Lead Paint Risk in Hennepin County, Minnesota

60.3%Pre-1978 Housing

340,130Pre-1978 Units

564,441Total Housing Units

329Census 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

340,130 housing units in Hennepin County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 60.3%, compared with the state rate of 52.6%.
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 329 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 95	1,074	1,084	99.1%	51	16	51	44	912
Census Tract 117.04	1,336	1,361	98.2%	86	65	386	351	448
Census Tract 234.02	742	760	97.6%	245	104	138	63	192
Census Tract 1097	1,000	1,026	97.5%	15	40	52	60	833
Census Tract 1114	1,589	1,629	97.5%	9	46	132	243	1,159
Census Tract 1008	1,517	1,557	97.4%	106	39	51	97	1,224
Census Tract 247	1,259	1,295	97.2%	21	257	626	300	55
Census Tract 205	1,257	1,294	97.1%	196	50	735	93	183
Census Tract 245	883	910	97.0%	47	89	399	293	55
Census Tract 1007	1,282	1,324	96.8%	89	42	140	297	714
Census Tract 121.02	1,466	1,518	96.6%	26	15	645	349	431
Census Tract 1064	1,052	1,089	96.6%	290	248	8	32	474
Census Tract 117.03	1,625	1,691	96.1%	89	14	191	291	1,040
Census Tract 248.01	1,019	1,061	96.0%	152	99	561	64	143
Census Tract 6.01	1,963	2,047	95.9%	25	87	483	387	981
Census Tract 3	1,248	1,306	95.6%	40	61	134	225	788
Census Tract 209.02	884	928	95.3%	45	165	606	24	44
Census Tract 1089	1,106	1,160	95.3%	75	0	0	40	991
Census Tract 1075	835	878	95.1%	26	112	125	31	541
Census Tract 1113	1,936	2,041	94.9%	23	73	440	414	986
Census Tract 107	965	1,018	94.8%	13	0	31	16	905
Census Tract 120.03	2,387	2,518	94.8%	414	489	546	371	567
Census Tract 1099	1,795	1,893	94.8%	153	102	35	48	1,457
Census Tract 110	1,503	1,590	94.5%	55	14	144	108	1,182
Census Tract 214	1,177	1,251	94.1%	66	255	358	266	232
Census Tract 96	1,313	1,398	93.9%	29	34	61	56	1,133
Census Tract 118	1,872	1,994	93.9%	37	92	307	393	1,043
Census Tract 1088	1,680	1,790	93.9%	178	235	76	49	1,142
Census Tract 6.03	1,332	1,420	93.8%	9	16	459	516	332
Census Tract 204	1,995	2,133	93.5%	354	621	860	100	60
Census Tract 1090	814	874	93.1%	12	15	23	99	665
Census Tract 1041	1,310	1,412	92.8%	352	282	107	83	486
Census Tract 1101	1,313	1,416	92.7%	101	90	116	134	872
Census Tract 106	1,184	1,279	92.6%	74	36	115	70	889
Census Tract 211	791	856	92.4%	39	82	198	267	205
Census Tract 1100	531	576	92.2%	14	23	61	42	391
Census Tract 85	1,684	1,829	92.1%	159	27	40	135	1,323
Census Tract 11	881	960	91.8%	21	95	84	21	660
Census Tract 84	713	779	91.5%	58	16	7	2	630
Census Tract 1116	1,294	1,418	91.3%	0	0	72	179	1,043
Census Tract 81	1,806	1,980	91.2%	85	111	188	89	1,333
Census Tract 1086	1,003	1,101	91.1%	57	25	27	101	793
Census Tract 1074	882	972	90.7%	22	64	23	30	743
Census Tract 203.01	746	823	90.6%	41	257	367	69	12
Census Tract 1093	1,976	2,182	90.6%	22	139	111	66	1,638
Census Tract 1109	1,403	1,548	90.6%	104	20	294	110	875
Census Tract 239.01	1,284	1,420	90.4%	161	685	392	18	28
Census Tract 1012	2,080	2,304	90.3%	228	166	195	155	1,336
Census Tract 32	614	681	90.2%	23	124	81	112	274
Census Tract 224	1,537	1,705	90.1%	75	104	777	446	135
Census Tract 1108	1,751	1,945	90.0%	76	54	88	53	1,480
Census Tract 1019	1,427	1,588	89.9%	235	109	37	114	932
Census Tract 1115	2,103	2,343	89.8%	34	179	202	161	1,527
Census Tract 1016	913	1,020	89.5%	120	161	34	0	598
Census Tract 1004	1,108	1,239	89.4%	26	52	229	30	771
Census Tract 229.02	704	788	89.3%	21	22	187	266	208
Census Tract 1098	1,689	1,898	89.0%	96	72	339	152	1,030
Census Tract 120.01	2,311	2,599	88.9%	153	167	1,148	750	93
Census Tract 258.02	835	939	88.9%	70	229	464	22	50
Census Tract 267.06	1,176	1,324	88.8%	1,125	51	0	0	0
Census Tract 27	795	897	88.6%	62	132	21	102	478
Census Tract 1226	939	1,061	88.5%	54	47	248	461	129
Census Tract 1051	1,204	1,362	88.4%	81	71	135	233	684
Census Tract 210.01	2,226	2,522	88.3%	439	918	632	101	136
Census Tract 1069	1,304	1,476	88.3%	174	195	69	31	835
Census Tract 228.01	837	951	88.0%	45	42	393	230	127
Census Tract 252.05	1,782	2,024	88.0%	243	375	1,004	86	74
Census Tract 1002	1,667	1,897	87.9%	103	185	338	177	864
Census Tract 201.01	1,103	1,259	87.6%	96	506	374	27	100
Census Tract 254.01	1,407	1,607	87.6%	99	129	807	251	121
Census Tract 1076	1,446	1,650	87.6%	46	66	87	86	1,161
Census Tract 256.03	1,361	1,556	87.5%	112	367	789	53	40
Census Tract 254.03	1,643	1,882	87.3%	439	529	555	87	33
Census Tract 268.18	1,941	2,227	87.2%	789	463	641	34	14
Census Tract 208.04	1,151	1,323	87.0%	99	125	806	31	90
Census Tract 221.02	1,309	1,505	87.0%	440	219	524	56	70
Census Tract 258.03	1,174	1,355	86.6%	120	207	653	133	61
Census Tract 1055	2,169	2,508	86.5%	201	256	47	43	1,622
Census Tract 209.03	1,019	1,180	86.4%	19	116	534	222	128
Census Tract 215.03	1,688	1,953	86.4%	566	742	292	71	17
Census Tract 241	1,404	1,625	86.4%	170	202	549	404	79
Census Tract 1009	1,524	1,775	85.9%	118	47	186	97	1,076
Census Tract 1092	1,905	2,218	85.9%	336	211	278	14	1,066
Census Tract 240.03	1,835	2,153	85.2%	983	499	278	37	38
Census Tract 210.02	707	834	84.8%	83	327	292	5	0
Census Tract 1102	1,458	1,720	84.8%	20	33	41	98	1,266
Census Tract 249.03	728	860	84.7%	57	188	466	16	1
Census Tract 215.05	1,823	2,154	84.6%	675	930	160	22	36
Census Tract 236	1,320	1,566	84.3%	37	91	95	208	889
Census Tract 242	1,143	1,356	84.3%	14	167	355	510	97
Census Tract 238.02	906	1,076	84.2%	21	113	534	192	46
Census Tract 1.01	1,020	1,213	84.1%	97	91	752	60	20
Census Tract 1257	1,055	1,256	84.0%	63	40	73	42	837
Census Tract 208.01	801	956	83.8%	54	78	610	43	16
Census Tract 215.04	1,314	1,570	83.7%	193	922	172	10	17
Census Tract 227	1,588	1,900	83.6%	260	200	521	336	271
Census Tract 203.03	1,163	1,394	83.4%	5	248	898	5	7
Census Tract 1112	1,237	1,485	83.3%	0	30	191	143	873
Census Tract 252.01	1,510	1,815	83.2%	275	515	534	44	142
Census Tract 1104	1,447	1,739	83.2%	33	118	44	61	1,191