Lead Paint Risk in Kent County, Michigan

54.3%Pre-1978 Housing

145,123Pre-1978 Units

267,071Total Housing Units

145Census 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

145,123 housing units in Kent County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 54.3%, 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 145 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 41	1,669	1,687	98.9%	0	69	575	332	693
Census Tract 4	1,431	1,455	98.4%	36	68	348	440	539
Census Tract 136	907	938	96.7%	56	61	334	228	228
Census Tract 42	1,691	1,766	95.8%	12	53	416	971	239
Census Tract 10	1,738	1,817	95.7%	105	231	563	342	497
Census Tract 7	1,708	1,791	95.4%	130	72	214	264	1,028
Census Tract 124	1,261	1,327	95.0%	51	186	297	114	613
Census Tract 9	1,387	1,463	94.8%	0	42	83	200	1,062
Census Tract 141	695	733	94.8%	65	79	286	177	88
Census Tract 11.04	340	360	94.4%	44	50	119	27	100
Census Tract 16	2,250	2,384	94.4%	207	99	153	312	1,479
Census Tract 35	2,180	2,316	94.1%	170	161	182	485	1,182
Census Tract 125	1,481	1,577	93.9%	94	268	708	263	148
Census Tract 33	1,344	1,435	93.7%	43	66	143	185	907
Census Tract 37	1,571	1,677	93.7%	18	9	280	141	1,123
Census Tract 133	1,486	1,609	92.4%	28	179	116	209	954
Census Tract 38	1,184	1,289	91.9%	15	247	20	162	740
Census Tract 8	1,450	1,585	91.5%	66	24	42	29	1,289
Census Tract 2	525	575	91.3%	16	102	223	60	124
Census Tract 32	1,801	1,973	91.3%	13	177	158	328	1,125
Census Tract 24	974	1,077	90.4%	59	20	19	90	786
Census Tract 25	2,346	2,617	89.6%	108	64	64	185	1,925
Census Tract 29	593	666	89.0%	93	33	10	5	452
Census Tract 40	1,038	1,166	89.0%	14	40	76	188	720
Census Tract 140	2,502	2,812	89.0%	612	765	936	189	0
Census Tract 23	1,472	1,657	88.8%	137	257	483	220	375
Census Tract 134	1,833	2,077	88.3%	268	88	582	216	679
Census Tract 30	746	846	88.2%	30	63	8	0	645
Census Tract 5	1,586	1,806	87.8%	34	251	508	348	445
Census Tract 17	1,694	1,953	86.7%	229	371	555	254	285
Census Tract 21	1,844	2,129	86.6%	17	17	55	104	1,651
Census Tract 34	1,972	2,282	86.4%	161	138	1,008	302	363
Census Tract 137	2,405	2,792	86.1%	99	513	1,378	275	140
Census Tract 123	1,090	1,291	84.4%	158	143	336	61	392
Census Tract 27	1,340	1,610	83.2%	51	0	202	56	1,031
Census Tract 31	977	1,189	82.2%	0	170	103	74	630
Census Tract 142	1,206	1,472	81.9%	97	143	282	457	227
Census Tract 143	1,078	1,328	81.2%	52	123	385	238	280
Census Tract 12	1,220	1,504	81.1%	90	132	377	129	492
Census Tract 128	1,396	1,726	80.9%	352	343	586	115	0
Census Tract 135	1,514	1,877	80.7%	340	295	588	141	150
Census Tract 138.04	1,386	1,724	80.4%	408	325	501	88	64
Census Tract 13	1,243	1,553	80.0%	88	42	56	38	1,019
Census Tract 147.04	1,003	1,295	77.5%	387	252	205	62	97
Census Tract 45.01	1,319	1,704	77.4%	525	205	501	33	55
Census Tract 15	1,317	1,712	76.9%	48	15	90	94	1,070
Census Tract 127.03	1,341	1,801	74.5%	500	549	169	68	55
Census Tract 22	2,056	2,806	73.3%	76	12	191	226	1,551
Census Tract 43	1,279	1,764	72.5%	325	691	246	0	17
Census Tract 112	1,288	1,852	69.5%	292	148	557	139	152
Census Tract 114.05	907	1,309	69.3%	181	464	237	14	11
Census Tract 116.02	944	1,369	69.0%	244	234	317	98	51
Census Tract 139	1,951	2,833	68.9%	615	562	576	54	144
Census Tract 6	1,288	1,876	68.7%	296	348	348	192	104
Census Tract 39	1,061	1,550	68.5%	27	0	31	116	887
Census Tract 44	1,733	2,567	67.5%	901	605	172	7	48
Census Tract 26	888	1,320	67.3%	27	22	120	72	647
Census Tract 104.02	1,233	1,857	66.4%	181	258	180	228	386
Census Tract 36	538	832	64.7%	13	6	79	15	425
Census Tract 19	1,862	2,938	63.4%	24	143	217	164	1,314
Census Tract 115.02	1,464	2,313	63.3%	740	557	67	24	76
Census Tract 120.04	1,327	2,114	62.8%	240	392	130	182	383
Census Tract 127.04	673	1,107	60.8%	494	12	89	78	0
Census Tract 138.01	433	713	60.7%	131	138	91	31	42
Census Tract 114.01	545	907	60.1%	205	88	65	22	165
Census Tract 131	1,352	2,248	60.1%	294	494	274	243	47
Census Tract 129.01	1,239	2,103	58.9%	485	246	273	172	63
Census Tract 130	1,067	1,812	58.9%	179	81	388	67	352
Census Tract 126.10	629	1,071	58.7%	384	138	101	0	6
Census Tract 46	1,381	2,378	58.1%	296	340	477	49	219
Census Tract 18.02	438	773	56.7%	122	205	46	0	65
Census Tract 126.11	617	1,117	55.2%	446	122	9	0	40
Census Tract 1	576	1,067	54.0%	112	137	176	2	149
Census Tract 120.02	1,206	2,272	53.1%	569	170	84	21	362
Census Tract 11.02	1,000	1,905	52.5%	358	285	109	91	157
Census Tract 14	866	1,654	52.4%	39	103	15	19	690
Census Tract 118.04	1,161	2,260	51.4%	440	328	276	45	72
Census Tract 20	1,033	2,019	51.2%	25	62	139	46	761
Census Tract 129.02	1,003	1,984	50.6%	293	332	79	236	63
Census Tract 103.01	958	1,897	50.5%	220	164	224	58	292
Census Tract 28	470	932	50.4%	17	37	125	40	251
Census Tract 102	874	1,745	50.1%	73	158	133	217	293
Census Tract 18.01	990	1,982	49.9%	204	210	405	109	62
Census Tract 122.02	1,233	2,469	49.9%	833	201	99	35	65
Census Tract 113.01	913	1,833	49.8%	261	374	235	15	28
Census Tract 113.02	1,419	2,889	49.1%	569	415	293	30	112
Census Tract 110.01	723	1,520	47.6%	174	272	85	35	157
Census Tract 127.05	727	1,537	47.3%	277	245	120	85	0
Census Tract 11.03	854	1,838	46.5%	99	246	416	29	64
Census Tract 101.02	678	1,460	46.4%	239	97	148	136	58
Census Tract 107	1,126	2,457	45.8%	509	143	165	90	219
Census Tract 101.01	1,043	2,309	45.2%	293	182	174	108	286
Census Tract 132	1,177	2,659	44.3%	388	294	292	71	132
Census Tract 106.01	687	1,593	43.1%	236	74	8	88	281
Census Tract 126.09	625	1,459	42.8%	362	153	22	13	75
Census Tract 127.02	663	1,564	42.4%	273	307	26	0	57
Census Tract 122.03	887	2,196	40.4%	588	143	116	0	40
Census Tract 122.01	1,093	2,751	39.7%	789	189	61	36	18
Census Tract 148.03	578	1,472	39.3%	222	110	79	9	158
Census Tract 138.03	569	1,497	38.0%	294	34	214	19	8