Lead Paint Risk in Oakland County, Michigan

58.9%Pre-1978 Housing

328,849Pre-1978 Units

557,978Total Housing Units

350Census 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

328,849 housing units in Oakland County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 58.9%, 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 350 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1421	716	716	100.0%	31	67	145	25	448
Census Tract 9813	5	5	100.0%	5	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 9815	6	6	100.0%	0	0	0	6	0
Census Tract 1967	1,072	1,082	99.1%	192	686	147	22	25
Census Tract 1427	2,021	2,058	98.2%	466	104	846	400	205
Census Tract 1733	832	855	97.3%	43	62	228	212	287
Census Tract 1620	1,427	1,473	96.9%	340	674	298	76	39
Census Tract 1612	1,829	1,906	96.0%	270	1,098	399	41	21
Census Tract 1613	1,688	1,762	95.8%	156	662	623	154	93
Census Tract 1715	1,975	2,071	95.4%	164	135	1,449	227	0
Census Tract 1724	1,439	1,510	95.3%	648	581	168	42	0
Census Tract 1837	2,569	2,698	95.2%	305	491	1,167	483	123
Census Tract 1870	1,143	1,201	95.2%	6	16	152	117	852
Census Tract 1426	1,656	1,757	94.3%	188	151	413	312	592
Census Tract 1847	771	818	94.3%	21	54	321	308	67
Census Tract 1714	2,390	2,539	94.1%	126	560	1,403	280	21
Census Tract 1413	1,686	1,793	94.0%	224	217	670	362	213
Census Tract 1615	738	785	94.0%	120	290	219	45	64
Census Tract 1736	770	819	94.0%	13	55	364	123	215
Census Tract 1836	2,062	2,194	94.0%	197	733	614	333	185
Census Tract 1700	992	1,060	93.6%	30	72	275	462	153
Census Tract 1582	1,432	1,531	93.5%	81	148	1,021	144	38
Census Tract 1752	1,490	1,596	93.4%	72	250	686	259	223
Census Tract 1734	2,569	2,755	93.2%	136	178	195	441	1,619
Census Tract 1650	1,534	1,651	92.9%	156	283	749	159	187
Census Tract 1813	2,661	2,865	92.9%	476	258	1,619	208	100
Census Tract 1581	1,203	1,297	92.8%	136	414	383	190	80
Census Tract 1881	878	946	92.8%	22	53	460	258	85
Census Tract 1607	573	619	92.6%	112	342	98	0	21
Census Tract 1704	1,768	1,910	92.6%	257	186	481	556	288
Census Tract 1844	1,450	1,571	92.3%	209	80	255	279	627
Census Tract 1815	1,118	1,213	92.2%	133	196	385	262	142
Census Tract 1569	1,050	1,140	92.1%	103	752	184	0	11
Census Tract 1416	1,700	1,849	91.9%	52	191	310	268	879
Census Tract 1712	868	944	91.9%	0	74	484	237	73
Census Tract 1880.01	1,330	1,456	91.3%	0	47	534	461	288
Census Tract 1732	1,311	1,439	91.1%	69	49	131	61	1,001
Census Tract 1713	1,054	1,159	90.9%	25	152	748	121	8
Census Tract 1811	1,178	1,296	90.9%	124	321	733	0	0
Census Tract 1606	1,859	2,051	90.6%	330	990	539	0	0
Census Tract 1834	1,087	1,203	90.4%	65	242	588	160	32
Census Tract 1420	1,386	1,539	90.1%	209	92	75	217	793
Census Tract 1710	1,887	2,095	90.1%	271	579	664	318	55
Census Tract 1814	1,372	1,526	89.9%	76	221	846	145	84
Census Tract 1703	1,037	1,155	89.8%	20	67	384	487	79
Census Tract 1530	1,003	1,121	89.5%	134	158	521	144	46
Census Tract 1614	1,523	1,702	89.5%	400	635	477	0	11
Census Tract 1803	1,352	1,511	89.5%	233	144	745	127	103
Census Tract 1624	761	851	89.4%	64	135	437	108	17
Census Tract 1664	1,139	1,280	89.0%	564	224	347	4	0
Census Tract 1668	1,223	1,378	88.8%	300	618	119	0	186
Census Tract 1622	687	775	88.6%	323	242	42	55	25
Census Tract 1843	1,182	1,334	88.6%	56	73	555	305	193
Census Tract 1735	1,243	1,404	88.5%	76	89	120	139	819
Census Tract 1816	2,138	2,416	88.5%	297	360	902	334	245
Census Tract 1731	917	1,037	88.4%	107	110	57	178	465
Census Tract 1701	1,269	1,441	88.1%	34	44	241	792	158
Census Tract 1617	1,140	1,295	88.0%	247	289	412	107	85
Census Tract 1840	1,412	1,604	88.0%	184	58	366	449	355
Census Tract 1571	641	729	87.9%	221	258	145	0	17
Census Tract 1725	1,018	1,159	87.8%	231	373	113	210	91
Census Tract 1838	1,952	2,225	87.7%	183	188	591	719	271
Census Tract 1600	1,391	1,587	87.6%	130	292	474	262	233
Census Tract 1800	1,107	1,267	87.4%	70	265	719	35	18
Census Tract 1414	1,784	2,045	87.2%	177	371	546	216	474
Census Tract 1801	1,106	1,273	86.9%	111	513	320	32	130
Census Tract 1510	1,773	2,042	86.8%	81	307	1,057	121	207
Census Tract 1730	2,196	2,535	86.6%	286	342	662	324	582
Census Tract 1702	1,294	1,502	86.2%	48	111	408	417	310
Census Tract 1711	1,520	1,764	86.2%	241	180	772	250	77
Census Tract 1618	1,721	1,999	86.1%	745	188	357	193	238
Census Tract 1753	1,557	1,808	86.1%	123	121	549	197	567
Census Tract 1623	1,595	1,856	85.9%	308	357	554	263	113
Census Tract 1674	2,025	2,363	85.7%	472	481	657	214	201
Census Tract 1812	2,430	2,835	85.7%	651	515	1,194	55	15
Census Tract 1835	1,034	1,207	85.7%	254	254	390	69	67
Census Tract 1839	1,138	1,328	85.7%	28	203	288	437	182
Census Tract 1531	865	1,014	85.3%	117	150	188	24	386
Census Tract 1665	921	1,083	85.0%	40	232	640	9	0
Census Tract 1274	633	746	84.9%	47	128	302	105	51
Census Tract 1831	1,748	2,061	84.8%	217	199	966	270	96
Census Tract 1751	1,913	2,275	84.1%	390	410	523	336	254
Census Tract 1930	1,004	1,195	84.0%	579	341	61	0	23
Census Tract 1505	904	1,081	83.6%	88	390	375	5	46
Census Tract 1750	1,229	1,470	83.6%	180	139	514	98	298
Census Tract 1580	1,199	1,436	83.5%	88	834	214	34	29
Census Tract 1619	838	1,011	82.9%	209	260	228	83	58
Census Tract 1605	1,566	1,894	82.7%	476	475	323	162	130
Census Tract 1507	1,405	1,707	82.3%	488	525	362	14	16
Census Tract 1443.01	1,306	1,588	82.2%	244	144	367	270	281
Census Tract 1625	1,643	2,016	81.5%	670	428	237	127	181
Census Tract 1453	1,600	1,966	81.4%	571	130	334	426	139
Census Tract 1563	1,126	1,387	81.2%	716	264	146	0	0
Census Tract 1441	1,312	1,617	81.1%	266	203	398	138	307
Census Tract 1508	1,381	1,702	81.1%	213	634	459	64	11
Census Tract 1346	1,359	1,678	81.0%	488	292	433	114	32
Census Tract 1457	999	1,234	81.0%	252	301	274	23	149
Census Tract 1570	703	872	80.6%	133	352	218	0	0
Census Tract 1832	1,533	1,909	80.3%	222	263	669	210	169
Census Tract 1841	1,312	1,634	80.3%	128	98	256	153	677