Lead Paint Risk in Macomb County, Michigan
58.0%Pre-1978 Housing
215,645Pre-1978 Units
371,723Total Housing Units
244Census 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
- 215,645 housing units in Macomb County were built before 1978.
- The county's pre-1978 housing share is 58.0%, 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 244 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.
| Tract | Pre-1978 | Total | Risk Rate | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | ≤1939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 2620 | 1,336 | 1,341 | 99.6% | 65 | 472 | 799 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2513 | 1,025 | 1,034 | 99.1% | 34 | 91 | 787 | 82 | 31 |
| Census Tract 2508 | 1,258 | 1,286 | 97.8% | 85 | 196 | 841 | 79 | 57 |
| Census Tract 2587 | 965 | 987 | 97.8% | 93 | 97 | 312 | 271 | 192 |
| Census Tract 2451 | 1,725 | 1,766 | 97.7% | 58 | 204 | 246 | 161 | 1,056 |
| Census Tract 2565 | 598 | 613 | 97.6% | 23 | 77 | 478 | 20 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2585 | 803 | 824 | 97.5% | 113 | 152 | 441 | 41 | 56 |
| Census Tract 2614 | 1,057 | 1,085 | 97.4% | 119 | 886 | 42 | 0 | 10 |
| Census Tract 2580 | 1,262 | 1,301 | 97.0% | 15 | 109 | 1,100 | 16 | 22 |
| Census Tract 2606 | 1,040 | 1,073 | 96.9% | 108 | 308 | 572 | 18 | 34 |
| Census Tract 2588 | 1,694 | 1,755 | 96.5% | 153 | 131 | 1,088 | 306 | 16 |
| Census Tract 2409 | 720 | 748 | 96.3% | 41 | 133 | 503 | 35 | 8 |
| Census Tract 2521 | 1,015 | 1,055 | 96.2% | 35 | 113 | 704 | 112 | 51 |
| Census Tract 2515 | 939 | 977 | 96.1% | 93 | 121 | 685 | 31 | 9 |
| Census Tract 2581 | 1,475 | 1,535 | 96.1% | 51 | 151 | 954 | 153 | 166 |
| Census Tract 2616.01 | 509 | 531 | 95.9% | 193 | 236 | 52 | 15 | 13 |
| Census Tract 2518 | 1,912 | 1,997 | 95.7% | 598 | 342 | 807 | 152 | 13 |
| Census Tract 2522 | 1,590 | 1,667 | 95.4% | 209 | 539 | 571 | 254 | 17 |
| Census Tract 2564 | 569 | 598 | 95.2% | 69 | 76 | 288 | 119 | 17 |
| Census Tract 2600 | 1,202 | 1,262 | 95.2% | 154 | 853 | 155 | 9 | 31 |
| Census Tract 2562 | 722 | 760 | 95.0% | 108 | 188 | 240 | 73 | 113 |
| Census Tract 2561 | 1,124 | 1,188 | 94.6% | 41 | 306 | 754 | 12 | 11 |
| Census Tract 2676 | 532 | 563 | 94.5% | 61 | 386 | 68 | 17 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2504 | 588 | 623 | 94.4% | 63 | 137 | 371 | 9 | 8 |
| Census Tract 2584 | 2,056 | 2,179 | 94.4% | 162 | 150 | 985 | 210 | 549 |
| Census Tract 2502 | 1,130 | 1,199 | 94.2% | 97 | 190 | 739 | 10 | 94 |
| Census Tract 2412 | 2,202 | 2,346 | 93.9% | 201 | 624 | 1,159 | 96 | 122 |
| Census Tract 2505 | 917 | 978 | 93.8% | 98 | 210 | 436 | 56 | 117 |
| Census Tract 2554 | 1,045 | 1,115 | 93.7% | 65 | 596 | 384 | 0 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2621 | 342 | 365 | 93.7% | 12 | 106 | 159 | 53 | 12 |
| Census Tract 2629 | 1,546 | 1,651 | 93.6% | 169 | 542 | 694 | 71 | 70 |
| Census Tract 2609 | 1,658 | 1,774 | 93.5% | 273 | 945 | 254 | 139 | 47 |
| Census Tract 2618 | 983 | 1,051 | 93.5% | 167 | 596 | 181 | 39 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2567 | 769 | 824 | 93.3% | 85 | 126 | 479 | 39 | 40 |
| Census Tract 2559 | 825 | 886 | 93.1% | 109 | 78 | 251 | 64 | 323 |
| Census Tract 2612 | 1,103 | 1,185 | 93.1% | 135 | 765 | 126 | 58 | 19 |
| Census Tract 2603 | 1,317 | 1,418 | 92.9% | 311 | 783 | 149 | 74 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2613 | 1,116 | 1,208 | 92.4% | 156 | 738 | 207 | 0 | 15 |
| Census Tract 2563 | 759 | 823 | 92.2% | 120 | 123 | 445 | 54 | 17 |
| Census Tract 2602 | 813 | 882 | 92.2% | 45 | 665 | 78 | 14 | 11 |
| Census Tract 2501 | 936 | 1,016 | 92.1% | 105 | 162 | 645 | 0 | 24 |
| Census Tract 2639 | 1,519 | 1,650 | 92.1% | 300 | 319 | 457 | 181 | 262 |
| Census Tract 2634 | 1,365 | 1,484 | 92.0% | 156 | 335 | 637 | 189 | 48 |
| Census Tract 2586 | 1,649 | 1,795 | 91.9% | 145 | 137 | 515 | 574 | 278 |
| Census Tract 2514 | 1,144 | 1,248 | 91.7% | 0 | 141 | 930 | 45 | 28 |
| Census Tract 2509 | 1,074 | 1,176 | 91.3% | 80 | 197 | 641 | 88 | 68 |
| Census Tract 2453 | 1,936 | 2,123 | 91.2% | 310 | 154 | 760 | 135 | 577 |
| Census Tract 2520 | 1,113 | 1,224 | 90.9% | 111 | 217 | 675 | 38 | 72 |
| Census Tract 2510 | 815 | 900 | 90.6% | 98 | 225 | 346 | 21 | 125 |
| Census Tract 2556 | 1,416 | 1,568 | 90.3% | 126 | 261 | 634 | 241 | 154 |
| Census Tract 2583 | 1,193 | 1,322 | 90.2% | 158 | 64 | 308 | 363 | 300 |
| Census Tract 2637 | 1,592 | 1,764 | 90.2% | 197 | 363 | 669 | 293 | 70 |
| Census Tract 2582 | 1,069 | 1,188 | 90.0% | 51 | 81 | 469 | 343 | 125 |
| Census Tract 2684 | 1,340 | 1,492 | 89.8% | 162 | 311 | 394 | 276 | 197 |
| Census Tract 2500 | 824 | 919 | 89.7% | 71 | 182 | 478 | 24 | 69 |
| Census Tract 2519 | 1,243 | 1,386 | 89.7% | 120 | 60 | 673 | 169 | 221 |
| Census Tract 2413 | 1,061 | 1,185 | 89.5% | 221 | 487 | 349 | 0 | 4 |
| Census Tract 2551 | 1,322 | 1,477 | 89.5% | 352 | 342 | 340 | 65 | 223 |
| Census Tract 2638 | 1,093 | 1,221 | 89.5% | 210 | 213 | 230 | 343 | 97 |
| Census Tract 2555 | 651 | 729 | 89.3% | 223 | 132 | 285 | 11 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2319 | 1,893 | 2,124 | 89.1% | 870 | 953 | 38 | 32 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2560 | 938 | 1,056 | 88.8% | 214 | 322 | 345 | 17 | 40 |
| Census Tract 2680 | 2,334 | 2,629 | 88.8% | 451 | 532 | 701 | 452 | 198 |
| Census Tract 2589 | 1,097 | 1,238 | 88.6% | 98 | 166 | 271 | 198 | 364 |
| Census Tract 2540 | 615 | 696 | 88.4% | 125 | 389 | 88 | 5 | 8 |
| Census Tract 2309.01 | 1,661 | 1,884 | 88.2% | 605 | 936 | 93 | 16 | 11 |
| Census Tract 2568 | 633 | 718 | 88.2% | 16 | 76 | 452 | 80 | 9 |
| Census Tract 2257.02 | 547 | 622 | 87.9% | 52 | 74 | 318 | 74 | 29 |
| Census Tract 2601 | 1,205 | 1,374 | 87.7% | 274 | 854 | 34 | 9 | 34 |
| Census Tract 2516 | 1,321 | 1,516 | 87.1% | 148 | 241 | 646 | 210 | 76 |
| Census Tract 2683 | 1,078 | 1,241 | 86.9% | 74 | 209 | 477 | 216 | 102 |
| Census Tract 2558 | 931 | 1,076 | 86.5% | 61 | 198 | 261 | 187 | 224 |
| Census Tract 2617 | 1,091 | 1,263 | 86.4% | 321 | 516 | 206 | 11 | 37 |
| Census Tract 2310 | 1,306 | 1,513 | 86.3% | 416 | 816 | 53 | 0 | 21 |
| Census Tract 2604 | 1,570 | 1,819 | 86.3% | 631 | 772 | 71 | 85 | 11 |
| Census Tract 2615 | 1,376 | 1,594 | 86.3% | 408 | 859 | 62 | 13 | 34 |
| Census Tract 2545 | 1,709 | 1,986 | 86.1% | 409 | 468 | 758 | 62 | 12 |
| Census Tract 2517 | 1,327 | 1,558 | 85.2% | 325 | 338 | 354 | 141 | 169 |
| Census Tract 2454 | 615 | 723 | 85.1% | 168 | 251 | 73 | 32 | 91 |
| Census Tract 2511 | 777 | 913 | 85.1% | 99 | 194 | 406 | 41 | 37 |
| Census Tract 2607 | 1,048 | 1,231 | 85.1% | 268 | 170 | 508 | 34 | 68 |
| Census Tract 2419 | 1,731 | 2,046 | 84.6% | 401 | 472 | 501 | 221 | 136 |
| Census Tract 2642 | 1,642 | 1,945 | 84.4% | 302 | 445 | 593 | 220 | 82 |
| Census Tract 2640 | 666 | 792 | 84.1% | 106 | 141 | 201 | 188 | 30 |
| Census Tract 2507 | 1,182 | 1,408 | 83.9% | 53 | 195 | 679 | 76 | 179 |
| Census Tract 2512 | 1,294 | 1,546 | 83.7% | 86 | 162 | 683 | 288 | 75 |
| Census Tract 2619 | 1,166 | 1,396 | 83.5% | 161 | 446 | 500 | 0 | 59 |
| Census Tract 2566 | 1,177 | 1,414 | 83.2% | 203 | 332 | 505 | 40 | 97 |
| Census Tract 2414 | 1,273 | 1,532 | 83.1% | 408 | 733 | 108 | 24 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2506 | 1,118 | 1,347 | 83.0% | 225 | 284 | 346 | 99 | 164 |
| Census Tract 2632 | 965 | 1,172 | 82.3% | 177 | 228 | 179 | 248 | 133 |
| Census Tract 2503 | 1,347 | 1,646 | 81.8% | 145 | 273 | 917 | 12 | 0 |
| Census Tract 2626 | 908 | 1,111 | 81.7% | 189 | 372 | 312 | 23 | 12 |
| Census Tract 2681 | 943 | 1,160 | 81.3% | 237 | 111 | 268 | 145 | 182 |
| Census Tract 2312 | 1,418 | 1,749 | 81.1% | 437 | 829 | 109 | 7 | 36 |
| Census Tract 2553 | 1,542 | 1,908 | 80.8% | 428 | 435 | 393 | 193 | 93 |
| Census Tract 2417 | 1,611 | 2,003 | 80.4% | 588 | 689 | 156 | 98 | 80 |
| Census Tract 2557 | 604 | 754 | 80.1% | 94 | 95 | 272 | 92 | 51 |
| Census Tract 2474 | 936 | 1,173 | 79.8% | 261 | 286 | 229 | 89 | 71 |
| Census Tract 2624 | 1,101 | 1,386 | 79.4% | 78 | 758 | 162 | 12 | 91 |