Lead Paint Risk in DeKalb County, Georgia

45.5%Pre-1978 Housing

149,368Pre-1978 Units

328,614Total Housing Units

203Census 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

149,368 housing units in DeKalb County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 45.5%, 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 203 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 236.02	869	967	89.9%	88	273	409	47	52
Census Tract 212.29	1,026	1,185	86.6%	772	239	12	3	0
Census Tract 214.20	520	608	85.5%	220	245	44	0	11
Census Tract 225.02	911	1,082	84.2%	53	47	240	199	372
Census Tract 234.11	1,533	1,827	83.9%	652	660	192	29	0
Census Tract 231.07	1,636	1,954	83.7%	157	317	1,156	6	0
Census Tract 235.06	1,934	2,318	83.4%	683	862	371	0	18
Census Tract 236.03	1,419	1,708	83.1%	372	411	375	66	195
Census Tract 235.04	1,189	1,443	82.4%	198	251	712	11	17
Census Tract 235.01	1,443	1,754	82.3%	136	239	867	191	10
Census Tract 235.05	863	1,081	79.8%	128	308	363	59	5
Census Tract 213.07	932	1,176	79.3%	219	293	368	52	0
Census Tract 212.04	744	940	79.1%	119	493	91	24	17
Census Tract 212.10	1,645	2,080	79.1%	989	575	21	33	27
Census Tract 217.03	1,371	1,741	78.7%	194	986	181	10	0
Census Tract 214.21	597	761	78.4%	293	105	199	0	0
Census Tract 224.03	1,228	1,583	77.6%	0	90	435	161	542
Census Tract 204	1,007	1,320	76.3%	15	126	72	65	729
Census Tract 232.21	875	1,168	74.9%	788	87	0	0	0
Census Tract 213.08	1,156	1,546	74.8%	322	506	319	0	9
Census Tract 238.03	1,752	2,347	74.6%	137	464	1,047	22	82
Census Tract 209.02	993	1,332	74.5%	241	251	286	171	44
Census Tract 223.04	1,172	1,587	73.9%	254	189	400	269	60
Census Tract 213.10	1,201	1,630	73.7%	456	462	240	17	26
Census Tract 232.19	887	1,218	72.8%	585	215	87	0	0
Census Tract 236.01	919	1,265	72.6%	42	263	414	166	34
Census Tract 235.07	1,120	1,546	72.4%	353	414	343	10	0
Census Tract 227	1,273	1,768	72.0%	39	196	64	136	838
Census Tract 231.08	1,387	1,941	71.5%	369	522	456	40	0
Census Tract 209.01	1,186	1,661	71.4%	164	0	268	360	394
Census Tract 212.28	795	1,113	71.4%	731	11	14	0	39
Census Tract 231.01	1,474	2,095	70.4%	154	261	716	230	113
Census Tract 220.15	523	744	70.3%	213	288	8	14	0
Census Tract 218.17	642	918	69.9%	119	511	12	0	0
Census Tract 230	799	1,149	69.5%	39	86	270	164	240
Census Tract 220.05	1,234	1,780	69.3%	461	580	174	0	19
Census Tract 218.21	871	1,264	68.9%	305	505	61	0	0
Census Tract 203	1,083	1,575	68.8%	47	103	91	85	757
Census Tract 231.02	1,143	1,661	68.8%	307	217	537	11	71
Census Tract 208.01	725	1,058	68.5%	2	34	191	96	402
Census Tract 217.10	806	1,178	68.4%	282	402	111	0	11
Census Tract 212.11	1,349	1,976	68.3%	854	476	19	0	0
Census Tract 220.12	697	1,024	68.1%	388	228	74	7	0
Census Tract 234.13	985	1,446	68.1%	587	291	27	80	0
Census Tract 237.01	1,004	1,474	68.1%	36	151	449	252	116
Census Tract 218.19	1,031	1,521	67.8%	223	718	79	11	0
Census Tract 218.08	1,130	1,675	67.5%	459	599	25	47	0
Census Tract 202	764	1,138	67.1%	210	123	59	89	283
Census Tract 218.18	1,288	1,921	67.0%	470	757	50	11	0
Census Tract 238.01	1,570	2,357	66.6%	73	429	720	239	109
Census Tract 217.11	640	970	66.0%	204	352	84	0	0
Census Tract 233.17	1,255	1,917	65.5%	319	229	469	41	197
Census Tract 223.02	1,235	1,887	65.4%	99	687	440	9	0
Census Tract 218.22	1,140	1,749	65.2%	371	626	51	71	21
Census Tract 216.09	460	707	65.1%	58	214	184	0	4
Census Tract 220.16	727	1,121	64.9%	335	330	62	0	0
Census Tract 223.03	1,361	2,098	64.9%	118	145	641	452	5
Census Tract 215.03	1,256	1,954	64.3%	350	605	291	10	0
Census Tract 218.12	765	1,193	64.1%	187	394	92	92	0
Census Tract 216.04	874	1,368	63.9%	67	345	452	10	0
Census Tract 220.14	634	1,007	63.0%	557	0	0	23	54
Census Tract 219.14	1,190	1,903	62.5%	402	326	250	67	145
Census Tract 212.13	765	1,228	62.3%	621	135	0	0	9
Census Tract 212.17	682	1,096	62.2%	158	496	19	9	0
Census Tract 220.13	938	1,516	61.9%	788	107	0	0	43
Census Tract 220.01	1,271	2,064	61.6%	226	689	170	120	66
Census Tract 205	1,153	1,878	61.4%	45	157	234	340	377
Census Tract 208.02	1,230	2,003	61.4%	49	128	174	621	258
Census Tract 220.07	819	1,338	61.2%	350	224	58	32	155
Census Tract 213.09	358	587	61.0%	322	36	0	0	0
Census Tract 232.15	1,078	1,766	61.0%	498	572	8	0	0
Census Tract 214.10	1,390	2,303	60.4%	527	378	456	29	0
Census Tract 231.11	451	752	60.0%	67	226	136	14	8
Census Tract 222.05	1,007	1,692	59.5%	223	239	489	36	20
Census Tract 213.05	1,064	1,806	58.9%	763	179	122	0	0
Census Tract 217.07	672	1,146	58.6%	136	451	64	12	9
Census Tract 212.21	893	1,535	58.2%	486	251	69	0	87
Census Tract 219.16	873	1,524	57.3%	470	103	74	181	45
Census Tract 234.39	781	1,368	57.1%	756	13	12	0	0
Census Tract 201	445	781	57.0%	9	15	101	76	244
Census Tract 237.02	954	1,675	57.0%	294	172	359	62	67
Census Tract 234.10	1,320	2,333	56.6%	955	343	22	0	0
Census Tract 219.12	709	1,254	56.5%	429	203	50	0	27
Census Tract 231.12	1,429	2,545	56.1%	790	311	227	63	38
Census Tract 212.19	1,024	1,842	55.6%	235	561	228	0	0
Census Tract 219.11	830	1,495	55.5%	690	99	19	22	0
Census Tract 218.16	727	1,312	55.4%	418	309	0	0	0
Census Tract 238.02	937	1,699	55.2%	330	433	138	36	0
Census Tract 220.10	388	704	55.1%	156	165	45	8	14
Census Tract 234.47	710	1,290	55.0%	243	446	21	0	0
Census Tract 226.02	522	952	54.8%	133	61	151	58	119
Census Tract 226.01	1,314	2,402	54.7%	360	251	96	170	437
Census Tract 232.16	961	1,760	54.6%	651	176	134	0	0
Census Tract 218.24	519	956	54.3%	147	47	209	77	39
Census Tract 234.45	928	1,719	54.0%	406	430	92	0	0
Census Tract 219.06	1,138	2,129	53.5%	710	310	40	46	32
Census Tract 217.09	964	1,819	53.0%	69	601	253	41	0
Census Tract 224.05	265	504	52.6%	21	44	27	173	0
Census Tract 228	802	1,567	51.2%	25	0	196	337	244
Census Tract 234.44	745	1,461	51.0%	260	477	8	0	0