Lead Paint Risk in Baltimore city, Maryland

82.5%Pre-1978 Housing

242,308Pre-1978 Units

293,631Total Housing Units

199Census 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

242,308 housing units in Baltimore city were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 82.5%, compared with the state rate of 51.6%.
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 199 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 801.02	889	889	100.0%	11	6	72	161	639
Census Tract 805	711	711	100.0%	0	0	39	142	530
Census Tract 1902	1,114	1,114	100.0%	0	36	35	8	1,035
Census Tract 701	1,082	1,084	99.8%	44	0	161	199	678
Census Tract 1509	1,662	1,674	99.3%	25	232	369	107	929
Census Tract 802	628	633	99.2%	20	10	53	36	509
Census Tract 601	1,385	1,401	98.9%	66	56	58	33	1,172
Census Tract 1511	2,857	2,888	98.9%	39	670	506	438	1,204
Census Tract 1507.02	912	925	98.6%	25	154	223	173	337
Census Tract 2601.02	1,995	2,024	98.6%	183	194	1,045	293	280
Census Tract 1304	1,069	1,090	98.1%	15	69	111	151	723
Census Tract 2701.02	1,562	1,592	98.1%	30	69	492	434	537
Census Tract 2801.01	1,291	1,320	97.8%	192	384	282	222	211
Census Tract 1203	1,652	1,695	97.5%	28	76	121	64	1,363
Census Tract 2718.02	1,210	1,242	97.4%	103	123	104	395	485
Census Tract 1608.02	1,228	1,262	97.3%	10	147	199	362	510
Census Tract 2708.05	2,081	2,144	97.1%	66	219	830	466	500
Census Tract 803.02	1,148	1,184	97.0%	0	99	322	291	436
Census Tract 2603.01	1,604	1,653	97.0%	92	142	206	220	944
Census Tract 2702	790	815	96.9%	0	67	58	34	631
Census Tract 2603.02	2,634	2,722	96.8%	55	157	1,392	673	357
Census Tract 907	1,315	1,360	96.7%	26	118	98	303	770
Census Tract 2610	1,180	1,222	96.6%	59	22	89	62	948
Census Tract 1608.01	1,220	1,264	96.5%	40	223	379	434	144
Census Tract 2504.02	1,851	1,920	96.4%	158	345	659	503	186
Census Tract 2705.01	1,802	1,869	96.4%	194	125	482	218	783
Census Tract 2709.03	1,400	1,453	96.4%	6	161	467	576	190
Census Tract 2711.02	512	531	96.4%	0	5	23	56	428
Census Tract 2001	885	919	96.3%	27	81	87	83	607
Census Tract 201	994	1,037	95.9%	8	17	32	20	917
Census Tract 906	1,121	1,170	95.8%	0	105	115	73	828
Census Tract 2705.02	1,703	1,778	95.8%	60	181	528	255	679
Census Tract 702	1,326	1,385	95.7%	89	0	124	131	982
Census Tract 1507.01	759	793	95.7%	52	115	129	112	351
Census Tract 2003	816	853	95.7%	17	70	48	178	503
Census Tract 2006	1,270	1,331	95.4%	0	12	427	278	553
Census Tract 2703.02	770	809	95.2%	9	35	141	64	521
Census Tract 2712	2,185	2,294	95.2%	53	102	407	323	1,300
Census Tract 2706	1,875	1,972	95.1%	10	149	495	257	964
Census Tract 102	1,380	1,454	94.9%	5	26	41	84	1,224
Census Tract 2707.03	1,339	1,412	94.8%	21	14	413	259	632
Census Tract 801.01	1,535	1,621	94.7%	46	32	202	448	807
Census Tract 2804.02	590	625	94.4%	0	23	388	134	45
Census Tract 1403	1,288	1,366	94.3%	105	152	71	106	854
Census Tract 803.01	960	1,019	94.2%	37	26	56	72	769
Census Tract 1702	1,489	1,583	94.1%	345	226	78	292	548
Census Tract 2701.01	562	597	94.1%	6	0	103	62	391
Census Tract 905	674	717	94.0%	21	24	59	29	541
Census Tract 902	1,318	1,405	93.8%	0	165	362	366	425
Census Tract 2008	911	975	93.4%	30	56	141	184	500
Census Tract 603	821	880	93.3%	20	35	36	38	692
Census Tract 807	529	568	93.1%	46	26	13	89	355
Census Tract 1502	1,367	1,469	93.1%	8	0	50	60	1,249
Census Tract 2709.02	1,376	1,480	93.0%	12	80	844	245	195
Census Tract 1903	1,142	1,232	92.7%	35	0	150	210	747
Census Tract 2704.02	1,240	1,337	92.7%	25	18	390	122	685
Census Tract 1503	869	939	92.5%	0	14	163	82	610
Census Tract 1605	1,836	1,985	92.5%	224	53	162	75	1,322
Census Tract 1607	2,047	2,213	92.5%	0	123	298	241	1,385
Census Tract 2007.02	588	636	92.5%	2	22	163	81	320
Census Tract 2606.04	653	706	92.5%	0	24	334	148	147
Census Tract 703	407	441	92.3%	20	6	32	11	338
Census Tract 904	747	809	92.3%	50	110	38	21	528
Census Tract 2605.01	1,780	1,929	92.3%	287	46	522	670	255
Census Tract 1202.01	853	925	92.2%	14	45	105	33	656
Census Tract 2717	2,002	2,171	92.2%	269	308	509	381	535
Census Tract 2802	1,688	1,832	92.1%	9	56	564	321	738
Census Tract 2004	724	788	91.9%	60	41	146	93	384
Census Tract 2713	1,070	1,168	91.6%	34	205	114	30	687
Census Tract 2720.05	1,216	1,327	91.6%	187	281	464	117	167
Census Tract 2502.05	1,392	1,521	91.5%	243	372	412	167	198
Census Tract 2804.01	1,527	1,669	91.5%	12	191	638	350	336
Census Tract 1308.04	857	938	91.4%	25	43	165	163	461
Census Tract 2002	1,259	1,380	91.2%	67	0	162	216	814
Census Tract 2501.02	1,304	1,430	91.2%	229	143	685	108	139
Census Tract 202	882	970	90.9%	81	12	7	98	684
Census Tract 2602.01	2,389	2,629	90.9%	563	652	175	358	641
Census Tract 1604	1,369	1,510	90.7%	0	0	43	132	1,194
Census Tract 2715.03	580	641	90.5%	342	219	16	3	0
Census Tract 2720.07	1,584	1,750	90.5%	214	268	600	206	296
Census Tract 2704.01	1,900	2,104	90.3%	134	335	677	208	546
Census Tract 2710.02	1,529	1,695	90.2%	64	12	394	522	537
Census Tract 2007.01	2,000	2,219	90.1%	153	11	363	482	991
Census Tract 2709.01	1,597	1,780	89.7%	305	158	468	473	193
Census Tract 1306	1,820	2,031	89.6%	11	43	54	136	1,576
Census Tract 2503.03	867	970	89.4%	20	87	366	110	284
Census Tract 2504.01	1,539	1,726	89.2%	17	8	197	696	621
Census Tract 2604.04	599	672	89.1%	37	50	9	138	365
Census Tract 105	877	986	88.9%	7	0	14	41	815
Census Tract 2804.03	1,819	2,048	88.8%	100	400	387	86	846
Census Tract 602	1,213	1,370	88.5%	14	41	43	52	1,063
Census Tract 901	1,693	1,916	88.4%	38	134	472	577	472
Census Tract 1510	2,011	2,276	88.4%	0	229	215	622	945
Census Tract 2707.02	1,016	1,150	88.3%	109	100	344	76	387
Census Tract 1302	1,206	1,372	87.9%	149	45	29	63	920
Census Tract 2501.03	1,680	1,912	87.9%	146	205	641	268	420
Census Tract 908	1,141	1,301	87.7%	0	0	65	41	1,035
Census Tract 2801.02	2,231	2,544	87.7%	205	498	733	225	570
Census Tract 1513	1,876	2,142	87.6%	35	197	96	370	1,178
Census Tract 2703.01	1,118	1,276	87.6%	15	129	203	118	653