Lead Paint Risk in Ventura County, California

56.3%Pre-1978 Housing

165,876Pre-1978 Units

294,651Total Housing Units

190Census 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

165,876 housing units in Ventura County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 56.3%, 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 190 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 42	1,457	1,498	97.3%	175	358	712	178	34
Census Tract 66	1,347	1,385	97.3%	227	1,090	22	0	8
Census Tract 45.05	490	507	96.6%	108	149	226	0	7
Census Tract 50.06	778	816	95.3%	17	60	647	41	13
Census Tract 89	715	751	95.2%	75	175	409	36	20
Census Tract 40	1,302	1,371	95.0%	226	614	258	204	0
Census Tract 87	1,771	1,871	94.7%	204	397	344	210	616
Census Tract 80.05	757	801	94.5%	109	530	65	34	19
Census Tract 41.01	1,321	1,406	94.0%	106	290	876	0	49
Census Tract 82.02	1,302	1,388	93.8%	959	333	10	0	0
Census Tract 38.01	1,113	1,189	93.6%	78	388	401	151	95
Census Tract 38.02	502	537	93.5%	74	156	254	18	0
Census Tract 26	1,371	1,499	91.5%	98	105	30	283	855
Census Tract 19.01	1,455	1,601	90.9%	58	49	846	265	237
Census Tract 20	1,040	1,144	90.9%	119	240	111	147	423
Census Tract 30.11	1,588	1,752	90.6%	668	816	53	51	0
Census Tract 60	1,366	1,515	90.2%	251	1,105	10	0	0
Census Tract 68	1,252	1,393	89.9%	180	809	263	0	0
Census Tract 80.01	871	983	88.6%	119	731	21	0	0
Census Tract 27	1,636	1,848	88.5%	249	393	890	71	33
Census Tract 54.04	1,127	1,276	88.3%	390	642	95	0	0
Census Tract 37	1,008	1,144	88.1%	105	192	657	36	18
Census Tract 16.02	869	990	87.8%	216	475	164	6	8
Census Tract 39.01	634	728	87.1%	54	54	393	133	0
Census Tract 18.01	1,223	1,414	86.5%	258	483	420	17	45
Census Tract 69	1,581	1,828	86.5%	997	513	23	9	39
Census Tract 80.04	1,375	1,597	86.1%	199	996	161	0	19
Census Tract 33.01	707	822	86.0%	276	297	134	0	0
Census Tract 79.04	1,420	1,654	85.9%	423	941	56	0	0
Census Tract 49.02	819	956	85.7%	232	443	103	19	22
Census Tract 7.02	788	921	85.6%	373	355	3	57	0
Census Tract 28	2,199	2,574	85.4%	300	427	922	341	209
Census Tract 52.03	1,611	1,893	85.1%	636	566	304	52	53
Census Tract 54.01	1,141	1,342	85.0%	467	640	34	0	0
Census Tract 47.17	691	817	84.6%	425	231	35	0	0
Census Tract 80.02	1,485	1,762	84.3%	626	728	116	0	15
Census Tract 33.02	1,302	1,572	82.8%	330	462	443	53	14
Census Tract 55.04	1,249	1,510	82.7%	451	768	12	4	14
Census Tract 32.01	672	816	82.4%	111	33	180	190	158
Census Tract 65	955	1,161	82.3%	96	575	243	23	18
Census Tract 5	579	708	81.8%	265	67	106	65	76
Census Tract 88	1,076	1,326	81.1%	309	641	72	54	0
Census Tract 9.03	1,934	2,392	80.9%	610	409	522	163	230
Census Tract 63.02	602	745	80.8%	524	55	23	0	0
Census Tract 72.01	1,043	1,292	80.7%	92	603	318	20	10
Census Tract 47.11	553	687	80.5%	475	44	18	16	0
Census Tract 45.04	1,003	1,247	80.4%	595	293	95	20	0
Census Tract 11.01	1,405	1,750	80.3%	329	383	418	161	114
Census Tract 94	636	799	79.6%	193	239	141	0	63
Census Tract 59.07	1,384	1,750	79.1%	1,278	106	0	0	0
Census Tract 64	2,065	2,617	78.9%	921	1,078	36	30	0
Census Tract 15.06	1,560	1,983	78.7%	1,140	322	74	0	24
Census Tract 75.05	848	1,083	78.3%	360	426	62	0	0
Census Tract 6	1,567	2,003	78.2%	247	218	259	329	514
Census Tract 84.02	1,346	1,725	78.0%	345	956	23	13	9
Census Tract 59.01	1,756	2,262	77.6%	767	894	25	58	12
Census Tract 11.02	1,096	1,427	76.8%	434	322	217	104	19
Census Tract 81.01	841	1,107	76.0%	137	704	0	0	0
Census Tract 75.08	1,162	1,546	75.2%	1,072	90	0	0	0
Census Tract 83.02	1,487	2,056	72.3%	948	477	46	0	16
Census Tract 7.01	1,433	1,987	72.1%	504	427	411	26	65
Census Tract 10.02	2,189	3,036	72.1%	791	619	362	255	162
Census Tract 55.02	1,690	2,344	72.1%	1,244	260	129	57	0
Census Tract 15.11	582	810	71.9%	273	190	48	37	34
Census Tract 23.01	646	909	71.1%	18	40	114	48	426
Census Tract 50.05	815	1,147	71.1%	123	210	251	123	108
Census Tract 67	789	1,109	71.1%	267	494	28	0	0
Census Tract 95	1,138	1,601	71.1%	258	315	257	133	175
Census Tract 59.09	1,058	1,494	70.8%	768	255	35	0	0
Census Tract 9.01	831	1,177	70.6%	249	161	171	111	139
Census Tract 47.10	975	1,381	70.6%	544	375	19	0	37
Census Tract 62	743	1,053	70.6%	439	214	90	0	0
Census Tract 39.02	615	872	70.5%	36	171	375	33	0
Census Tract 50.02	527	748	70.5%	119	37	172	136	63
Census Tract 59.06	1,759	2,495	70.5%	1,200	412	44	53	50
Census Tract 4	1,504	2,136	70.4%	383	338	389	158	236
Census Tract 25	2,064	2,946	70.1%	391	933	575	72	93
Census Tract 36.18	1,080	1,541	70.1%	527	224	248	31	50
Census Tract 72.02	1,140	1,639	69.6%	682	421	12	0	25
Census Tract 36.14	1,108	1,597	69.4%	918	162	17	0	11
Census Tract 8	2,010	2,901	69.3%	634	695	203	80	398
Census Tract 45.07	522	754	69.2%	145	222	71	0	84
Census Tract 43.04	2,008	2,906	69.1%	1,266	619	61	44	18
Census Tract 45.08	508	741	68.6%	41	342	72	53	0
Census Tract 24	1,112	1,637	67.9%	357	183	163	129	280
Census Tract 47.04	331	491	67.4%	258	25	0	48	0
Census Tract 36.15	1,021	1,520	67.2%	615	338	68	0	0
Census Tract 76.11	696	1,036	67.2%	148	280	191	59	18
Census Tract 47.16	638	954	66.9%	579	48	11	0	0
Census Tract 53.04	2,097	3,146	66.7%	1,957	61	16	36	27
Census Tract 54.03	682	1,037	65.8%	165	394	45	32	46
Census Tract 61.02	903	1,395	64.7%	702	42	97	43	19
Census Tract 96	929	1,437	64.6%	345	407	171	6	0
Census Tract 3.02	2,087	3,241	64.4%	396	253	457	160	821
Census Tract 47.15	811	1,263	64.2%	272	454	57	17	11
Census Tract 59.11	1,051	1,650	63.7%	1,010	26	0	0	15
Census Tract 44	2,016	3,185	63.3%	856	464	386	212	98
Census Tract 15.07	1,159	1,833	63.2%	233	463	283	152	28
Census Tract 59.08	639	1,014	63.0%	334	274	8	0	23
Census Tract 21.02	675	1,077	62.7%	129	115	34	55	342