Lead Paint Risk in Jackson County, Missouri

65.0%Pre-1978 Housing

216,802Pre-1978 Units

333,385Total Housing Units

227Census 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

216,802 housing units in Jackson County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 65.0%, compared with the state rate of 53.3%.
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 227 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 9	1,518	1,527	99.4%	87	117	98	172	1,044
Census Tract 19	1,468	1,482	99.1%	53	0	333	123	959
Census Tract 111	1,482	1,510	98.1%	263	180	351	139	549
Census Tract 146.01	2,154	2,213	97.3%	644	1,259	166	32	53
Census Tract 77	1,063	1,094	97.2%	40	168	184	147	524
Census Tract 83	940	967	97.2%	14	13	20	27	866
Census Tract 171	1,833	1,886	97.2%	138	451	783	160	301
Census Tract 167	2,755	2,839	97.0%	135	135	140	87	2,258
Census Tract 120	1,587	1,638	96.9%	89	559	610	255	74
Census Tract 21	1,630	1,685	96.7%	225	374	149	66	816
Census Tract 168.02	764	790	96.7%	54	0	0	26	684
Census Tract 8	1,504	1,557	96.6%	67	47	146	124	1,120
Census Tract 76	1,172	1,213	96.6%	34	77	203	186	672
Census Tract 7	1,594	1,656	96.3%	79	52	48	179	1,236
Census Tract 56.02	688	716	96.1%	33	63	99	36	457
Census Tract 46	1,510	1,576	95.8%	125	56	127	63	1,139
Census Tract 95	1,542	1,609	95.8%	149	93	556	219	525
Census Tract 85	1,263	1,323	95.5%	0	43	301	180	739
Census Tract 110.01	1,080	1,135	95.2%	47	36	130	249	618
Census Tract 91	1,799	1,891	95.1%	78	68	198	156	1,299
Census Tract 82	1,486	1,565	95.0%	0	20	44	112	1,310
Census Tract 115.02	635	669	94.9%	82	87	243	141	82
Census Tract 132.10	1,122	1,184	94.8%	193	649	248	0	32
Census Tract 116.02	1,022	1,079	94.7%	239	74	348	59	302
Census Tract 81	981	1,037	94.6%	24	87	148	183	539
Census Tract 119	1,719	1,827	94.1%	158	423	795	119	224
Census Tract 86	2,297	2,456	93.5%	78	110	453	324	1,332
Census Tract 92	1,347	1,441	93.5%	50	0	122	136	1,039
Census Tract 116.01	1,822	1,957	93.1%	630	46	84	225	837
Census Tract 98	1,618	1,739	93.0%	283	350	691	235	59
Census Tract 126	2,399	2,583	92.9%	159	285	1,272	364	319
Census Tract 129.03	1,436	1,547	92.8%	151	828	411	3	43
Census Tract 117.02	931	1,005	92.6%	19	83	128	142	559
Census Tract 164	864	937	92.2%	15	311	166	0	372
Census Tract 22	1,371	1,488	92.1%	239	165	238	153	576
Census Tract 60	706	767	92.0%	0	69	193	205	239
Census Tract 90	1,625	1,771	91.8%	66	224	457	406	472
Census Tract 93	1,287	1,403	91.7%	38	104	610	337	198
Census Tract 121	2,330	2,553	91.3%	454	464	780	350	282
Census Tract 165	875	962	91.0%	0	88	258	63	466
Census Tract 34	1,426	1,568	90.9%	0	349	23	240	814
Census Tract 84	941	1,038	90.7%	0	11	48	18	864
Census Tract 10	1,230	1,357	90.6%	10	109	40	109	962
Census Tract 37	523	577	90.6%	7	52	153	14	297
Census Tract 129.06	1,739	1,920	90.6%	324	691	634	31	59
Census Tract 102.03	1,589	1,755	90.5%	415	789	377	8	0
Census Tract 88	1,523	1,696	89.8%	1	115	652	370	385
Census Tract 99	1,045	1,165	89.7%	119	188	638	52	48
Census Tract 105	1,768	1,970	89.7%	295	581	672	131	89
Census Tract 118	2,383	2,657	89.7%	309	241	335	593	905
Census Tract 6	1,594	1,780	89.6%	151	99	178	259	907
Census Tract 63	1,303	1,457	89.4%	256	325	46	140	536
Census Tract 131	1,263	1,413	89.4%	177	410	470	79	127
Census Tract 128.03	957	1,073	89.2%	38	279	634	6	0
Census Tract 51	809	908	89.1%	81	120	110	21	477
Census Tract 52	605	679	89.1%	121	9	74	34	367
Census Tract 132.03	1,387	1,562	88.8%	155	196	842	120	74
Census Tract 128.04	2,246	2,534	88.6%	350	1,030	803	43	20
Census Tract 57	1,078	1,220	88.4%	34	88	435	212	309
Census Tract 94	2,153	2,439	88.3%	444	469	558	118	564
Census Tract 101.03	1,017	1,159	87.7%	432	321	215	37	12
Census Tract 112	1,207	1,377	87.7%	144	408	392	74	189
Census Tract 132.08	1,118	1,281	87.3%	433	397	134	110	44
Census Tract 20	808	928	87.1%	13	73	128	238	356
Census Tract 159	672	774	86.8%	272	316	23	10	51
Census Tract 96	627	723	86.7%	91	65	241	130	100
Census Tract 157.01	1,295	1,494	86.7%	47	34	90	0	1,124
Census Tract 110.02	980	1,131	86.6%	165	100	32	219	464
Census Tract 122	2,412	2,791	86.4%	159	652	745	266	590
Census Tract 75	923	1,071	86.2%	21	27	207	104	564
Census Tract 66	1,053	1,232	85.5%	20	199	83	116	635
Census Tract 73.02	964	1,134	85.0%	37	259	91	86	491
Census Tract 117.01	862	1,019	84.6%	190	162	99	106	305
Census Tract 175	877	1,038	84.5%	159	80	422	85	131
Census Tract 87	1,136	1,346	84.4%	113	86	250	177	510
Census Tract 65	799	948	84.3%	51	22	80	63	583
Census Tract 97	765	907	84.3%	160	154	324	68	59
Census Tract 160	672	800	84.0%	79	126	60	109	298
Census Tract 125.01	1,387	1,653	83.9%	283	272	501	283	48
Census Tract 133.09	1,718	2,047	83.9%	852	688	125	53	0
Census Tract 113	1,730	2,069	83.6%	193	547	718	118	154
Census Tract 55	413	496	83.3%	58	22	19	7	307
Census Tract 115.01	1,725	2,071	83.3%	236	350	295	248	596
Census Tract 125.02	1,050	1,263	83.1%	153	371	480	5	41
Census Tract 155	539	649	83.1%	26	64	33	106	310
Census Tract 133.01	1,616	1,962	82.4%	374	413	554	135	140
Census Tract 137.05	555	678	81.9%	37	201	106	68	143
Census Tract 146.03	1,328	1,622	81.9%	434	812	82	0	0
Census Tract 173	1,355	1,665	81.4%	266	764	325	0	0
Census Tract 178	2,021	2,491	81.1%	316	150	128	159	1,268
Census Tract 130.03	1,852	2,287	81.0%	404	510	875	51	12
Census Tract 61	1,341	1,663	80.6%	52	0	174	258	857
Census Tract 124	1,651	2,049	80.6%	248	746	583	74	0
Census Tract 54	373	464	80.4%	23	5	42	15	288
Census Tract 106	915	1,148	79.7%	195	306	311	73	30
Census Tract 127.02	1,312	1,646	79.7%	621	282	353	30	26
Census Tract 114.05	894	1,124	79.5%	557	109	113	5	110
Census Tract 170	1,078	1,362	79.1%	460	102	396	97	23
Census Tract 156	1,083	1,385	78.2%	290	86	123	138	446
Census Tract 114.06	1,729	2,226	77.7%	674	924	121	10	0