Lead Paint Risk in Palm Beach County, Florida

33.7%Pre-1978 Housing

240,877Pre-1978 Units

713,855Total Housing Units

373Census 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

240,877 housing units in Palm Beach County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 33.7%, 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 373 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 59.39	1,263	1,327	95.2%	1,120	85	58	0	0
Census Tract 60.09	1,499	1,576	95.1%	1,159	208	119	0	13
Census Tract 19.10	1,944	2,084	93.3%	1,133	685	126	0	0
Census Tract 9.02	996	1,070	93.1%	307	651	33	5	0
Census Tract 50	2,539	2,760	92.0%	893	799	822	17	8
Census Tract 7.02	1,659	1,812	91.6%	392	534	699	34	0
Census Tract 76.04	2,586	2,830	91.4%	627	1,898	26	35	0
Census Tract 16	1,896	2,101	90.2%	703	147	437	106	503
Census Tract 59.40	1,768	1,975	89.5%	1,599	119	41	0	9
Census Tract 37	2,261	2,584	87.5%	105	408	743	506	499
Census Tract 65.01	693	793	87.4%	90	90	350	72	91
Census Tract 59.43	1,842	2,114	87.1%	1,795	47	0	0	0
Census Tract 76.03	737	847	87.0%	179	368	156	0	34
Census Tract 19.13	2,191	2,566	85.4%	1,790	256	93	0	52
Census Tract 40.13	2,262	2,667	84.8%	1,057	994	144	50	17
Census Tract 33	1,596	1,901	84.0%	243	171	590	327	265
Census Tract 15	867	1,043	83.1%	268	171	344	23	61
Census Tract 52.02	1,815	2,198	82.6%	365	385	307	105	653
Census Tract 17	2,027	2,466	82.2%	123	349	699	79	777
Census Tract 35.13	1,616	1,967	82.2%	441	425	77	123	550
Census Tract 36	1,977	2,418	81.8%	196	312	842	336	291
Census Tract 53	2,468	3,018	81.8%	1,008	426	354	348	332
Census Tract 28	1,338	1,638	81.7%	124	151	156	118	789
Census Tract 18.01	1,747	2,142	81.6%	429	347	421	233	317
Census Tract 52.03	1,077	1,320	81.6%	282	128	275	22	370
Census Tract 30	1,363	1,674	81.4%	200	53	942	43	125
Census Tract 19.11	1,034	1,276	81.0%	968	54	12	0	0
Census Tract 74.20	2,458	3,044	80.7%	1,402	868	159	22	7
Census Tract 19.12	1,795	2,233	80.4%	1,465	202	74	11	43
Census Tract 63.02	1,073	1,334	80.4%	344	265	369	9	86
Census Tract 5.12	896	1,130	79.3%	418	291	187	0	0
Census Tract 62.01	1,404	1,770	79.3%	486	435	465	0	18
Census Tract 52.04	1,623	2,053	79.1%	382	266	443	206	326
Census Tract 35.12	1,267	1,604	79.0%	283	180	366	51	387
Census Tract 55.02	2,024	2,578	78.5%	319	620	1,052	0	33
Census Tract 13.02	1,547	1,975	78.3%	259	538	622	11	117
Census Tract 38.01	903	1,156	78.1%	267	137	434	53	12
Census Tract 42.07	924	1,192	77.5%	710	87	87	0	40
Census Tract 57.04	1,008	1,326	76.0%	858	13	100	30	7
Census Tract 74.10	1,406	1,856	75.8%	713	332	261	71	29
Census Tract 46.02	1,140	1,506	75.7%	372	229	403	99	37
Census Tract 5.13	1,076	1,425	75.5%	216	382	466	12	0
Census Tract 42.03	1,604	2,132	75.2%	1,028	532	32	12	0
Census Tract 80.02	961	1,281	75.0%	175	429	195	63	99
Census Tract 27.02	984	1,313	74.9%	585	9	15	9	366
Census Tract 51.01	655	875	74.9%	227	57	145	62	164
Census Tract 69.10	1,316	1,760	74.8%	1,173	120	12	0	11
Census Tract 62.03	1,192	1,599	74.5%	789	309	58	29	7
Census Tract 46.01	944	1,277	73.9%	422	238	257	27	0
Census Tract 51.02	1,372	1,883	72.9%	321	513	347	65	126
Census Tract 34	1,914	2,661	71.9%	438	136	686	226	428
Census Tract 72.05	1,046	1,457	71.8%	355	427	246	0	18
Census Tract 35.14	2,388	3,331	71.7%	766	1,354	60	44	164
Census Tract 1.03	586	822	71.3%	221	291	74	0	0
Census Tract 76.20	897	1,267	70.8%	685	124	67	0	21
Census Tract 42.05	1,142	1,617	70.6%	603	284	230	25	0
Census Tract 80.01	781	1,107	70.6%	264	182	179	10	146
Census Tract 9.03	1,628	2,344	69.5%	630	998	0	0	0
Census Tract 11.02	1,545	2,234	69.2%	895	599	51	0	0
Census Tract 74.12	868	1,262	68.8%	432	288	110	5	33
Census Tract 1.04	1,549	2,269	68.3%	559	855	95	19	21
Census Tract 14.03	921	1,353	68.1%	186	402	297	8	28
Census Tract 60.05	1,373	2,027	67.7%	1,250	76	47	0	0
Census Tract 44.02	1,257	1,862	67.5%	276	294	225	240	222
Census Tract 59.44	1,625	2,427	67.0%	1,382	92	80	62	9
Census Tract 12	1,414	2,121	66.7%	597	395	381	41	0
Census Tract 77.69	983	1,481	66.4%	800	69	74	32	8
Census Tract 73.02	1,641	2,476	66.3%	644	442	441	18	96
Census Tract 31.01	1,771	2,685	66.0%	1,072	677	22	0	0
Census Tract 56.01	1,337	2,025	66.0%	580	144	535	64	14
Census Tract 21	1,303	1,999	65.2%	522	425	226	100	30
Census Tract 54.12	1,908	2,933	65.1%	1,395	377	92	31	13
Census Tract 11.01	1,596	2,462	64.8%	377	514	622	30	53
Census Tract 5.05	1,867	2,885	64.7%	1,307	552	0	0	8
Census Tract 35.07	1,082	1,695	63.8%	184	306	266	192	134
Census Tract 49.02	776	1,222	63.5%	514	194	40	12	16
Census Tract 43	1,517	2,427	62.5%	584	560	290	22	61
Census Tract 54.11	1,862	3,003	62.0%	631	831	260	81	59
Census Tract 72.04	952	1,556	61.2%	439	472	41	0	0
Census Tract 60.10	1,041	1,715	60.7%	614	227	69	124	7
Census Tract 8.05	1,804	2,977	60.6%	1,057	375	292	0	80
Census Tract 62.02	1,421	2,355	60.3%	679	479	225	38	0
Census Tract 2.22	539	897	60.1%	216	218	105	0	0
Census Tract 74.21	2,181	3,665	59.5%	1,526	560	48	47	0
Census Tract 57.02	1,753	2,965	59.1%	1,105	239	409	0	0
Census Tract 69.09	1,031	1,751	58.9%	847	145	39	0	0
Census Tract 44.01	866	1,478	58.6%	152	38	458	218	0
Census Tract 54.13	1,085	1,853	58.6%	704	316	49	16	0
Census Tract 83.02	724	1,245	58.2%	278	243	124	74	5
Census Tract 82.02	695	1,200	57.9%	197	302	113	63	20
Census Tract 5.07	428	741	57.8%	204	212	7	5	0
Census Tract 5.09	1,646	2,852	57.7%	1,383	188	66	9	0
Census Tract 24	582	1,013	57.5%	226	89	86	103	78
Census Tract 60.06	1,266	2,207	57.4%	1,054	200	7	0	5
Census Tract 83.01	424	748	56.7%	296	70	58	0	0
Census Tract 76.05	792	1,410	56.2%	554	162	7	69	0
Census Tract 76.19	406	727	55.8%	373	5	20	8	0
Census Tract 58.14	864	1,554	55.6%	374	105	385	0	0
Census Tract 78.32	1,244	2,238	55.6%	1,092	98	0	42	12
Census Tract 68.02	657	1,183	55.5%	334	47	209	59	8