Lead Paint Risk in Cobb County, Georgia

28.0%Pre-1978 Housing

87,173Pre-1978 Units

311,556Total Housing Units

186Census 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

87,173 housing units in Cobb County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 28.0%, compared with the state rate of 32.3%.
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 186 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 314.15	620	713	87.0%	268	293	59	0	0
Census Tract 310.06	1,298	1,552	83.6%	100	541	484	99	74
Census Tract 310.01	1,595	2,054	77.7%	398	282	504	301	110
Census Tract 304.08	986	1,403	70.3%	568	345	14	42	17
Census Tract 304.07	1,589	2,353	67.5%	825	175	583	6	0
Census Tract 313.24	1,145	1,727	66.3%	506	425	183	31	0
Census Tract 311.10	895	1,352	66.2%	176	220	454	35	10
Census Tract 310.04	2,227	3,368	66.1%	807	873	547	0	0
Census Tract 303.65	737	1,154	63.9%	634	16	39	38	10
Census Tract 309.09	509	798	63.8%	28	203	205	52	21
Census Tract 303.57	520	820	63.4%	480	40	0	0	0
Census Tract 314.17	785	1,239	63.4%	522	115	84	64	0
Census Tract 311.01	1,760	2,780	63.3%	530	267	958	0	5
Census Tract 309.11	855	1,412	60.6%	508	332	15	0	0
Census Tract 313.06	1,037	1,715	60.5%	210	635	78	81	33
Census Tract 305.06	1,187	2,018	58.8%	530	354	281	12	10
Census Tract 305.08	788	1,340	58.8%	219	472	97	0	0
Census Tract 304.05	1,770	3,066	57.7%	664	610	496	0	0
Census Tract 303.32	625	1,115	56.1%	612	13	0	0	0
Census Tract 313.17	1,161	2,077	55.9%	195	548	347	71	0
Census Tract 313.08	1,003	1,798	55.8%	278	503	216	6	0
Census Tract 313.23	595	1,077	55.2%	32	394	136	0	33
Census Tract 304.12	1,175	2,138	55.0%	1,023	87	52	0	13
Census Tract 303.46	875	1,635	53.5%	780	57	22	0	16
Census Tract 307	1,233	2,308	53.4%	255	422	395	100	61
Census Tract 311.15	911	1,740	52.4%	217	582	79	22	11
Census Tract 309.12	1,340	2,585	51.8%	212	524	384	159	61
Census Tract 303.27	980	1,908	51.4%	908	56	0	10	6
Census Tract 304.11	517	1,011	51.1%	392	89	36	0	0
Census Tract 303.62	631	1,263	50.0%	593	38	0	0	0
Census Tract 304.10	1,083	2,174	49.8%	510	439	87	25	22
Census Tract 312.12	503	1,039	48.4%	335	160	0	0	8
Census Tract 305.11	851	1,773	48.0%	224	331	281	5	10
Census Tract 311.12	1,261	2,634	47.9%	571	363	315	0	12
Census Tract 303.37	868	1,836	47.3%	817	51	0	0	0
Census Tract 310.05	797	1,710	46.6%	221	367	187	22	0
Census Tract 308	798	1,756	45.4%	130	124	101	263	180
Census Tract 314.14	727	1,607	45.2%	250	377	91	9	0
Census Tract 303.50	369	819	45.1%	293	43	27	0	6
Census Tract 303.49	611	1,361	44.9%	303	261	47	0	0
Census Tract 313.19	1,039	2,323	44.7%	604	265	132	0	38
Census Tract 302.46	352	790	44.6%	145	181	26	0	0
Census Tract 311.17	1,036	2,325	44.6%	518	451	43	13	11
Census Tract 304.14	652	1,478	44.1%	474	32	146	0	0
Census Tract 311.16	786	1,818	43.2%	185	339	243	0	19
Census Tract 303.44	980	2,302	42.6%	864	28	0	34	54
Census Tract 304.09	539	1,313	41.1%	354	181	4	0	0
Census Tract 303.55	513	1,255	40.9%	404	0	76	33	0
Census Tract 306.02	1,391	3,423	40.6%	278	430	205	216	262
Census Tract 303.51	435	1,083	40.2%	403	15	0	0	17
Census Tract 314.09	1,011	2,528	40.0%	251	175	124	86	375
Census Tract 303.61	586	1,469	39.9%	264	168	154	0	0
Census Tract 314.11	646	1,648	39.2%	471	141	10	24	0
Census Tract 303.19	659	1,700	38.8%	604	44	11	0	0
Census Tract 311.19	574	1,512	38.0%	181	306	87	0	0
Census Tract 303.34	445	1,184	37.6%	370	71	4	0	0
Census Tract 303.31	764	2,060	37.1%	743	9	0	12	0
Census Tract 303.35	626	1,688	37.1%	596	21	9	0	0
Census Tract 303.59	566	1,544	36.7%	566	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 303.58	479	1,321	36.3%	231	213	18	12	5
Census Tract 303.48	586	1,629	36.0%	363	223	0	0	0
Census Tract 311.13	295	832	35.5%	236	31	28	0	0
Census Tract 314.12	756	2,136	35.4%	195	552	9	0	0
Census Tract 315.06	828	2,344	35.3%	155	611	62	0	0
Census Tract 303.63	497	1,420	35.0%	341	106	50	0	0
Census Tract 304.13	959	2,789	34.4%	815	50	18	0	76
Census Tract 303.56	969	2,909	33.3%	607	246	28	88	0
Census Tract 303.66	358	1,088	32.9%	271	61	26	0	0
Census Tract 303.22	406	1,242	32.7%	345	23	38	0	0
Census Tract 313.22	586	1,822	32.2%	283	200	67	36	0
Census Tract 315.10	339	1,059	32.0%	271	48	0	0	20
Census Tract 303.29	518	1,642	31.5%	404	78	0	15	21
Census Tract 311.22	382	1,225	31.2%	145	19	170	0	48
Census Tract 303.60	263	850	30.9%	218	6	6	33	0
Census Tract 305.07	702	2,318	30.3%	443	98	147	14	0
Census Tract 303.52	639	2,130	30.0%	622	17	0	0	0
Census Tract 303.67	270	901	30.0%	160	73	13	24	0
Census Tract 305.05	827	2,829	29.2%	286	393	139	9	0
Census Tract 310.07	666	2,328	28.6%	226	358	46	0	36
Census Tract 305.09	426	1,536	27.7%	270	136	20	0	0
Census Tract 313.18	570	2,070	27.5%	300	261	9	0	0
Census Tract 311.18	646	2,468	26.2%	234	117	219	0	76
Census Tract 303.68	258	992	26.0%	252	0	6	0	0
Census Tract 305.10	209	813	25.7%	110	72	15	0	12
Census Tract 314.16	350	1,381	25.3%	202	148	0	0	0
Census Tract 315.12	468	1,854	25.2%	283	111	52	9	13
Census Tract 312.18	385	1,555	24.8%	252	9	124	0	0
Census Tract 315.11	610	2,475	24.6%	404	180	26	0	0
Census Tract 303.70	374	1,531	24.4%	364	10	0	0	0
Census Tract 303.64	242	1,005	24.1%	165	60	0	0	17
Census Tract 301.09	328	1,365	24.0%	123	90	53	54	8
Census Tract 302.43	519	2,191	23.7%	281	163	75	0	0
Census Tract 313.25	181	778	23.3%	29	90	62	0	0
Census Tract 301.11	447	1,938	23.1%	138	45	175	27	62
Census Tract 309.07	374	1,617	23.1%	291	65	18	0	0
Census Tract 302.47	402	1,802	22.3%	135	44	47	176	0
Census Tract 309.06	397	1,779	22.3%	219	126	18	12	22
Census Tract 303.24	306	1,391	22.0%	295	0	11	0	0
Census Tract 302.50	399	1,818	21.9%	316	50	0	0	33
Census Tract 314.10	382	1,763	21.7%	323	51	8	0	0