Lead Paint Risk in Miami-Dade County, Florida
50.7%Pre-1978 Housing
550,045Pre-1978 Units
1,085,414Total Housing Units
707Census 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
- 550,045 housing units in Miami-Dade County were built before 1978.
- The county's pre-1978 housing share is 50.7%, compared with the state rate of 34.9%.
- 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 707 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.
| Tract | Pre-1978 | Total | Risk Rate | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | ≤1939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 85.04 | 934 | 934 | 100.0% | 130 | 241 | 554 | 9 | 0 |
| Census Tract 92 | 978 | 984 | 99.4% | 145 | 59 | 765 | 9 | 0 |
| Census Tract 3.07 | 1,192 | 1,207 | 98.8% | 109 | 253 | 665 | 152 | 13 |
| Census Tract 2.16 | 1,336 | 1,357 | 98.5% | 181 | 250 | 817 | 88 | 0 |
| Census Tract 99.05 | 1,530 | 1,566 | 97.7% | 14 | 257 | 1,186 | 73 | 0 |
| Census Tract 4.20 | 964 | 988 | 97.6% | 16 | 101 | 800 | 47 | 0 |
| Census Tract 3.02 | 710 | 729 | 97.4% | 18 | 43 | 583 | 66 | 0 |
| Census Tract 155.01 | 958 | 984 | 97.4% | 115 | 731 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 9.04 | 768 | 789 | 97.3% | 33 | 135 | 543 | 8 | 49 |
| Census Tract 87.04 | 877 | 901 | 97.3% | 76 | 169 | 618 | 14 | 0 |
| Census Tract 16.08 | 922 | 950 | 97.1% | 154 | 283 | 232 | 215 | 38 |
| Census Tract 64.03 | 1,642 | 1,704 | 96.4% | 141 | 41 | 503 | 323 | 634 |
| Census Tract 12.05 | 1,066 | 1,109 | 96.1% | 182 | 69 | 444 | 237 | 134 |
| Census Tract 4.02 | 1,284 | 1,338 | 96.0% | 29 | 171 | 926 | 125 | 33 |
| Census Tract 58.04 | 1,189 | 1,239 | 96.0% | 193 | 129 | 415 | 421 | 31 |
| Census Tract 122 | 1,525 | 1,588 | 96.0% | 127 | 1,181 | 187 | 8 | 22 |
| Census Tract 85.03 | 1,037 | 1,084 | 95.7% | 111 | 241 | 592 | 71 | 22 |
| Census Tract 2.23 | 1,052 | 1,100 | 95.6% | 312 | 383 | 274 | 51 | 32 |
| Census Tract 110.12 | 638 | 668 | 95.5% | 360 | 170 | 108 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 95.04 | 1,266 | 1,332 | 95.0% | 54 | 312 | 685 | 215 | 0 |
| Census Tract 11.01 | 1,404 | 1,484 | 94.6% | 262 | 121 | 759 | 154 | 108 |
| Census Tract 89.11 | 848 | 896 | 94.6% | 103 | 160 | 526 | 51 | 8 |
| Census Tract 77.09 | 994 | 1,053 | 94.4% | 78 | 109 | 807 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2.18 | 972 | 1,031 | 94.3% | 38 | 243 | 410 | 281 | 0 |
| Census Tract 5.06 | 701 | 743 | 94.3% | 55 | 99 | 537 | 0 | 10 |
| Census Tract 94.01 | 614 | 651 | 94.3% | 74 | 91 | 437 | 0 | 12 |
| Census Tract 95.06 | 1,478 | 1,567 | 94.3% | 454 | 317 | 695 | 0 | 12 |
| Census Tract 8.05 | 1,596 | 1,694 | 94.2% | 225 | 398 | 595 | 378 | 0 |
| Census Tract 22.02 | 1,911 | 2,028 | 94.2% | 146 | 117 | 621 | 224 | 803 |
| Census Tract 55.04 | 1,129 | 1,201 | 94.0% | 84 | 322 | 196 | 432 | 95 |
| Census Tract 23 | 2,015 | 2,150 | 93.7% | 143 | 299 | 475 | 656 | 442 |
| Census Tract 75.03 | 391 | 418 | 93.5% | 122 | 95 | 131 | 34 | 9 |
| Census Tract 93.26 | 1,214 | 1,298 | 93.5% | 349 | 578 | 249 | 14 | 24 |
| Census Tract 93.05 | 1,812 | 1,943 | 93.3% | 562 | 1,191 | 40 | 15 | 4 |
| Census Tract 93.27 | 816 | 875 | 93.3% | 17 | 267 | 532 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 9.06 | 520 | 558 | 93.2% | 91 | 52 | 357 | 20 | 0 |
| Census Tract 61.03 | 806 | 865 | 93.2% | 47 | 195 | 93 | 98 | 373 |
| Census Tract 65.01 | 1,280 | 1,373 | 93.2% | 250 | 148 | 360 | 306 | 216 |
| Census Tract 88.06 | 1,367 | 1,466 | 93.2% | 193 | 543 | 558 | 66 | 7 |
| Census Tract 87.02 | 1,659 | 1,783 | 93.0% | 155 | 129 | 1,318 | 57 | 0 |
| Census Tract 3.06 | 1,846 | 1,988 | 92.9% | 551 | 579 | 361 | 258 | 97 |
| Census Tract 2.20 | 1,673 | 1,802 | 92.8% | 470 | 538 | 374 | 252 | 39 |
| Census Tract 4.10 | 1,141 | 1,229 | 92.8% | 96 | 37 | 604 | 313 | 91 |
| Census Tract 57.01 | 2,467 | 2,673 | 92.3% | 839 | 707 | 630 | 186 | 105 |
| Census Tract 50.03 | 1,158 | 1,258 | 92.1% | 149 | 315 | 361 | 227 | 106 |
| Census Tract 100.19 | 1,068 | 1,160 | 92.1% | 524 | 151 | 382 | 11 | 0 |
| Census Tract 11.04 | 1,648 | 1,791 | 92.0% | 76 | 71 | 693 | 309 | 499 |
| Census Tract 76.01 | 845 | 918 | 92.0% | 129 | 92 | 306 | 287 | 31 |
| Census Tract 7.17 | 814 | 887 | 91.8% | 183 | 85 | 448 | 42 | 56 |
| Census Tract 97.05 | 2,436 | 2,654 | 91.8% | 749 | 1,510 | 127 | 21 | 29 |
| Census Tract 47.04 | 790 | 862 | 91.6% | 158 | 187 | 420 | 25 | 0 |
| Census Tract 106.24 | 887 | 968 | 91.6% | 90 | 451 | 346 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 155.02 | 887 | 968 | 91.6% | 224 | 641 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 3.11 | 1,209 | 1,323 | 91.4% | 382 | 170 | 612 | 37 | 8 |
| Census Tract 6.09 | 1,229 | 1,348 | 91.2% | 277 | 680 | 257 | 15 | 0 |
| Census Tract 65.03 | 769 | 843 | 91.2% | 60 | 99 | 89 | 213 | 308 |
| Census Tract 2.13 | 1,643 | 1,804 | 91.1% | 456 | 430 | 722 | 27 | 8 |
| Census Tract 2.26 | 967 | 1,061 | 91.1% | 133 | 506 | 328 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 6.07 | 1,440 | 1,582 | 91.0% | 266 | 460 | 662 | 16 | 36 |
| Census Tract 76.07 | 917 | 1,008 | 91.0% | 119 | 121 | 575 | 102 | 0 |
| Census Tract 44.04 | 1,949 | 2,147 | 90.8% | 810 | 423 | 113 | 224 | 379 |
| Census Tract 6.02 | 1,588 | 1,753 | 90.6% | 359 | 194 | 1,013 | 14 | 8 |
| Census Tract 43.03 | 1,644 | 1,815 | 90.6% | 132 | 312 | 433 | 354 | 413 |
| Census Tract 47.01 | 1,938 | 2,140 | 90.6% | 137 | 411 | 1,101 | 227 | 62 |
| Census Tract 89.09 | 1,190 | 1,314 | 90.6% | 548 | 257 | 370 | 0 | 15 |
| Census Tract 60.04 | 923 | 1,022 | 90.3% | 42 | 133 | 652 | 52 | 44 |
| Census Tract 87.03 | 660 | 731 | 90.3% | 88 | 56 | 506 | 10 | 0 |
| Census Tract 59.03 | 1,707 | 1,893 | 90.2% | 329 | 237 | 865 | 228 | 48 |
| Census Tract 100.17 | 945 | 1,048 | 90.2% | 176 | 151 | 618 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 75.01 | 874 | 975 | 89.6% | 81 | 59 | 597 | 107 | 30 |
| Census Tract 94.02 | 926 | 1,033 | 89.6% | 228 | 81 | 570 | 47 | 0 |
| Census Tract 44.03 | 1,996 | 2,230 | 89.5% | 593 | 436 | 300 | 218 | 449 |
| Census Tract 106.04 | 1,369 | 1,530 | 89.5% | 385 | 492 | 481 | 11 | 0 |
| Census Tract 158 | 1,491 | 1,665 | 89.5% | 1,430 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 3.12 | 1,262 | 1,412 | 89.4% | 367 | 349 | 369 | 177 | 0 |
| Census Tract 4.05 | 1,018 | 1,139 | 89.4% | 0 | 189 | 672 | 149 | 8 |
| Census Tract 3.08 | 1,209 | 1,356 | 89.2% | 144 | 175 | 797 | 69 | 24 |
| Census Tract 39.11 | 2,363 | 2,651 | 89.1% | 535 | 586 | 943 | 276 | 23 |
| Census Tract 63.02 | 2,003 | 2,251 | 89.0% | 359 | 176 | 620 | 736 | 112 |
| Census Tract 18.02 | 1,462 | 1,644 | 88.9% | 165 | 158 | 478 | 213 | 448 |
| Census Tract 39.22 | 2,485 | 2,794 | 88.9% | 98 | 2,138 | 203 | 46 | 0 |
| Census Tract 47.05 | 1,488 | 1,674 | 88.9% | 143 | 418 | 641 | 265 | 21 |
| Census Tract 100.18 | 880 | 990 | 88.9% | 253 | 343 | 284 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 47.03 | 1,635 | 1,841 | 88.8% | 268 | 451 | 425 | 356 | 135 |
| Census Tract 2.04 | 1,133 | 1,279 | 88.6% | 25 | 273 | 744 | 44 | 47 |
| Census Tract 2.11 | 993 | 1,121 | 88.6% | 156 | 321 | 471 | 33 | 12 |
| Census Tract 16.03 | 1,035 | 1,170 | 88.5% | 0 | 130 | 268 | 596 | 41 |
| Census Tract 58.05 | 783 | 885 | 88.5% | 71 | 111 | 301 | 230 | 70 |
| Census Tract 60.02 | 1,825 | 2,062 | 88.5% | 186 | 158 | 987 | 477 | 17 |
| Census Tract 98.04 | 830 | 939 | 88.4% | 272 | 104 | 387 | 12 | 55 |
| Census Tract 99.06 | 1,419 | 1,607 | 88.3% | 40 | 368 | 930 | 81 | 0 |
| Census Tract 6.11 | 734 | 833 | 88.1% | 165 | 186 | 305 | 73 | 5 |
| Census Tract 61.06 | 857 | 975 | 87.9% | 75 | 55 | 301 | 166 | 260 |
| Census Tract 2.22 | 1,322 | 1,506 | 87.8% | 198 | 172 | 740 | 98 | 114 |
| Census Tract 6.03 | 1,401 | 1,595 | 87.8% | 226 | 137 | 756 | 203 | 79 |
| Census Tract 11.02 | 1,140 | 1,301 | 87.6% | 26 | 53 | 366 | 590 | 105 |
| Census Tract 64.01 | 1,258 | 1,436 | 87.6% | 136 | 127 | 336 | 386 | 273 |
| Census Tract 9.05 | 1,068 | 1,221 | 87.5% | 129 | 178 | 463 | 205 | 93 |
| Census Tract 93.17 | 1,289 | 1,473 | 87.5% | 242 | 712 | 335 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 8.08 | 1,325 | 1,516 | 87.4% | 244 | 551 | 377 | 104 | 49 |