Lead Paint Risk in Jefferson County, Kentucky

63.0%Pre-1978 Housing

225,439Pre-1978 Units

357,923Total Housing Units

216Census 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

225,439 housing units in Jefferson County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 63.0%, compared with the state rate of 47.8%.
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 216 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 78	1,656	1,667	99.3%	62	117	357	320	800
Census Tract 7	1,346	1,363	98.8%	76	16	140	211	903
Census Tract 9	969	981	98.8%	6	150	83	200	530
Census Tract 83	1,374	1,395	98.5%	90	58	127	177	922
Census Tract 35.02	778	791	98.4%	40	64	190	332	152
Census Tract 66	1,328	1,349	98.4%	14	83	21	71	1,139
Census Tract 70	870	884	98.4%	27	5	117	173	548
Census Tract 84	1,451	1,480	98.0%	129	73	44	92	1,113
Census Tract 88	1,734	1,773	97.8%	143	104	219	202	1,066
Census Tract 4	1,973	2,024	97.5%	163	50	279	239	1,242
Census Tract 17	1,020	1,047	97.4%	21	42	59	241	657
Census Tract 128.02	1,281	1,317	97.3%	156	99	780	184	62
Census Tract 52	2,277	2,342	97.2%	134	124	175	228	1,616
Census Tract 97	1,188	1,228	96.7%	57	109	535	296	191
Census Tract 131	488	507	96.3%	13	13	60	110	292
Census Tract 82.01	1,093	1,139	96.0%	31	34	82	82	864
Census Tract 90.01	1,396	1,456	95.9%	45	103	668	332	248
Census Tract 93	2,331	2,432	95.8%	102	343	844	594	448
Census Tract 119.04	1,079	1,130	95.5%	366	436	207	62	8
Census Tract 126.05	1,500	1,570	95.5%	80	228	1,101	72	19
Census Tract 21	1,190	1,249	95.3%	45	73	15	183	874
Census Tract 94.01	1,217	1,280	95.1%	48	69	191	405	504
Census Tract 46	1,747	1,838	95.0%	92	163	524	619	349
Census Tract 10	1,320	1,400	94.3%	13	23	504	144	636
Census Tract 8	934	992	94.2%	24	84	160	116	550
Census Tract 98	1,287	1,372	93.8%	235	119	264	450	219
Census Tract 2.02	486	519	93.6%	0	1	45	38	402
Census Tract 124.09	1,310	1,403	93.4%	76	186	923	62	63
Census Tract 94.02	1,457	1,564	93.2%	141	135	288	371	522
Census Tract 99	1,222	1,314	93.0%	219	172	580	192	59
Census Tract 11	1,633	1,758	92.9%	38	146	310	450	689
Census Tract 68	1,205	1,297	92.9%	68	56	76	107	898
Census Tract 109.02	1,758	1,895	92.8%	100	255	1,304	51	48
Census Tract 90.02	1,504	1,626	92.5%	219	284	506	456	39
Census Tract 39	1,568	1,697	92.4%	113	148	506	451	350
Census Tract 38	1,251	1,356	92.3%	62	191	185	502	311
Census Tract 45	1,489	1,613	92.3%	133	363	649	199	145
Census Tract 96	2,041	2,211	92.3%	369	437	487	317	431
Census Tract 3	1,028	1,116	92.1%	54	35	127	109	703
Census Tract 105	1,712	1,859	92.1%	289	458	580	248	137
Census Tract 114.03	691	756	91.4%	22	161	428	68	12
Census Tract 128.01	1,295	1,417	91.4%	67	351	348	182	347
Census Tract 18	618	680	90.9%	114	13	101	157	233
Census Tract 87	1,409	1,553	90.7%	186	185	452	148	438
Census Tract 85	1,040	1,149	90.5%	84	77	67	38	774
Census Tract 28	791	877	90.2%	66	0	127	204	394
Census Tract 110.05	1,291	1,433	90.1%	486	227	440	52	86
Census Tract 41	1,283	1,425	90.0%	22	76	296	481	408
Census Tract 2.01	688	772	89.1%	19	30	60	68	511
Census Tract 36	1,716	1,930	88.9%	76	191	286	646	517
Census Tract 82.02	1,355	1,534	88.3%	234	188	153	43	737
Census Tract 91.03	515	583	88.3%	31	184	272	28	0
Census Tract 123.01	1,309	1,485	88.1%	377	426	456	23	27
Census Tract 124.08	920	1,044	88.1%	121	255	466	56	22
Census Tract 65	1,287	1,463	88.0%	83	48	62	150	944
Census Tract 40	659	751	87.7%	19	48	125	133	334
Census Tract 64	1,137	1,298	87.6%	40	18	84	18	977
Census Tract 111.15	1,182	1,349	87.6%	328	644	185	25	0
Census Tract 125.03	1,515	1,736	87.3%	255	528	620	79	33
Census Tract 44	1,897	2,179	87.1%	49	284	323	675	566
Census Tract 56	1,480	1,700	87.1%	213	355	144	417	351
Census Tract 109.01	2,083	2,397	86.9%	589	401	1,018	61	14
Census Tract 63	932	1,080	86.3%	53	22	81	48	728
Census Tract 12	1,334	1,547	86.2%	113	80	378	197	566
Census Tract 127.02	752	874	86.0%	65	170	349	128	40
Census Tract 100.07	1,820	2,125	85.6%	710	517	500	30	63
Census Tract 53	597	702	85.0%	134	33	68	2	360
Census Tract 79	816	971	84.0%	77	26	98	44	571
Census Tract 113.02	2,362	2,818	83.8%	1,082	612	418	164	86
Census Tract 89	1,494	1,795	83.2%	21	79	147	303	944
Census Tract 16	1,013	1,219	83.1%	19	78	191	241	484
Census Tract 124.06	2,181	2,629	83.0%	368	642	1,084	71	16
Census Tract 76.02	2,022	2,450	82.5%	557	528	415	106	416
Census Tract 23	896	1,092	82.1%	32	28	31	170	635
Census Tract 43.01	1,589	1,938	82.0%	515	369	315	281	109
Census Tract 76.01	859	1,047	82.0%	82	210	91	22	454
Census Tract 125.02	1,775	2,164	82.0%	122	755	534	190	174
Census Tract 126.03	1,092	1,331	82.0%	0	378	468	108	138
Census Tract 106.01	1,397	1,705	81.9%	317	97	145	709	129
Census Tract 123.02	1,827	2,251	81.2%	739	674	405	9	0
Census Tract 119.07	1,366	1,686	81.0%	360	303	688	0	15
Census Tract 118	847	1,054	80.4%	231	214	340	52	10
Census Tract 124.13	1,319	1,641	80.4%	329	628	208	51	103
Census Tract 108	1,266	1,596	79.3%	205	252	637	84	88
Census Tract 100.01	1,591	2,015	79.0%	358	377	759	62	35
Census Tract 119.09	1,174	1,487	79.0%	314	513	236	111	0
Census Tract 126.04	1,897	2,406	78.8%	209	421	1,083	108	76
Census Tract 126.06	1,194	1,515	78.8%	140	492	303	172	87
Census Tract 24.01	950	1,210	78.5%	67	136	0	159	588
Census Tract 111.18	1,255	1,608	78.0%	591	226	209	75	154
Census Tract 75.01	2,396	3,087	77.6%	697	448	847	141	263
Census Tract 110.03	1,997	2,573	77.6%	110	1,000	808	37	42
Census Tract 112.01	799	1,030	77.6%	297	345	94	63	0
Census Tract 114.04	1,516	1,955	77.5%	276	448	500	196	96
Census Tract 51	1,886	2,442	77.2%	524	142	8	175	1,037
Census Tract 69	1,101	1,426	77.2%	27	28	90	189	767
Census Tract 110.09	1,069	1,396	76.6%	394	443	203	0	29
Census Tract 107.06	1,439	1,882	76.5%	990	336	29	12	72
Census Tract 120.01	1,259	1,647	76.4%	104	318	402	327	108
Census Tract 27	1,284	1,700	75.5%	46	69	440	175	554