Lead Paint Risk in Hudson County, New Jersey

63.6%Pre-1978 Housing

201,689Pre-1978 Units

317,032Total Housing Units

183Census 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

201,689 housing units in Hudson County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 63.6%, 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 183 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 69	38	38	100.0%	0	19	0	0	19
Census Tract 107.01	1,072	1,096	97.8%	156	169	109	91	547
Census Tract 144.01	1,289	1,342	96.1%	212	231	159	99	588
Census Tract 181	1,544	1,626	95.0%	44	83	155	95	1,167
Census Tract 123	867	914	94.9%	96	112	132	156	371
Census Tract 56	1,405	1,485	94.6%	240	131	307	230	497
Census Tract 132	1,593	1,695	94.0%	47	216	338	239	753
Census Tract 111	1,713	1,827	93.8%	333	214	285	61	820
Census Tract 176	1,213	1,299	93.4%	190	353	111	52	507
Census Tract 142	1,940	2,088	92.9%	49	114	276	365	1,136
Census Tract 187.02	2,149	2,326	92.4%	82	287	47	205	1,528
Census Tract 158.02	2,465	2,682	91.9%	698	532	615	21	599
Census Tract 180	1,922	2,093	91.8%	187	246	80	135	1,274
Census Tract 149	964	1,056	91.3%	243	129	79	73	440
Census Tract 43	1,009	1,111	90.8%	64	100	144	157	544
Census Tract 115	1,222	1,346	90.8%	86	83	38	60	955
Census Tract 124	1,001	1,108	90.3%	32	0	67	307	595
Census Tract 145.01	2,060	2,281	90.3%	689	338	277	341	415
Census Tract 169	1,122	1,243	90.3%	134	55	220	35	678
Census Tract 187.01	839	929	90.3%	31	6	22	40	740
Census Tract 152.02	2,621	2,911	90.0%	192	427	218	242	1,542
Census Tract 174	967	1,074	90.0%	174	103	178	84	428
Census Tract 35	1,115	1,240	89.9%	41	48	31	12	983
Census Tract 107.02	712	794	89.7%	43	103	129	280	157
Census Tract 188	1,695	1,917	88.4%	115	151	142	90	1,197
Census Tract 29	1,545	1,749	88.3%	159	82	293	142	869
Census Tract 130	1,157	1,313	88.1%	34	160	376	59	528
Census Tract 41.03	779	885	88.0%	35	72	182	103	387
Census Tract 62	1,677	1,911	87.8%	102	360	359	124	732
Census Tract 63	1,709	1,950	87.6%	230	343	428	110	598
Census Tract 41.04	1,537	1,761	87.3%	403	156	140	162	676
Census Tract 136	910	1,047	86.9%	94	88	42	86	600
Census Tract 102	1,190	1,386	85.9%	173	136	37	102	742
Census Tract 177	760	887	85.7%	100	315	46	69	230
Census Tract 186	1,051	1,228	85.6%	57	116	51	31	796
Census Tract 131	702	821	85.5%	96	124	122	52	308
Census Tract 112	2,366	2,776	85.2%	183	466	243	522	952
Census Tract 31.01	1,381	1,622	85.1%	50	168	30	360	773
Census Tract 173	904	1,062	85.1%	37	362	44	58	403
Census Tract 49	1,421	1,676	84.8%	57	150	378	260	576
Census Tract 140	1,691	1,994	84.8%	58	374	257	216	786
Census Tract 150.01	1,166	1,379	84.6%	894	195	0	46	31
Census Tract 4	1,244	1,476	84.3%	137	212	218	133	544
Census Tract 144.02	1,003	1,192	84.1%	100	150	18	51	684
Census Tract 24	1,310	1,564	83.8%	24	79	43	72	1,092
Census Tract 324	2,064	2,464	83.8%	162	391	167	591	753
Census Tract 70.01	1,002	1,197	83.7%	411	65	84	143	299
Census Tract 141.02	1,913	2,285	83.7%	312	490	109	218	784
Census Tract 200	1,529	1,827	83.7%	131	288	317	177	616
Census Tract 126	1,234	1,480	83.4%	90	287	338	51	468
Census Tract 3	1,402	1,702	82.4%	214	143	123	128	794
Census Tract 18	1,428	1,737	82.2%	270	90	135	183	750
Census Tract 46	879	1,073	81.9%	16	78	102	20	663
Census Tract 10	670	819	81.8%	88	68	84	72	358
Census Tract 116	1,534	1,883	81.5%	96	273	671	98	396
Census Tract 105	1,912	2,358	81.1%	218	201	225	345	923
Census Tract 31.02	1,195	1,476	81.0%	109	131	106	233	616
Census Tract 125	1,126	1,401	80.4%	102	181	61	121	661
Census Tract 127	1,603	1,993	80.4%	401	236	251	265	450
Census Tract 134	690	860	80.2%	137	69	46	65	373
Census Tract 157	1,190	1,483	80.2%	220	112	296	178	384
Census Tract 147	1,457	1,819	80.1%	201	165	262	160	669
Census Tract 14	1,458	1,824	79.9%	248	241	106	0	863
Census Tract 7	1,358	1,701	79.8%	227	141	173	50	767
Census Tract 171	1,565	1,966	79.6%	136	86	129	218	996
Census Tract 114	1,199	1,514	79.2%	202	154	123	87	633
Census Tract 110	879	1,116	78.8%	221	77	135	55	391
Census Tract 53	1,035	1,322	78.3%	80	158	106	170	521
Census Tract 60	1,567	2,013	77.8%	34	363	255	411	504
Census Tract 182	1,802	2,319	77.7%	187	49	245	23	1,298
Census Tract 101	2,048	2,640	77.6%	382	348	331	119	868
Census Tract 71	1,331	1,722	77.3%	100	212	110	81	828
Census Tract 20.02	1,304	1,690	77.2%	126	360	107	61	650
Census Tract 113	1,087	1,409	77.1%	103	112	192	64	616
Census Tract 61.02	950	1,235	76.9%	152	22	301	127	348
Census Tract 28	1,981	2,587	76.6%	171	287	511	258	754
Census Tract 2	1,667	2,178	76.5%	251	290	96	66	964
Census Tract 178	2,297	3,014	76.2%	331	194	419	229	1,124
Census Tract 6	1,829	2,412	75.8%	165	148	155	178	1,183
Census Tract 40	1,529	2,016	75.8%	95	202	359	229	644
Census Tract 64	1,481	1,953	75.8%	79	47	116	124	1,115
Census Tract 108	1,238	1,634	75.8%	304	329	228	41	336
Census Tract 41.02	1,262	1,669	75.6%	326	56	66	13	801
Census Tract 184.01	1,225	1,625	75.4%	164	84	94	59	824
Census Tract 23	1,046	1,394	75.0%	140	34	75	56	741
Census Tract 1.02	991	1,325	74.8%	135	209	43	54	550
Census Tract 172	942	1,261	74.7%	72	137	86	139	508
Census Tract 30	1,184	1,589	74.5%	41	247	113	98	685
Census Tract 153	1,355	1,821	74.4%	174	273	197	158	553
Census Tract 161	1,019	1,380	73.8%	89	78	138	441	273
Census Tract 137	895	1,218	73.5%	97	109	136	104	449
Census Tract 129	988	1,348	73.3%	0	48	243	120	577
Census Tract 106.01	1,008	1,378	73.1%	405	111	154	31	307
Census Tract 103	1,078	1,479	72.9%	53	272	78	144	531
Census Tract 11	1,750	2,417	72.4%	207	48	152	51	1,292
Census Tract 194	1,146	1,589	72.1%	550	179	66	35	316
Census Tract 104	1,598	2,219	72.0%	67	304	288	239	700
Census Tract 166	991	1,379	71.9%	146	261	190	131	263
Census Tract 143	1,480	2,072	71.4%	429	141	97	256	557
Census Tract 135	1,413	2,000	70.7%	145	345	203	53	667