Lead Paint Risk in Douglas County, Nebraska

55.2%Pre-1978 Housing

137,240Pre-1978 Units

248,692Total Housing Units

163Census 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

137,240 housing units in Douglas County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 55.2%, compared with the state rate of 58.3%.
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 163 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 55	2,212	2,233	99.1%	244	212	464	414	878
Census Tract 31	1,483	1,507	98.4%	167	252	211	89	764
Census Tract 25	912	936	97.4%	38	44	99	57	674
Census Tract 37	1,145	1,181	97.0%	36	5	30	228	846
Census Tract 71.01	1,284	1,336	96.1%	195	286	472	108	223
Census Tract 69.05	683	712	95.9%	77	416	168	11	11
Census Tract 24	1,199	1,260	95.2%	62	86	83	47	921
Census Tract 34.02	989	1,041	95.0%	55	47	119	36	732
Census Tract 2	1,366	1,439	94.9%	0	66	139	209	952
Census Tract 46	1,138	1,203	94.6%	61	193	190	46	648
Census Tract 32	970	1,029	94.3%	46	306	132	57	429
Census Tract 48	2,331	2,475	94.2%	237	388	272	144	1,290
Census Tract 61.01	991	1,057	93.8%	178	272	255	98	188
Census Tract 58	1,783	1,907	93.5%	22	115	476	187	983
Census Tract 64	2,340	2,504	93.5%	219	433	1,359	123	206
Census Tract 66.04	1,627	1,747	93.1%	177	532	783	73	62
Census Tract 61.02	1,495	1,612	92.7%	134	334	636	134	257
Census Tract 56	1,764	1,908	92.5%	76	215	447	209	817
Census Tract 28	1,093	1,184	92.3%	58	89	145	258	543
Census Tract 36	1,868	2,042	91.5%	94	165	207	450	952
Census Tract 74.35	1,479	1,617	91.5%	481	747	53	177	21
Census Tract 74.56	957	1,047	91.4%	157	662	70	56	12
Census Tract 47	789	865	91.2%	24	21	145	143	456
Census Tract 51	1,109	1,217	91.1%	57	145	144	150	613
Census Tract 70.02	1,392	1,541	90.3%	388	401	572	18	13
Census Tract 62.02	1,707	1,893	90.2%	142	224	512	159	670
Census Tract 21	934	1,039	89.9%	29	96	90	44	675
Census Tract 30	2,196	2,481	88.5%	69	269	497	488	873
Census Tract 63.02	1,546	1,747	88.5%	207	636	644	27	32
Census Tract 69.04	1,458	1,649	88.4%	286	767	375	9	21
Census Tract 42	721	821	87.8%	41	39	118	62	461
Census Tract 23	966	1,102	87.7%	138	316	145	35	332
Census Tract 34.01	1,411	1,609	87.7%	95	228	728	201	159
Census Tract 33	627	717	87.4%	46	55	38	105	383
Census Tract 68.04	585	669	87.4%	57	249	218	0	61
Census Tract 7	514	589	87.3%	24	170	24	5	291
Census Tract 38	1,507	1,732	87.0%	161	237	133	48	928
Census Tract 74.24	1,354	1,564	86.6%	552	540	123	65	74
Census Tract 3	989	1,149	86.1%	33	24	34	34	864
Census Tract 69.03	881	1,024	86.0%	145	647	75	0	14
Census Tract 26	560	655	85.5%	0	51	12	14	483
Census Tract 65.03	964	1,130	85.3%	262	408	197	69	28
Census Tract 20	1,037	1,232	84.2%	114	13	14	14	882
Census Tract 59.01	879	1,047	84.0%	35	76	187	225	356
Census Tract 63.03	911	1,085	84.0%	188	149	373	105	96
Census Tract 74.48	1,052	1,252	84.0%	331	703	10	0	8
Census Tract 74.58	1,121	1,334	84.0%	472	529	71	22	27
Census Tract 57	1,926	2,296	83.9%	113	110	424	250	1,029
Census Tract 60	1,355	1,623	83.5%	62	172	420	109	592
Census Tract 50	1,668	2,001	83.4%	25	315	137	392	799
Census Tract 67.03	1,194	1,431	83.4%	355	743	87	9	0
Census Tract 35	1,753	2,105	83.3%	207	579	628	207	132
Census Tract 54	1,210	1,467	82.5%	56	128	137	52	837
Census Tract 70.03	830	1,007	82.4%	80	207	448	44	51
Census Tract 65.04	1,439	1,763	81.6%	308	453	410	149	119
Census Tract 39	916	1,130	81.1%	25	113	61	89	628
Census Tract 49	1,858	2,315	80.3%	199	241	390	128	900
Census Tract 74.36	1,574	1,978	79.6%	581	762	152	52	27
Census Tract 68.05	1,144	1,449	79.0%	85	327	658	46	28
Census Tract 45	1,375	1,748	78.7%	10	296	175	111	783
Census Tract 68.03	717	915	78.4%	224	314	116	0	63
Census Tract 19	1,150	1,478	77.8%	21	122	308	99	600
Census Tract 59.02	688	892	77.1%	116	128	81	65	298
Census Tract 52	481	628	76.6%	91	12	22	75	281
Census Tract 6	455	598	76.1%	50	53	34	0	318
Census Tract 67.04	631	831	75.9%	502	112	17	0	0
Census Tract 67.01	1,340	1,773	75.6%	144	377	623	79	117
Census Tract 74.50	942	1,261	74.7%	764	166	0	0	12
Census Tract 74.06	1,929	2,586	74.6%	1,388	432	47	0	62
Census Tract 27	661	887	74.5%	20	15	165	54	407
Census Tract 73.04	479	653	73.4%	266	128	23	32	30
Census Tract 74.33	1,364	1,867	73.1%	918	329	35	36	46
Census Tract 8	645	883	73.0%	0	123	35	81	406
Census Tract 18	2,450	3,372	72.7%	57	145	237	359	1,652
Census Tract 74.63	1,203	1,658	72.6%	1,038	111	30	7	17
Census Tract 69.06	1,243	1,718	72.4%	58	359	804	0	22
Census Tract 74.07	1,193	1,658	72.0%	471	647	60	0	15
Census Tract 74.08	1,423	1,977	72.0%	508	755	129	0	31
Census Tract 74.57	993	1,390	71.4%	736	143	7	11	96
Census Tract 66.03	1,003	1,428	70.2%	386	223	283	17	94
Census Tract 68.06	850	1,227	69.3%	159	277	280	47	87
Census Tract 53	692	1,017	68.0%	32	161	110	36	353
Census Tract 71.02	945	1,391	67.9%	92	318	135	80	320
Census Tract 44	558	832	67.1%	32	0	18	49	459
Census Tract 29	1,177	1,767	66.6%	250	171	56	142	558
Census Tract 74.64	957	1,439	66.5%	482	425	42	0	8
Census Tract 4	579	874	66.2%	76	46	52	16	389
Census Tract 74.59	1,155	1,771	65.2%	188	440	273	96	158
Census Tract 22	465	719	64.7%	14	42	10	21	378
Census Tract 65.06	994	1,549	64.2%	145	727	111	0	11
Census Tract 65.05	500	793	63.1%	200	237	37	12	14
Census Tract 74.73	25	40	62.5%	4	1	5	10	5
Census Tract 73.12	797	1,299	61.4%	430	284	39	0	44
Census Tract 74.68	656	1,084	60.5%	443	156	33	16	8
Census Tract 74.62	1,094	1,812	60.4%	990	73	29	0	2
Census Tract 74.45	719	1,200	59.9%	433	267	12	7	0
Census Tract 43	1,162	1,996	58.2%	191	112	111	84	664
Census Tract 74.09	516	894	57.7%	200	276	9	0	31
Census Tract 74.34	873	1,528	57.1%	489	232	115	0	37
Census Tract 66.06	800	1,403	57.0%	153	186	295	17	149