Lead Paint Risk in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

62.9%Pre-1978 Housing

122,162Pre-1978 Units

194,109Total Housing Units

128Census 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

122,162 housing units in Jefferson Parish were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 62.9%, compared with the state rate of 47.2%.
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 128 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 214	869	912	95.3%	197	591	77	0	4
Census Tract 234	1,240	1,322	93.8%	217	735	271	11	6
Census Tract 284	2,276	2,469	92.2%	959	811	405	80	21
Census Tract 258	865	954	90.7%	66	113	104	79	503
Census Tract 210	856	948	90.3%	297	198	264	63	34
Census Tract 285	1,708	1,892	90.3%	400	715	549	17	27
Census Tract 249	826	924	89.4%	57	139	227	218	185
Census Tract 236	1,812	2,046	88.6%	420	785	405	202	0
Census Tract 266	1,037	1,177	88.1%	143	206	249	300	139
Census Tract 244	1,299	1,477	87.9%	256	176	507	237	123
Census Tract 216.02	496	565	87.8%	112	273	111	0	0
Census Tract 256	654	749	87.3%	126	45	153	119	211
Census Tract 263	920	1,061	86.7%	70	324	200	156	170
Census Tract 265	891	1,042	85.5%	274	272	273	30	42
Census Tract 264	784	919	85.3%	118	335	234	60	37
Census Tract 230.03	909	1,072	84.8%	344	336	210	19	0
Census Tract 302	1,687	1,990	84.8%	590	506	556	0	35
Census Tract 247	674	799	84.4%	79	134	221	229	11
Census Tract 295	1,463	1,737	84.2%	358	565	438	43	59
Census Tract 203.04	1,448	1,760	82.3%	707	583	117	0	41
Census Tract 272	2,056	2,502	82.2%	649	565	432	320	90
Census Tract 283	1,063	1,303	81.6%	143	429	286	82	123
Census Tract 289	1,545	1,894	81.6%	93	285	633	464	70
Census Tract 237	689	847	81.3%	83	120	335	118	33
Census Tract 291	1,246	1,532	81.3%	344	248	465	159	30
Census Tract 235	1,445	1,779	81.2%	355	626	444	4	16
Census Tract 260	839	1,035	81.1%	29	291	205	251	63
Census Tract 250.02	873	1,084	80.5%	206	558	64	38	7
Census Tract 300	911	1,134	80.3%	64	189	387	143	128
Census Tract 243	1,229	1,552	79.2%	233	200	365	283	148
Census Tract 239.02	731	928	78.8%	146	323	173	49	40
Census Tract 254	1,761	2,254	78.1%	533	781	419	24	4
Census Tract 239.01	853	1,121	76.1%	534	200	119	0	0
Census Tract 303	1,557	2,056	75.7%	577	907	38	13	22
Census Tract 213	873	1,155	75.6%	358	355	160	0	0
Census Tract 276.01	1,435	1,900	75.5%	502	599	202	115	17
Census Tract 239.04	976	1,295	75.4%	257	465	197	17	40
Census Tract 250.03	1,056	1,400	75.4%	690	347	10	9	0
Census Tract 257	525	700	75.0%	109	162	151	68	35
Census Tract 205.06	1,164	1,558	74.7%	866	158	11	117	12
Census Tract 202.06	1,343	1,801	74.6%	434	627	167	0	115
Census Tract 292	1,521	2,039	74.6%	184	266	275	621	175
Census Tract 239.03	692	935	74.0%	187	360	110	35	0
Census Tract 211	666	903	73.8%	126	180	294	35	31
Census Tract 240.02	1,034	1,407	73.5%	396	243	324	48	23
Census Tract 267	642	876	73.3%	198	223	71	126	24
Census Tract 301	1,371	1,879	73.0%	704	461	206	0	0
Census Tract 246.01	503	690	72.9%	37	106	190	165	5
Census Tract 282	1,362	1,872	72.8%	397	346	338	106	175
Census Tract 233	618	850	72.7%	106	131	290	91	0
Census Tract 261	1,526	2,108	72.4%	837	429	140	110	10
Census Tract 251.04	1,076	1,498	71.8%	867	202	7	0	0
Census Tract 270	1,833	2,577	71.1%	734	472	154	204	269
Census Tract 297	950	1,341	70.8%	474	353	56	0	67
Census Tract 202.04	754	1,067	70.7%	582	162	10	0	0
Census Tract 286	975	1,379	70.7%	82	382	366	124	21
Census Tract 238	1,374	1,945	70.6%	576	444	243	75	36
Census Tract 205.02	1,564	2,224	70.3%	672	604	262	26	0
Census Tract 204	882	1,286	68.6%	546	256	68	12	0
Census Tract 294	1,067	1,560	68.4%	270	446	344	7	0
Census Tract 275.02	1,051	1,538	68.3%	212	600	234	5	0
Census Tract 290	904	1,327	68.1%	106	280	353	165	0
Census Tract 205.05	428	629	68.0%	93	197	65	43	30
Census Tract 230.04	1,341	1,999	67.1%	1,070	240	0	0	31
Census Tract 259	867	1,296	66.9%	66	9	107	161	524
Census Tract 255	841	1,268	66.3%	231	305	247	39	19
Census Tract 205.16	1,153	1,750	65.9%	662	451	40	0	0
Census Tract 240.01	805	1,222	65.9%	288	203	224	52	38
Census Tract 216.01	880	1,342	65.6%	267	583	28	0	2
Census Tract 252.01	946	1,442	65.6%	480	305	158	3	0
Census Tract 269	880	1,358	64.8%	272	244	161	182	21
Census Tract 252.02	1,693	2,617	64.7%	971	530	143	12	37
Census Tract 278.03	1,041	1,615	64.5%	722	112	149	0	58
Census Tract 205.15	980	1,539	63.7%	856	47	63	0	14
Census Tract 206	1,017	1,601	63.5%	436	213	335	33	0
Census Tract 293	1,469	2,325	63.2%	221	295	465	219	269
Census Tract 262	620	985	62.9%	88	117	355	17	43
Census Tract 245	606	973	62.3%	79	156	171	111	89
Census Tract 203.05	1,181	1,899	62.2%	828	271	46	8	28
Census Tract 241	1,146	1,842	62.2%	339	339	392	76	0
Census Tract 253	659	1,061	62.1%	172	328	108	0	51
Census Tract 271	968	1,565	61.9%	486	185	123	70	104
Census Tract 278.11	886	1,455	60.9%	558	243	85	0	0
Census Tract 287	1,330	2,218	60.0%	897	304	103	26	0
Census Tract 277.03	790	1,330	59.4%	453	254	57	26	0
Census Tract 278.06	1,562	2,654	58.9%	857	339	167	199	0
Census Tract 279.03	1,001	1,703	58.8%	354	252	72	163	160
Census Tract 251.03	742	1,274	58.2%	525	198	19	0	0
Census Tract 205.07	1,004	1,749	57.4%	887	115	0	0	2
Census Tract 202.05	1,062	1,861	57.1%	321	559	168	0	14
Census Tract 268	593	1,058	56.0%	235	262	42	43	11
Census Tract 278.20	978	1,773	55.2%	668	244	56	0	10
Census Tract 226.01	716	1,304	54.9%	187	75	144	77	233
Census Tract 205.17	1,354	2,474	54.7%	894	389	71	0	0
Census Tract 212	609	1,115	54.6%	165	130	231	72	11
Census Tract 215	947	1,768	53.6%	496	379	72	0	0
Census Tract 288	1,391	2,650	52.5%	657	453	250	31	0
Census Tract 250.04	744	1,455	51.1%	457	224	63	0	0
Census Tract 205.13	1,219	2,392	51.0%	799	270	39	0	111
Census Tract 251.02	768	1,515	50.7%	381	336	51	0	0