Lead Paint Risk in Polk County, Florida

31.9%Pre-1978 Housing

105,043Pre-1978 Units

329,750Total Housing Units

174Census 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

105,043 housing units in Polk County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 31.9%, 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 174 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 106.01	1,677	1,854	90.5%	363	496	691	119	8
Census Tract 138.01	1,625	1,831	88.7%	844	374	181	50	176
Census Tract 113	709	811	87.4%	144	97	251	115	102
Census Tract 105.01	682	781	87.3%	202	232	185	12	51
Census Tract 104.02	1,432	1,656	86.5%	240	137	439	125	491
Census Tract 104.01	892	1,038	85.9%	220	120	61	64	427
Census Tract 105.02	1,688	1,969	85.7%	289	367	469	294	269
Census Tract 143.04	988	1,177	83.9%	464	169	225	103	27
Census Tract 152	1,347	1,612	83.6%	484	179	185	188	311
Census Tract 120.02	1,629	2,040	79.9%	1,069	343	180	22	15
Census Tract 103	1,502	2,030	74.0%	763	248	298	96	97
Census Tract 107.01	1,806	2,440	74.0%	453	302	699	152	200
Census Tract 117.32	1,192	1,623	73.4%	184	561	447	0	0
Census Tract 112.02	555	765	72.5%	155	113	177	42	68
Census Tract 160.01	759	1,079	70.3%	163	181	208	61	146
Census Tract 133	726	1,057	68.7%	136	294	244	6	46
Census Tract 115.01	1,548	2,257	68.6%	452	338	465	233	60
Census Tract 161	396	580	68.3%	186	63	75	24	48
Census Tract 134	1,657	2,429	68.2%	284	547	728	76	22
Census Tract 143.01	581	862	67.4%	131	183	126	93	48
Census Tract 139.01	970	1,441	67.3%	361	152	263	52	142
Census Tract 135	1,206	1,808	66.7%	541	358	166	9	132
Census Tract 137.01	862	1,302	66.2%	436	95	102	47	182
Census Tract 155	1,377	2,093	65.8%	329	225	422	115	286
Census Tract 151.02	677	1,037	65.3%	126	134	196	55	166
Census Tract 108	1,226	1,894	64.7%	134	143	225	196	528
Census Tract 145.02	661	1,021	64.7%	128	250	247	36	0
Census Tract 112.03	968	1,531	63.2%	216	417	203	77	55
Census Tract 131.02	1,241	1,964	63.2%	254	189	543	171	84
Census Tract 111	800	1,285	62.3%	216	305	174	37	68
Census Tract 137.02	1,821	2,921	62.3%	380	444	520	150	327
Census Tract 156	1,553	2,506	62.0%	480	785	248	13	27
Census Tract 118.22	954	1,557	61.3%	732	200	22	0	0
Census Tract 112.04	475	784	60.6%	351	72	10	32	10
Census Tract 154.01	754	1,245	60.6%	460	124	86	2	82
Census Tract 136.01	476	789	60.3%	158	170	44	11	93
Census Tract 132	534	889	60.1%	163	82	99	84	106
Census Tract 107.02	1,146	1,922	59.6%	717	270	111	22	26
Census Tract 136.02	966	1,629	59.3%	658	67	127	23	91
Census Tract 154.05	757	1,295	58.5%	394	246	117	0	0
Census Tract 110	920	1,605	57.3%	317	319	108	20	156
Census Tract 139.02	1,243	2,213	56.2%	635	293	197	39	79
Census Tract 150	1,221	2,193	55.7%	334	299	388	137	63
Census Tract 160.03	759	1,381	55.0%	395	255	69	21	19
Census Tract 151.01	938	1,714	54.7%	71	164	481	144	78
Census Tract 117.04	1,162	2,132	54.5%	627	345	167	14	9
Census Tract 140.05	1,003	1,875	53.5%	302	463	196	0	42
Census Tract 154.02	686	1,319	52.0%	163	148	199	44	132
Census Tract 117.31	828	1,594	51.9%	236	87	426	62	17
Census Tract 141.24	816	1,579	51.7%	572	114	50	5	75
Census Tract 130.02	1,311	2,559	51.2%	440	279	511	61	20
Census Tract 131.03	241	475	50.7%	148	47	22	12	12
Census Tract 140.01	1,259	2,515	50.1%	829	354	48	12	16
Census Tract 157.02	791	1,590	49.7%	265	110	120	68	228
Census Tract 147.01	1,211	2,454	49.3%	608	69	375	128	31
Census Tract 160.02	332	674	49.3%	61	51	64	43	113
Census Tract 117.21	598	1,215	49.2%	436	74	26	62	0
Census Tract 144.02	294	612	48.0%	42	50	64	0	138
Census Tract 109	1,031	2,181	47.3%	415	149	198	105	164
Census Tract 149.05	354	749	47.3%	266	64	24	0	0
Census Tract 159	411	869	47.3%	153	33	121	31	73
Census Tract 164	637	1,364	46.7%	303	82	37	17	198
Census Tract 106.03	638	1,370	46.6%	556	73	0	9	0
Census Tract 157.01	575	1,233	46.6%	326	80	43	61	65
Census Tract 127.01	712	1,532	46.5%	160	135	289	0	128
Census Tract 117.22	781	1,692	46.2%	708	73	0	0	0
Census Tract 118.21	462	1,020	45.3%	384	66	0	0	12
Census Tract 106.04	769	1,717	44.8%	440	172	157	0	0
Census Tract 141.31	489	1,110	44.1%	243	153	31	0	62
Census Tract 119.01	946	2,159	43.8%	544	180	160	42	20
Census Tract 138.02	1,268	2,897	43.8%	807	211	229	21	0
Census Tract 114	904	2,112	42.8%	230	87	327	109	151
Census Tract 142.03	1,289	3,032	42.5%	874	230	63	41	81
Census Tract 126.02	908	2,211	41.1%	292	175	234	47	160
Census Tract 121.30	297	738	40.2%	148	30	57	0	62
Census Tract 146	636	1,594	39.9%	240	39	239	101	17
Census Tract 124.07	259	651	39.8%	191	30	14	9	15
Census Tract 153.01	665	1,672	39.8%	461	89	57	10	48
Census Tract 143.03	569	1,438	39.6%	282	109	56	70	52
Census Tract 118.36	560	1,430	39.2%	440	120	0	0	0
Census Tract 116.06	315	813	38.7%	276	27	6	6	0
Census Tract 141.28	1,058	2,821	37.5%	784	105	154	0	15
Census Tract 120.01	729	1,990	36.6%	258	299	89	79	4
Census Tract 130.01	491	1,380	35.6%	361	52	50	11	17
Census Tract 122.09	1,151	3,242	35.5%	621	203	20	31	276
Census Tract 116.04	889	2,528	35.2%	544	171	174	0	0
Census Tract 120.04	477	1,377	34.6%	260	127	65	15	10
Census Tract 129	1,129	3,336	33.8%	355	183	347	42	202
Census Tract 147.03	572	1,744	32.8%	512	0	12	35	13
Census Tract 154.04	286	894	32.0%	119	47	71	16	33
Census Tract 148.02	364	1,154	31.5%	30	99	95	10	130
Census Tract 119.08	598	1,949	30.7%	495	87	7	9	0
Census Tract 119.13	294	1,014	29.0%	83	63	119	25	4
Census Tract 118.32	583	2,033	28.7%	328	189	43	0	23
Census Tract 158.01	432	1,515	28.5%	176	178	78	0	0
Census Tract 118.35	518	1,891	27.4%	434	49	11	0	24
Census Tract 122.08	381	1,393	27.4%	252	114	0	0	15
Census Tract 141.29	438	1,621	27.0%	344	50	44	0	0
Census Tract 158.02	287	1,077	26.6%	134	149	4	0	0
Census Tract 124.04	90	339	26.5%	78	0	12	0	0