Lead Paint Risk in Will County, Illinois

37.2%Pre-1978 Housing

94,010Pre-1978 Units

252,684Total Housing Units

172Census 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

94,010 housing units in Will County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 37.2%, compared with the state rate of 64.1%.
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 172 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 8818	1,500	1,522	98.6%	59	189	184	185	883
Census Tract 8817	1,323	1,369	96.6%	34	104	475	241	469
Census Tract 8816.01	890	933	95.4%	140	494	181	36	39
Census Tract 8827.02	1,143	1,237	92.4%	164	60	96	127	696
Census Tract 8829	1,019	1,119	91.1%	126	126	241	203	323
Census Tract 8826.01	1,069	1,175	91.0%	175	123	434	174	163
Census Tract 8819	1,611	1,774	90.8%	145	514	126	379	447
Census Tract 8802.03	1,078	1,194	90.3%	104	520	428	20	6
Census Tract 8815	1,129	1,251	90.2%	15	184	559	220	151
Census Tract 8806.02	1,553	1,724	90.1%	131	239	182	56	945
Census Tract 8826.02	930	1,034	89.9%	92	66	172	27	573
Census Tract 8820	946	1,073	88.2%	60	178	65	69	574
Census Tract 8823	1,295	1,479	87.6%	90	216	289	240	460
Census Tract 8813.02	301	344	87.5%	14	7	28	16	236
Census Tract 8836.05	1,067	1,226	87.0%	790	32	173	30	42
Census Tract 8807.02	900	1,045	86.1%	59	262	231	102	246
Census Tract 8814.01	1,210	1,412	85.7%	29	134	272	76	699
Census Tract 8805.09	1,240	1,453	85.3%	408	757	49	0	26
Census Tract 8837	1,536	1,810	84.9%	246	170	446	125	549
Census Tract 8821	757	902	83.9%	228	53	84	21	371
Census Tract 8801.07	1,246	1,489	83.7%	1,139	46	39	0	22
Census Tract 8830	927	1,113	83.3%	137	210	275	159	146
Census Tract 8813.01	843	1,019	82.7%	56	125	125	50	487
Census Tract 8822	1,248	1,518	82.2%	212	48	119	139	730
Census Tract 8838.04	851	1,055	80.7%	128	201	369	74	79
Census Tract 8838.11	972	1,217	79.9%	333	242	188	25	184
Census Tract 8814.02	1,064	1,349	78.9%	41	196	521	129	177
Census Tract 8824	970	1,240	78.2%	76	35	38	202	619
Census Tract 8831	1,259	1,613	78.1%	258	365	315	135	186
Census Tract 8836.03	814	1,071	76.0%	170	163	414	56	11
Census Tract 8827.01	769	1,015	75.8%	54	40	250	128	297
Census Tract 8801.06	1,199	1,597	75.1%	1,054	91	54	0	0
Census Tract 8809.05	940	1,254	75.0%	16	78	396	131	319
Census Tract 8801.16	747	1,014	73.7%	611	69	31	0	36
Census Tract 8828.02	928	1,274	72.8%	129	324	385	70	20
Census Tract 8834.02	658	916	71.8%	206	159	189	49	55
Census Tract 8816.03	1,209	1,689	71.6%	370	391	338	0	110
Census Tract 8801.11	830	1,194	69.5%	312	484	11	0	23
Census Tract 8801.13	792	1,159	68.3%	295	446	35	0	16
Census Tract 8838.03	922	1,353	68.1%	549	188	114	63	8
Census Tract 8840.06	580	857	67.7%	147	160	134	29	110
Census Tract 8811.07	700	1,045	67.0%	265	181	208	24	22
Census Tract 8801.15	898	1,406	63.9%	486	344	53	15	0
Census Tract 8828.01	723	1,131	63.9%	267	193	149	93	21
Census Tract 8834.01	1,152	1,811	63.6%	299	355	155	115	228
Census Tract 8832.16	780	1,251	62.4%	576	136	53	10	5
Census Tract 8805.02	1,115	1,839	60.6%	242	354	352	77	90
Census Tract 8832.06	1,129	1,908	59.2%	470	536	112	11	0
Census Tract 8809.03	1,000	1,699	58.9%	482	174	277	37	30
Census Tract 8810.06	519	883	58.8%	443	53	10	13	0
Census Tract 8812.01	548	936	58.5%	48	193	73	17	217
Census Tract 8801.09	1,097	1,877	58.4%	990	36	29	0	42
Census Tract 8838.09	887	1,551	57.2%	279	202	323	0	83
Census Tract 8839.04	1,017	1,794	56.7%	306	89	175	114	333
Census Tract 8802.02	970	1,747	55.5%	453	424	93	0	0
Census Tract 8812.02	457	828	55.2%	167	215	6	42	27
Census Tract 8835.17	710	1,288	55.1%	419	193	71	11	16
Census Tract 8838.08	333	611	54.5%	178	9	98	27	21
Census Tract 8825	378	695	54.4%	33	21	66	36	222
Census Tract 8838.06	740	1,367	54.1%	580	56	28	9	67
Census Tract 8804.11	694	1,294	53.6%	135	152	119	33	255
Census Tract 8832.10	794	1,482	53.6%	428	236	114	0	16
Census Tract 8801.12	320	600	53.3%	135	157	22	0	6
Census Tract 8833.05	613	1,157	53.0%	454	23	83	53	0
Census Tract 8838.10	819	1,562	52.4%	543	94	38	61	83
Census Tract 8835.13	972	1,978	49.1%	650	275	39	0	8
Census Tract 8839.03	360	741	48.6%	101	128	18	15	98
Census Tract 8801.17	811	1,702	47.6%	480	195	1	57	78
Census Tract 8810.01	929	1,955	47.5%	126	281	382	47	93
Census Tract 8833.04	351	745	47.1%	90	22	12	7	220
Census Tract 8806.01	541	1,186	45.6%	87	113	234	97	10
Census Tract 8840.05	273	599	45.6%	155	66	13	9	30
Census Tract 8801.14	455	1,012	45.0%	238	117	0	52	48
Census Tract 8833.07	739	1,668	44.3%	313	42	91	67	226
Census Tract 8836.06	507	1,237	41.0%	272	93	113	23	6
Census Tract 8810.02	713	1,745	40.9%	487	187	32	0	7
Census Tract 8804.12	610	1,504	40.6%	129	134	272	56	19
Census Tract 8840.03	646	1,593	40.6%	311	68	97	42	128
Census Tract 8835.15	661	1,642	40.3%	428	194	22	4	13
Census Tract 8839.02	990	2,560	38.7%	283	172	195	18	322
Census Tract 8811.11	499	1,295	38.5%	208	62	36	67	126
Census Tract 8835.11	640	1,671	38.3%	486	116	31	0	7
Census Tract 8804.14	623	1,629	38.2%	362	188	73	0	0
Census Tract 8835.09	695	1,832	37.9%	236	148	87	6	218
Census Tract 8816.04	435	1,197	36.3%	272	132	15	0	16
Census Tract 8832.08	501	1,398	35.8%	102	358	37	4	0
Census Tract 9801	10	28	35.7%	0	0	0	0	10
Census Tract 8811.09	555	1,565	35.5%	397	59	47	0	52
Census Tract 8801.05	706	2,021	34.9%	541	31	15	28	91
Census Tract 8810.05	385	1,162	33.1%	261	102	22	0	0
Census Tract 8804.22	510	1,551	32.9%	268	101	3	0	138
Census Tract 8807.01	586	1,819	32.2%	152	85	191	21	137
Census Tract 8809.01	878	2,733	32.1%	332	176	190	14	166
Census Tract 8835.05	929	2,937	31.6%	574	149	54	51	101
Census Tract 8803.03	479	1,532	31.3%	355	101	0	20	3
Census Tract 8804.21	646	2,084	31.0%	492	109	26	0	19
Census Tract 8832.11	674	2,223	30.3%	310	133	204	0	27
Census Tract 8804.27	315	1,047	30.1%	144	70	59	42	0
Census Tract 8811.15	496	1,655	30.0%	263	129	67	6	31
Census Tract 8835.19	693	2,351	29.5%	258	106	248	40	41