Lead Paint Risk in Wayne County, Michigan

80.5%Pre-1978 Housing

641,042Pre-1978 Units

796,119Total Housing Units

627Census 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

641,042 housing units in Wayne County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 80.5%, 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 627 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 5003	1,115	1,115	100.0%	51	200	297	312	255
Census Tract 5007	1,637	1,637	100.0%	158	218	335	532	394
Census Tract 5014	1,365	1,365	100.0%	30	85	271	281	698
Census Tract 5018	2,045	2,045	100.0%	0	77	441	347	1,180
Census Tract 5040	540	540	100.0%	0	4	157	217	162
Census Tract 5062	1,023	1,023	100.0%	0	47	489	262	225
Census Tract 5063	987	987	100.0%	51	155	382	199	200
Census Tract 5071	1,206	1,206	100.0%	42	147	206	447	364
Census Tract 5113	1,064	1,064	100.0%	40	136	223	141	524
Census Tract 5191	775	775	100.0%	17	11	120	10	617
Census Tract 5245	14	14	100.0%	4	0	10	0	0
Census Tract 5312	1,196	1,196	100.0%	0	0	0	81	1,115
Census Tract 5344	1,027	1,027	100.0%	34	17	130	300	546
Census Tract 5348	1,395	1,395	100.0%	3	36	317	229	810
Census Tract 5357	682	682	100.0%	70	52	93	67	400
Census Tract 5362	1,022	1,022	100.0%	11	156	230	314	311
Census Tract 5363	1,464	1,464	100.0%	19	76	320	523	526
Census Tract 5376	1,397	1,397	100.0%	47	161	672	332	185
Census Tract 5378	912	912	100.0%	40	53	233	297	289
Census Tract 5381	1,045	1,045	100.0%	5	60	208	312	460
Census Tract 5384	1,496	1,496	100.0%	0	0	129	284	1,083
Census Tract 5390	1,297	1,297	100.0%	25	449	304	397	122
Census Tract 5421	1,959	1,959	100.0%	88	77	839	639	316
Census Tract 5431	1,037	1,037	100.0%	12	3	332	153	537
Census Tract 5548	1,340	1,340	100.0%	83	271	719	217	50
Census Tract 5554.01	1,032	1,032	100.0%	34	170	690	85	53
Census Tract 5556	1,155	1,155	100.0%	48	284	804	19	0
Census Tract 5588	1,064	1,064	100.0%	49	127	819	50	19
Census Tract 5591	1,046	1,046	100.0%	45	36	792	114	59
Census Tract 5815	921	921	100.0%	38	55	665	121	42
Census Tract 9826	32	32	100.0%	0	0	0	0	32
Census Tract 9834	15	15	100.0%	5	0	0	5	5
Census Tract 9854	4	4	100.0%	0	0	4	0	0
Census Tract 9864	11	11	100.0%	0	0	6	5	0
Census Tract 5512	1,545	1,551	99.6%	0	62	671	674	138
Census Tract 5699	991	995	99.6%	18	136	780	45	12
Census Tract 5044	868	873	99.4%	22	7	215	144	480
Census Tract 5385	2,432	2,448	99.3%	45	47	460	605	1,275
Census Tract 5386	2,099	2,114	99.3%	51	59	438	522	1,029
Census Tract 5396	1,565	1,576	99.3%	78	81	876	323	207
Census Tract 5515	873	879	99.3%	25	99	543	149	57
Census Tract 5303	739	745	99.2%	15	66	28	238	392
Census Tract 5318	1,372	1,383	99.2%	0	11	153	387	821
Census Tract 5696	1,438	1,449	99.2%	94	59	1,057	161	67
Census Tract 5347	1,477	1,490	99.1%	21	141	284	397	634
Census Tract 5834	2,199	2,218	99.1%	74	335	1,429	324	37
Census Tract 5350	1,177	1,189	99.0%	27	155	138	302	555
Census Tract 5522	1,355	1,368	99.0%	39	77	30	297	912
Census Tract 5351	882	892	98.9%	15	67	284	223	293
Census Tract 5394	1,600	1,618	98.9%	47	21	898	419	215
Census Tract 5541	1,642	1,660	98.9%	80	110	898	368	186
Census Tract 5589	748	756	98.9%	0	41	660	12	35
Census Tract 5457	1,155	1,169	98.8%	51	72	480	327	225
Census Tract 5587	1,064	1,077	98.8%	5	86	445	303	225
Census Tract 5002	1,250	1,266	98.7%	12	232	502	309	195
Census Tract 5009	1,683	1,706	98.7%	0	252	283	858	290
Census Tract 5132	826	837	98.7%	43	0	328	127	328
Census Tract 5139	966	979	98.7%	12	0	76	32	846
Census Tract 5336	1,259	1,275	98.7%	21	42	147	85	964
Census Tract 5393	1,861	1,886	98.7%	63	49	1,136	509	104
Census Tract 5407	1,319	1,337	98.7%	153	80	391	570	125
Census Tract 5507	2,255	2,284	98.7%	67	80	486	624	998
Census Tract 5737.01	513	520	98.7%	13	20	129	105	246
Census Tract 5031	1,234	1,252	98.6%	13	147	634	292	148
Census Tract 5034	571	579	98.6%	70	31	164	179	127
Census Tract 5257	1,737	1,762	98.6%	61	317	144	71	1,144
Census Tract 5401	1,656	1,679	98.6%	58	41	1,195	139	223
Census Tract 5432	1,152	1,168	98.6%	41	210	467	216	218
Census Tract 5467	1,153	1,169	98.6%	27	95	293	593	145
Census Tract 5764	1,591	1,614	98.6%	37	169	904	285	196
Census Tract 5538	726	737	98.5%	150	33	16	108	419
Census Tract 5672.01	1,460	1,483	98.4%	80	363	849	99	69
Census Tract 5778	1,923	1,955	98.4%	99	306	1,094	319	105
Census Tract 5052	1,516	1,542	98.3%	59	384	388	367	318
Census Tract 5409	1,434	1,459	98.3%	141	341	837	86	29
Census Tract 5413	1,168	1,188	98.3%	36	156	639	275	62
Census Tract 5430	681	693	98.3%	0	43	205	93	340
Census Tract 5536.01	1,102	1,121	98.3%	77	42	131	110	742
Census Tract 5709	1,111	1,130	98.3%	89	144	637	134	107
Census Tract 5776	1,597	1,624	98.3%	51	255	999	170	122
Census Tract 5804	1,078	1,097	98.3%	0	121	425	420	112
Census Tract 5057	1,670	1,700	98.2%	66	84	71	386	1,063
Census Tract 5371	1,058	1,077	98.2%	95	20	322	381	240
Census Tract 5440	1,228	1,251	98.2%	31	114	592	429	62
Census Tract 5343	605	617	98.1%	0	36	117	110	342
Census Tract 5366	1,726	1,760	98.1%	0	12	406	665	643
Census Tract 5373	1,152	1,174	98.1%	41	74	152	320	565
Census Tract 5433	1,400	1,427	98.1%	11	69	269	526	525
Census Tract 5039	917	936	98.0%	0	26	233	180	478
Census Tract 5247	1,774	1,811	98.0%	225	228	511	322	488
Census Tract 5248	1,221	1,246	98.0%	61	57	560	354	189
Census Tract 5389	1,552	1,583	98.0%	156	229	424	552	191
Census Tract 5434	1,394	1,423	98.0%	35	120	443	541	255
Census Tract 5725	699	713	98.0%	86	92	275	152	94
Census Tract 5073	1,201	1,227	97.9%	42	113	251	315	480
Census Tract 5761	2,862	2,924	97.9%	179	275	1,490	824	94
Census Tract 5777	919	939	97.9%	6	63	394	309	147
Census Tract 5792	1,508	1,540	97.9%	11	143	338	177	839
Census Tract 5321	1,120	1,145	97.8%	18	13	77	79	933
Census Tract 5332	899	919	97.8%	80	0	48	59	712