Lead Paint Risk in Bergen County, New Jersey

74.6%Pre-1978 Housing

275,005Pre-1978 Units

368,535Total Housing Units

203Census 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

275,005 housing units in Bergen County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 74.6%, compared with the state rate of 63.6%.
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 203 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 462	1,705	1,718	99.2%	54	167	392	143	949
Census Tract 173.01	1,233	1,251	98.6%	34	151	290	424	334
Census Tract 541.01	1,430	1,464	97.7%	66	117	538	363	346
Census Tract 392	1,914	1,969	97.2%	83	747	919	64	101
Census Tract 331	1,367	1,414	96.7%	10	88	645	353	271
Census Tract 173.02	1,024	1,063	96.3%	37	144	413	101	329
Census Tract 101	2,093	2,176	96.2%	73	212	863	651	294
Census Tract 175.02	1,355	1,408	96.2%	83	112	650	322	188
Census Tract 545	1,544	1,613	95.7%	52	157	321	308	706
Census Tract 372.01	1,400	1,465	95.6%	57	175	588	286	294
Census Tract 31	1,883	1,975	95.3%	230	171	761	331	390
Census Tract 561	1,570	1,655	94.9%	59	276	755	292	188
Census Tract 514	1,677	1,772	94.6%	67	97	373	194	946
Census Tract 33	2,210	2,339	94.5%	60	450	879	330	491
Census Tract 541.02	1,278	1,352	94.5%	0	40	541	145	552
Census Tract 472	1,520	1,619	93.9%	102	133	155	387	743
Census Tract 473	963	1,029	93.6%	34	83	166	78	602
Census Tract 381	2,376	2,542	93.5%	262	541	787	482	304
Census Tract 181.02	960	1,035	92.8%	141	12	218	133	456
Census Tract 512	936	1,010	92.7%	20	27	156	211	522
Census Tract 40.01	1,152	1,246	92.5%	66	127	268	88	603
Census Tract 463	1,732	1,872	92.5%	91	439	344	90	768
Census Tract 372.03	1,150	1,245	92.4%	0	136	660	322	32
Census Tract 174	1,779	1,931	92.1%	94	304	709	411	261
Census Tract 371	1,782	1,944	91.7%	103	275	640	372	392
Census Tract 304.02	1,496	1,635	91.5%	202	248	377	166	503
Census Tract 544	1,972	2,161	91.3%	31	197	426	416	902
Census Tract 251	2,197	2,408	91.2%	113	475	1,069	192	348
Census Tract 103	2,568	2,818	91.1%	148	338	742	435	905
Census Tract 252	1,946	2,136	91.1%	85	153	666	444	598
Census Tract 471	1,962	2,155	91.0%	26	380	769	359	428
Census Tract 303	1,603	1,764	90.9%	180	421	368	366	268
Census Tract 400.01	1,077	1,185	90.9%	98	309	357	49	264
Census Tract 221	1,244	1,372	90.7%	51	94	331	107	661
Census Tract 70.01	1,178	1,305	90.3%	61	125	443	219	330
Census Tract 112	1,678	1,861	90.2%	93	314	721	300	250
Census Tract 216	1,585	1,759	90.1%	278	306	283	269	449
Census Tract 111	1,476	1,642	89.9%	124	241	492	267	352
Census Tract 382	1,784	1,989	89.7%	99	203	635	255	592
Census Tract 171.02	708	790	89.6%	28	173	225	244	38
Census Tract 383	2,199	2,455	89.6%	139	317	869	396	478
Census Tract 332	930	1,042	89.3%	83	44	129	163	511
Census Tract 571.01	1,814	2,031	89.3%	297	852	344	215	106
Census Tract 233.01	1,006	1,129	89.1%	110	99	313	81	403
Census Tract 261	1,384	1,563	88.5%	79	509	467	27	302
Census Tract 542	1,592	1,806	88.2%	4	273	341	268	706
Census Tract 215	1,734	1,972	87.9%	84	205	603	197	645
Census Tract 461	1,578	1,799	87.7%	314	212	162	236	654
Census Tract 582	1,695	1,936	87.6%	74	506	893	197	25
Census Tract 475	1,943	2,223	87.4%	34	191	672	175	871
Census Tract 151	885	1,015	87.2%	33	84	151	100	517
Census Tract 152	2,194	2,523	87.0%	232	195	589	401	777
Census Tract 500	2,069	2,377	87.0%	19	456	762	319	513
Census Tract 592	1,929	2,218	87.0%	216	309	370	390	644
Census Tract 314	2,124	2,445	86.9%	115	465	530	271	743
Census Tract 511	2,014	2,322	86.7%	92	136	681	388	717
Census Tract 192.03	1,571	1,815	86.6%	317	930	169	18	137
Census Tract 400.02	1,354	1,564	86.6%	88	185	527	235	319
Census Tract 50	2,360	2,733	86.4%	289	289	699	267	816
Census Tract 171.01	1,606	1,870	85.9%	81	84	819	194	428
Census Tract 302.01	1,446	1,690	85.6%	189	284	326	160	487
Census Tract 474	1,832	2,140	85.6%	211	433	246	164	778
Census Tract 521	2,251	2,635	85.4%	215	192	1,003	469	372
Census Tract 301	1,822	2,140	85.1%	465	399	210	576	172
Census Tract 181.01	1,537	1,809	85.0%	297	106	358	223	553
Census Tract 175.01	1,255	1,479	84.9%	133	58	554	403	107
Census Tract 340.02	1,549	1,827	84.8%	41	161	679	258	410
Census Tract 211.01	1,311	1,552	84.5%	85	233	418	167	408
Census Tract 552.01	1,179	1,399	84.3%	57	183	379	86	474
Census Tract 482	2,277	2,704	84.2%	158	143	818	713	445
Census Tract 333	1,220	1,452	84.0%	245	206	295	224	250
Census Tract 280.02	1,352	1,612	83.9%	46	114	201	244	747
Census Tract 312	1,765	2,104	83.9%	145	180	383	276	781
Census Tract 280.01	1,633	1,953	83.6%	237	120	272	329	675
Census Tract 92	988	1,186	83.3%	24	170	275	119	400
Census Tract 372.04	1,478	1,774	83.3%	248	265	153	665	147
Census Tract 270	1,274	1,532	83.2%	208	240	270	235	321
Census Tract 40.02	1,625	1,957	83.0%	117	177	178	150	1,003
Census Tract 292	2,097	2,525	83.0%	103	569	605	169	651
Census Tract 546.02	1,633	1,969	82.9%	55	182	557	296	543
Census Tract 481	1,469	1,775	82.8%	141	403	211	396	318
Census Tract 140	2,181	2,641	82.6%	287	556	1,001	105	232
Census Tract 214	1,545	1,871	82.6%	140	364	313	232	496
Census Tract 262	1,578	1,916	82.4%	116	416	453	28	565
Census Tract 442.01	1,002	1,217	82.3%	168	273	310	114	137
Census Tract 612	1,053	1,279	82.3%	65	332	383	64	209
Census Tract 213	1,531	1,868	82.0%	42	224	440	163	662
Census Tract 543	1,858	2,276	81.6%	12	29	780	210	827
Census Tract 236.02	1,280	1,570	81.5%	157	511	96	205	311
Census Tract 102	1,467	1,803	81.4%	254	269	200	297	447
Census Tract 120.02	1,310	1,609	81.4%	132	346	541	102	189
Census Tract 451.02	1,129	1,396	80.9%	200	101	384	192	252
Census Tract 232.02	1,353	1,678	80.6%	197	624	105	48	379
Census Tract 421.02	1,247	1,547	80.6%	105	173	736	195	38
Census Tract 233.04	957	1,192	80.3%	356	149	237	106	109
Census Tract 234.01	1,458	1,819	80.2%	620	337	252	76	173
Census Tract 242	1,489	1,858	80.1%	341	313	364	49	422
Census Tract 552.02	1,164	1,454	80.1%	57	76	379	180	472
Census Tract 212	1,711	2,143	79.8%	166	266	399	504	376
Census Tract 600.01	1,263	1,585	79.7%	148	310	318	247	240