Lead Paint Risk in Genesee County, Michigan

68.4%Pre-1978 Housing

125,629Pre-1978 Units

183,729Total Housing Units

134Census 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

125,629 housing units in Genesee County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 68.4%, compared with the state rate of 62.5%.
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 134 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 9	1,580	1,580	100.0%	50	39	759	415	317
Census Tract 10	1,144	1,144	100.0%	77	12	277	309	469
Census Tract 12	1,389	1,389	100.0%	56	104	718	52	459
Census Tract 23	715	715	100.0%	64	69	103	55	424
Census Tract 37	1,053	1,053	100.0%	169	70	187	88	539
Census Tract 38	467	467	100.0%	43	43	86	7	288
Census Tract 122.02	704	704	100.0%	30	287	296	58	33
Census Tract 40	1,630	1,636	99.6%	74	354	550	327	325
Census Tract 36	2,345	2,363	99.2%	312	534	1,006	111	382
Census Tract 8	573	579	99.0%	77	55	199	6	236
Census Tract 15	581	587	99.0%	95	71	149	0	266
Census Tract 20	636	645	98.6%	31	22	24	42	517
Census Tract 30	1,676	1,700	98.6%	219	97	353	450	557
Census Tract 7	1,255	1,280	98.0%	0	361	567	252	75
Census Tract 4	840	859	97.8%	148	158	335	74	125
Census Tract 35	1,207	1,245	96.9%	85	102	514	197	309
Census Tract 22	829	860	96.4%	55	0	98	153	523
Census Tract 27	1,275	1,323	96.4%	28	191	599	282	175
Census Tract 6	937	973	96.3%	83	110	401	106	237
Census Tract 3	965	1,012	95.4%	29	320	522	56	38
Census Tract 31	1,056	1,107	95.4%	208	398	257	100	93
Census Tract 103.05	2,081	2,187	95.2%	341	832	469	49	390
Census Tract 5	735	773	95.1%	0	187	435	61	52
Census Tract 113.02	1,328	1,396	95.1%	194	115	406	346	267
Census Tract 13	1,239	1,311	94.5%	15	340	266	195	423
Census Tract 11	783	835	93.8%	5	0	130	94	554
Census Tract 2	736	790	93.2%	31	128	455	68	54
Census Tract 103.04	1,572	1,701	92.4%	197	468	634	107	166
Census Tract 16	1,800	1,965	91.6%	179	225	393	230	773
Census Tract 135	2,104	2,298	91.6%	228	467	979	174	256
Census Tract 26	1,050	1,149	91.4%	31	100	155	212	552
Census Tract 110.10	2,180	2,419	90.1%	341	1,233	396	151	59
Census Tract 24	1,120	1,249	89.7%	104	385	343	142	146
Census Tract 123.10	1,235	1,378	89.6%	215	123	332	284	281
Census Tract 18	738	835	88.4%	96	353	230	0	59
Census Tract 117.11	1,249	1,417	88.1%	462	250	418	80	39
Census Tract 34	884	1,008	87.7%	390	316	102	55	21
Census Tract 1	953	1,088	87.6%	147	478	259	15	54
Census Tract 33	776	898	86.4%	106	98	513	40	19
Census Tract 115.05	1,030	1,193	86.3%	79	147	641	59	104
Census Tract 120.06	979	1,148	85.3%	149	276	352	55	147
Census Tract 19	747	890	83.9%	93	231	310	83	30
Census Tract 115.02	1,236	1,473	83.9%	117	272	401	298	148
Census Tract 28	647	775	83.5%	80	24	74	51	418
Census Tract 32	858	1,030	83.3%	104	177	298	147	132
Census Tract 29	997	1,206	82.7%	190	99	92	106	510
Census Tract 17	586	721	81.3%	0	135	178	35	238
Census Tract 106.03	2,127	2,624	81.1%	527	354	501	227	518
Census Tract 113.01	2,086	2,595	80.4%	549	279	864	350	44
Census Tract 112.09	2,117	2,643	80.1%	831	811	295	30	150
Census Tract 120.07	489	611	80.0%	117	30	232	74	36
Census Tract 123.11	659	833	79.1%	54	108	262	68	167
Census Tract 120.08	976	1,236	79.0%	237	263	348	60	68
Census Tract 102.02	521	672	77.5%	195	117	62	38	109
Census Tract 119.01	734	948	77.4%	181	159	106	88	200
Census Tract 101.12	796	1,033	77.1%	163	141	282	89	121
Census Tract 105.01	809	1,049	77.1%	64	238	303	195	9
Census Tract 120.09	696	904	77.0%	72	193	325	75	31
Census Tract 117.14	1,086	1,419	76.5%	505	436	39	31	75
Census Tract 126.02	678	886	76.5%	128	147	205	93	105
Census Tract 126.03	913	1,193	76.5%	324	170	248	21	150
Census Tract 115.03	1,511	1,982	76.2%	242	244	752	127	146
Census Tract 108.12	1,250	1,647	75.9%	361	299	390	81	119
Census Tract 117.10	884	1,165	75.9%	283	185	290	10	116
Census Tract 105.03	676	895	75.5%	174	163	138	38	163
Census Tract 108.11	744	985	75.5%	343	238	107	16	40
Census Tract 14	389	516	75.4%	51	25	38	22	253
Census Tract 101.11	405	543	74.6%	159	113	42	51	40
Census Tract 106.04	763	1,024	74.5%	311	250	51	22	129
Census Tract 109.11	1,550	2,112	73.4%	623	677	191	16	43
Census Tract 116.01	959	1,314	73.0%	138	509	161	72	79
Census Tract 126.01	850	1,184	71.8%	360	133	135	0	222
Census Tract 101.17	960	1,348	71.2%	378	218	195	56	113
Census Tract 105.04	1,199	1,711	70.1%	218	230	467	130	154
Census Tract 106.10	1,523	2,190	69.5%	647	516	165	126	69
Census Tract 125.01	650	935	69.5%	185	182	176	26	81
Census Tract 101.10	838	1,207	69.4%	229	148	107	73	281
Census Tract 112.12	1,797	2,590	69.4%	695	686	173	63	180
Census Tract 115.08	1,011	1,473	68.6%	261	301	242	120	87
Census Tract 124.01	471	695	67.8%	212	68	122	12	57
Census Tract 122.01	847	1,263	67.1%	357	168	170	9	143
Census Tract 124.02	814	1,218	66.8%	234	146	135	26	273
Census Tract 127.03	811	1,228	66.0%	329	306	93	8	75
Census Tract 125.04	484	739	65.5%	226	59	124	15	60
Census Tract 129.05	1,105	1,688	65.5%	391	349	232	26	107
Census Tract 109.10	923	1,433	64.4%	205	132	274	171	141
Census Tract 109.12	926	1,451	63.8%	426	299	82	83	36
Census Tract 101.16	764	1,213	63.0%	238	213	268	7	38
Census Tract 112.11	1,648	2,635	62.5%	371	536	597	74	70
Census Tract 121	675	1,085	62.2%	271	50	238	38	78
Census Tract 132.06	895	1,463	61.2%	79	144	301	27	344
Census Tract 125.03	749	1,225	61.1%	220	173	172	114	70
Census Tract 116.11	826	1,371	60.2%	627	67	23	109	0
Census Tract 108.13	1,371	2,284	60.0%	503	301	319	87	161
Census Tract 112.13	1,245	2,090	59.6%	716	255	136	25	113
Census Tract 128.01	1,016	1,737	58.5%	445	146	107	81	237
Census Tract 107	1,182	2,069	57.1%	652	313	132	17	68
Census Tract 134.01	1,304	2,288	57.0%	709	297	228	16	54
Census Tract 127.04	919	1,638	56.1%	348	210	49	53	259
Census Tract 129.04	1,595	2,924	54.5%	528	646	214	159	48