Lead Paint Risk in Middlesex County, New Jersey

58.1%Pre-1978 Housing

183,932Pre-1978 Units

316,633Total Housing Units

192Census 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

183,932 housing units in Middlesex County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 58.1%, 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 192 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 78.06	1,546	1,576	98.1%	151	1,128	235	23	9
Census Tract 31.01	900	931	96.7%	44	97	483	276	0
Census Tract 8.02	935	969	96.5%	156	185	356	112	126
Census Tract 9.01	784	820	95.6%	67	168	444	75	30
Census Tract 73.01	928	976	95.1%	79	422	427	0	0
Census Tract 68	1,692	1,783	94.9%	159	381	560	149	443
Census Tract 5.01	1,378	1,454	94.8%	87	550	427	97	217
Census Tract 66.07	920	974	94.5%	175	496	242	7	0
Census Tract 37	1,113	1,179	94.4%	166	312	449	30	156
Census Tract 44	1,595	1,710	93.3%	181	201	228	349	636
Census Tract 23.01	1,196	1,299	92.1%	174	211	699	108	4
Census Tract 28.05	869	945	92.0%	21	109	273	240	226
Census Tract 73.03	547	595	91.9%	25	189	310	23	0
Census Tract 19.03	1,480	1,622	91.2%	246	155	600	335	144
Census Tract 16	1,900	2,088	91.0%	210	376	852	198	264
Census Tract 8.01	1,130	1,244	90.8%	234	170	399	158	169
Census Tract 4.01	995	1,102	90.3%	269	242	142	76	266
Census Tract 79.05	775	861	90.0%	42	56	647	10	20
Census Tract 77.04	920	1,025	89.8%	41	418	408	23	30
Census Tract 73.05	1,386	1,549	89.5%	468	723	129	48	18
Census Tract 60.01	782	875	89.4%	155	192	377	21	37
Census Tract 32.01	1,193	1,337	89.2%	202	96	341	266	288
Census Tract 50	1,423	1,597	89.1%	69	288	284	51	731
Census Tract 10.01	964	1,084	88.9%	119	275	436	129	5
Census Tract 9802	95	107	88.8%	23	49	23	0	0
Census Tract 43	1,104	1,249	88.4%	280	18	303	155	348
Census Tract 15.02	1,919	2,176	88.2%	258	705	490	109	357
Census Tract 30.01	1,442	1,638	88.0%	70	122	537	369	344
Census Tract 38.01	1,646	1,875	87.8%	67	238	1,228	81	32
Census Tract 84.06	617	704	87.6%	488	86	18	0	25
Census Tract 79.08	1,795	2,052	87.5%	513	577	493	70	142
Census Tract 84.04	1,382	1,583	87.3%	396	420	525	25	16
Census Tract 18.03	1,022	1,172	87.2%	74	110	412	59	367
Census Tract 91.01	798	917	87.0%	40	290	263	76	129
Census Tract 3	2,349	2,725	86.2%	400	263	420	168	1,098
Census Tract 64.03	722	838	86.2%	98	223	322	76	3
Census Tract 23.02	1,002	1,167	85.9%	61	283	627	31	0
Census Tract 1.02	1,523	1,786	85.3%	156	396	801	81	89
Census Tract 60.02	1,054	1,241	84.9%	266	101	383	255	49
Census Tract 19.01	1,691	1,999	84.6%	245	1,014	230	99	103
Census Tract 53	714	845	84.5%	0	121	142	61	390
Census Tract 25	1,923	2,280	84.3%	66	251	783	715	108
Census Tract 63	2,213	2,632	84.1%	501	500	361	145	706
Census Tract 12	1,953	2,325	84.0%	399	552	551	90	361
Census Tract 9.02	1,561	1,862	83.8%	117	390	632	269	153
Census Tract 21.01	697	835	83.5%	15	33	308	178	163
Census Tract 22	1,192	1,428	83.5%	266	174	367	138	247
Census Tract 46	1,811	2,189	82.7%	312	380	36	154	929
Census Tract 78.05	1,151	1,398	82.3%	69	500	582	0	0
Census Tract 17.02	1,037	1,263	82.1%	110	120	672	55	80
Census Tract 35	1,105	1,349	81.9%	37	296	457	250	65
Census Tract 56.01	807	987	81.8%	102	61	205	205	234
Census Tract 21.02	1,184	1,458	81.2%	102	361	417	119	185
Census Tract 24.01	1,661	2,046	81.2%	109	547	779	148	78
Census Tract 17.01	1,534	1,891	81.1%	46	214	1,165	79	30
Census Tract 26.05	851	1,053	80.8%	103	134	271	243	100
Census Tract 82.09	1,016	1,258	80.8%	339	534	126	0	17
Census Tract 13	1,606	1,990	80.7%	99	246	231	219	811
Census Tract 31.02	1,464	1,818	80.5%	112	313	777	195	67
Census Tract 19.02	763	949	80.4%	76	95	225	124	243
Census Tract 32.03	1,226	1,524	80.4%	149	177	329	243	328
Census Tract 1.01	1,121	1,402	80.0%	92	643	260	15	111
Census Tract 71.01	1,149	1,442	79.7%	162	294	490	61	142
Census Tract 29.02	1,032	1,296	79.6%	109	101	104	77	641
Census Tract 58	1,254	1,581	79.3%	0	174	228	162	690
Census Tract 67.01	982	1,246	78.8%	129	396	274	109	74
Census Tract 66.01	639	816	78.3%	122	163	201	26	127
Census Tract 75	1,141	1,477	77.3%	88	225	210	41	577
Census Tract 40	1,456	1,889	77.1%	474	502	196	202	82
Census Tract 14.15	1,321	1,716	77.0%	162	660	341	45	113
Census Tract 41	843	1,102	76.5%	59	93	122	161	408
Census Tract 56.02	1,379	1,802	76.5%	139	116	157	237	730
Census Tract 48	1,603	2,109	76.0%	78	327	142	171	885
Census Tract 42	877	1,157	75.8%	0	8	184	112	573
Census Tract 7.02	1,537	2,032	75.6%	118	610	628	66	115
Census Tract 61.01	1,212	1,603	75.6%	170	195	328	267	252
Census Tract 70	2,065	2,753	75.0%	227	488	541	296	513
Census Tract 14.09	831	1,118	74.3%	292	396	119	0	24
Census Tract 69	928	1,253	74.1%	122	90	222	76	418
Census Tract 81.02	1,024	1,387	73.8%	130	402	393	67	32
Census Tract 24.02	346	472	73.3%	61	50	166	23	46
Census Tract 66.05	1,090	1,488	73.3%	557	426	73	34	0
Census Tract 4.04	1,636	2,239	73.1%	396	728	301	141	70
Census Tract 36.01	1,978	2,716	72.8%	131	311	289	328	919
Census Tract 65	1,553	2,133	72.8%	206	209	860	80	198
Census Tract 62.06	526	731	72.0%	175	184	72	9	86
Census Tract 82.06	2,056	2,881	71.4%	1,147	649	157	61	42
Census Tract 79.06	361	517	69.8%	63	210	18	17	53
Census Tract 49	1,730	2,491	69.5%	241	49	224	234	982
Census Tract 5.03	651	939	69.3%	260	264	96	31	0
Census Tract 5.04	1,390	2,017	68.9%	315	891	138	39	7
Census Tract 34.01	1,052	1,532	68.7%	33	182	248	91	498
Census Tract 79.07	926	1,354	68.4%	134	468	291	33	0
Census Tract 14.17	447	659	67.8%	89	275	66	13	4
Census Tract 77.03	796	1,178	67.6%	31	162	326	70	207
Census Tract 80.01	1,906	2,852	66.8%	233	501	538	152	482
Census Tract 18.04	1,020	1,538	66.3%	180	214	499	95	32
Census Tract 27.01	1,373	2,077	66.1%	460	349	193	317	54
Census Tract 47	939	1,421	66.1%	84	84	166	177	428
Census Tract 66.06	646	977	66.1%	231	318	14	28	55