242	249	723	0	0
Census Tract 91.05	993	1,118	88.8%	651	306	36	0	0
Census Tract 57.01	1,272	1,434	88.7%	159	165	835	78	35
Census Tract 60.02	1,987	2,243	88.6%	536	263	816	372	0
Census Tract 81.38	1,370	1,551	88.3%	889	328	145	8	0
Census Tract 24	1,817	2,062	88.1%	32	138	228	555	864
Census Tract 56.05	1,190	1,350	88.1%	242	224	643	11	70
Census Tract 57.02	1,553	1,766	87.9%	75	138	1,146	194	0
Census Tract 79.03	1,717	1,977	86.8%	698	708	297	0	14
Census Tract 47.02	1,336	1,542	86.6%	143	631	522	0	40
Census Tract 68.01	470	543	86.6%	57	39	250	10	114
Census Tract 81.19	1,954	2,257	86.6%	1,076	342	524	0	12
Census Tract 40.14	1,046	1,212	86.3%	389	580	66	0	11
Census Tract 2	1,656	1,935	85.6%	0	20	285	942	409
Census Tract 89.05	1,432	1,676	85.4%	132	322	934	44	0
Census Tract 26	1,222	1,432	85.3%	80	43	77	28	994
Census Tract 29	2,170	2,547	85.2%	65	332	352	1,033	388
Census Tract 40.06	2,310	2,713	85.1%	1,133	809	139	229	0
Census Tract 91.06	1,667	1,958	85.1%	1,172	470	25	0	0
Census Tract 91.08	1,256	1,476	85.1%	730	193	333	0	0
Census Tract 36	890	1,049	84.8%	24	112	300	366	88
Census Tract 90.08	1,595	1,880	84.8%	581	268	746	0	0
Census Tract 52.02	1,355	1,602	84.6%	863	460	18	10	4
Census Tract 62.02	1,525	1,802	84.6%	133	309	471	563	49
Census Tract 5.02	1,021	1,216	84.0%	176	76	99	123	547
Census Tract 62.04	1,205	1,438	83.8%	233	286	526	132	28
Census Tract 69.02	1,142	1,371	83.3%	183	180	94	255	430
Census Tract 14	1,641	1,972	83.2%	479	269	127	131	635
Census Tract 27	1,410	1,702	82.8%	164	202	74	302	668
Census Tract 68.03	742	898	82.6%	261	89	264	128	0
Census Tract 74.34	1,447	1,759	82.3%	727	578	142	0	0
Census Tract 45.01	959	1,173	81.8%	114	259	303	134	149
Census Tract 15	2,167	2,656	81.6%	145	160	170	82	1,610
Census Tract 60.03	1,696	2,093	81.0%	360	431	780	116	9
Census Tract 79.04	1,613	1,993	80.9%	344	568	680	8	13
Census Tract 81.24	1,362	1,684	80.9%	1,068	249	9	36	0
Census Tract 74.22	728	901	80.8%	527	164	13	24	0
Census Tract 54.04	2,447	3,039	80.5%	988	1,097	310	52	0
Census Tract 58.03	1,234	1,535	80.4%	328	489	349	48	20
Census Tract 81.13	1,237	1,539	80.4%	383	259	562	33	0
Census Tract 4	1,831	2,290	80.0%	297	221	115	143	1,055
Census Tract 71.01	52	65	80.0%	15	8	0	20	9
Census Tract 78.02	1,679	2,099	80.0%	622	514	482	39	22
Census Tract 42.02	1,417	1,777	79.7%	436	526	414	41	0
Census Tract 25	780	980	79.6%	13	0	50	68	649
Census Tract 61.01	1,798	2,259	79.6%	519	232	782	189	76
Census Tract 40.05	1,710	2,155	79.4%	814	857	21	10	8
Census Tract 52.01	771	974	79.2%	459	199	67	21	25
Census Tract 55.02	1,777	2,246	79.1%	423	435	824	81	14
Census Tract 21	1,164	1,478	78.8%	90	126	149	89	710
Census Tract 81.29	925	1,174	78.8%	849	69	0	0	7
Census Tract 90.04	1,095	1,389	78.8%	786	285	24	0	0
Census Tract 32.02	1,381	1,759	78.5%	258	294	197	568	64
Census Tract 47.01	910	1,161	78.4%	252	466	174	0	18
Census Tract 56.01	2,036	2,598	78.4%	666	282	954	134	0
Census Tract 73.01	1,474	1,884	78.2%	224	306	772	134	38
Census Tract 56.06	1,490	1,912	77.9%	145	395	729	122	99
Census Tract 79.05	1,383	1,792	77.2%	608	449	205	86	35
Census Tract 17.02	1,676	2,180	76.9%	287	310	182	365	532
Census Tract 46.04	1,205	1,575	76.5%	76	249	607	131	142
Census Tract 20	1,333	1,745	76.4%	181	238	149	174	591
Census Tract 49.10	952	1,247	76.3%	242	600	88	22	0
Census Tract 81.30	1,062	1,394	76.2%	912	131	14	0	5
Census Tract 89.13	1,279	1,686	75.9%	341	719	96	123	0
Census Tract 90.07	792	1,044	75.9%	529	180	83	0	0
Census Tract 61.02	1,622	2,146	75.6%	464	475	429	254	0
Census Tract 95.03	949	1,263	75.1%	569	240	76	56	8
Census Tract 22	1,866	2,491	74.9%	18	162	156	990	540
Census Tract 75.04	579	774	74.8%	207	186	146	6	34