Lead Paint Risk in Essex County, New Jersey

74.9%Pre-1978 Housing

251,470Pre-1978 Units

335,550Total Housing Units

211Census 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

251,470 housing units in Essex County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 74.9%, 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 211 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 122	2,402	2,434	98.7%	203	530	536	292	841
Census Tract 202	1,725	1,760	98.0%	13	97	231	183	1,201
Census Tract 207	1,431	1,460	98.0%	25	268	620	333	185
Census Tract 138	1,724	1,776	97.1%	27	175	413	393	716
Census Tract 179	1,313	1,353	97.0%	32	28	340	133	780
Census Tract 195	1,273	1,312	97.0%	26	57	43	53	1,094
Census Tract 163	1,392	1,443	96.5%	50	222	138	90	892
Census Tract 161	1,128	1,173	96.2%	21	33	83	45	946
Census Tract 165	1,362	1,416	96.2%	52	0	38	110	1,162
Census Tract 134	1,386	1,446	95.9%	56	28	181	454	667
Census Tract 47	2,099	2,191	95.8%	57	308	245	553	936
Census Tract 145	1,619	1,691	95.7%	177	187	103	187	965
Census Tract 158	1,588	1,666	95.3%	260	147	204	164	813
Census Tract 141	1,452	1,532	94.8%	238	190	268	228	528
Census Tract 162	1,139	1,207	94.4%	38	97	317	34	653
Census Tract 191	1,199	1,270	94.4%	35	99	97	92	876
Census Tract 142	1,468	1,558	94.2%	191	152	187	323	615
Census Tract 211	2,092	2,225	94.0%	406	269	627	108	682
Census Tract 135	1,628	1,736	93.8%	63	147	290	204	924
Census Tract 172	1,041	1,110	93.8%	43	70	119	81	728
Census Tract 166	1,231	1,314	93.7%	43	62	55	42	1,029
Census Tract 164	1,245	1,333	93.4%	102	43	124	47	929
Census Tract 176	1,667	1,788	93.2%	252	149	299	156	811
Census Tract 6	1,459	1,569	93.0%	25	395	268	438	333
Census Tract 118	833	896	93.0%	197	57	109	48	422
Census Tract 124	1,850	1,994	92.8%	153	959	252	68	418
Census Tract 218.01	954	1,030	92.6%	39	518	243	47	107
Census Tract 24	1,316	1,424	92.4%	56	193	253	132	682
Census Tract 149	1,508	1,634	92.3%	42	57	461	286	662
Census Tract 156	1,866	2,023	92.2%	70	483	84	247	982
Census Tract 23	1,758	1,912	91.9%	155	430	295	213	665
Census Tract 178	1,166	1,269	91.9%	177	113	300	19	557
Census Tract 198	880	958	91.9%	0	69	38	39	734
Census Tract 108	895	975	91.8%	138	0	126	165	466
Census Tract 171	796	867	91.8%	115	99	14	86	482
Census Tract 188	1,605	1,755	91.5%	171	276	298	269	591
Census Tract 116	1,073	1,178	91.1%	66	179	135	320	373
Census Tract 160	2,326	2,553	91.1%	79	79	83	92	1,993
Census Tract 94	2,291	2,522	90.8%	628	525	223	172	743
Census Tract 148	1,117	1,230	90.8%	93	52	524	181	267
Census Tract 151	1,603	1,765	90.8%	129	268	280	202	724
Census Tract 212	1,345	1,481	90.8%	79	57	217	308	684
Census Tract 143	1,842	2,034	90.6%	167	102	168	483	922
Census Tract 218.03	1,412	1,561	90.5%	95	253	365	264	435
Census Tract 153	1,237	1,370	90.3%	17	425	142	210	443
Census Tract 9	1,342	1,487	90.2%	93	388	53	72	736
Census Tract 21	1,068	1,185	90.1%	66	93	82	268	559
Census Tract 190	1,517	1,684	90.1%	72	32	298	190	925
Census Tract 139	1,682	1,873	89.8%	183	284	547	142	526
Census Tract 22.02	1,121	1,258	89.1%	33	182	113	127	666
Census Tract 15	609	684	89.0%	168	114	91	148	88
Census Tract 22.04	605	680	89.0%	70	84	63	100	288
Census Tract 115	787	892	88.2%	67	67	135	42	476
Census Tract 130	1,514	1,727	87.7%	297	389	510	135	183
Census Tract 150	1,351	1,542	87.6%	142	111	434	253	411
Census Tract 104	2,012	2,300	87.5%	453	354	171	265	769
Census Tract 8	1,427	1,632	87.4%	13	358	94	211	751
Census Tract 44	646	739	87.4%	66	88	22	238	232
Census Tract 199	882	1,012	87.2%	14	71	81	73	643
Census Tract 203	1,684	1,934	87.1%	202	325	433	272	452
Census Tract 101	940	1,080	87.0%	87	59	281	120	393
Census Tract 189	1,434	1,651	86.9%	104	263	342	50	675
Census Tract 140	1,615	1,867	86.5%	334	457	489	104	231
Census Tract 192	1,080	1,248	86.5%	31	77	182	205	585
Census Tract 180	1,806	2,090	86.4%	75	234	645	199	653
Census Tract 214	2,258	2,619	86.2%	149	485	985	312	327
Census Tract 100	1,165	1,355	86.0%	77	41	283	187	577
Census Tract 177	1,573	1,830	86.0%	112	157	115	347	842
Census Tract 217.01	1,490	1,735	85.9%	87	278	263	79	783
Census Tract 19	658	772	85.2%	78	49	48	237	246
Census Tract 102	1,679	1,970	85.2%	135	196	307	451	590
Census Tract 169	923	1,083	85.2%	174	100	51	39	559
Census Tract 53	848	1,000	84.8%	95	26	157	211	359
Census Tract 146	1,484	1,755	84.6%	232	138	211	295	608
Census Tract 17	849	1,007	84.3%	153	37	185	74	400
Census Tract 119	733	872	84.1%	210	113	114	86	210
Census Tract 95	2,048	2,439	84.0%	493	600	147	244	564
Census Tract 144	1,481	1,764	84.0%	353	143	70	253	662
Census Tract 72	1,283	1,531	83.8%	359	221	118	114	471
Census Tract 182	1,570	1,875	83.7%	260	286	471	149	404
Census Tract 200	1,578	1,893	83.4%	58	321	422	141	636
Census Tract 170	1,139	1,373	83.0%	54	195	120	162	608
Census Tract 159	1,931	2,337	82.6%	98	116	278	362	1,077
Census Tract 127	1,303	1,581	82.4%	329	439	239	67	229
Census Tract 201	1,391	1,689	82.4%	155	507	383	136	210
Census Tract 3	1,654	2,010	82.3%	68	531	578	123	354
Census Tract 121	1,206	1,465	82.3%	183	260	323	30	410
Census Tract 123	1,780	2,166	82.2%	235	171	680	315	379
Census Tract 25	1,331	1,622	82.1%	0	0	480	131	720
Census Tract 49	1,511	1,845	81.9%	141	239	388	195	548
Census Tract 206	1,592	1,948	81.7%	148	567	455	281	141
Census Tract 187	1,961	2,404	81.6%	400	181	295	398	687
Census Tract 181	714	876	81.5%	140	183	51	133	207
Census Tract 196	1,877	2,308	81.3%	48	249	469	276	835
Census Tract 129	1,036	1,276	81.2%	34	72	126	37	767
Census Tract 131	689	849	81.2%	43	17	188	0	441
Census Tract 99	816	1,010	80.8%	183	356	119	0	158
Census Tract 75.02	1,043	1,294	80.6%	406	149	110	97	281
Census Tract 70	1,303	1,629	80.0%	429	317	132	121	304
Census Tract 126	1,077	1,346	80.0%	78	60	302	223	414