Lead Paint Risk in Monmouth County, New Jersey

57.2%Pre-1978 Housing

154,268Pre-1978 Units

269,728Total Housing Units

155Census 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

154,268 housing units in Monmouth County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 57.2%, 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 155 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 8071	1,194	1,289	92.6%	36	180	229	77	672
Census Tract 8109	970	1,094	88.7%	225	192	140	29	384
Census Tract 8025	1,088	1,239	87.8%	126	143	312	199	308
Census Tract 8063	1,024	1,166	87.8%	113	200	224	72	415
Census Tract 8084.01	1,318	1,506	87.5%	209	234	441	10	424
Census Tract 8099.03	42	48	87.5%	34	0	0	8	0
Census Tract 8035	1,288	1,474	87.4%	110	228	308	77	565
Census Tract 8074.02	1,281	1,469	87.2%	19	30	85	117	1,030
Census Tract 8105.04	1,429	1,644	86.9%	570	817	23	9	10
Census Tract 8124	1,613	1,857	86.9%	171	130	161	152	999
Census Tract 8120	623	721	86.4%	131	42	154	76	220
Census Tract 8065.04	1,083	1,258	86.1%	298	579	152	54	0
Census Tract 8085.02	1,243	1,449	85.8%	96	188	184	259	516
Census Tract 8080.02	763	901	84.7%	76	224	368	31	64
Census Tract 8016	1,950	2,308	84.5%	334	346	519	208	543
Census Tract 8114.02	1,097	1,318	83.2%	230	797	70	0	0
Census Tract 8034	1,640	1,984	82.7%	173	169	480	135	683
Census Tract 8110	1,010	1,225	82.4%	311	200	142	58	299
Census Tract 8107	688	837	82.2%	95	103	223	65	202
Census Tract 8020	1,554	1,895	82.0%	279	369	330	55	521
Census Tract 8066	1,745	2,140	81.5%	106	396	647	294	302
Census Tract 8064	1,486	1,838	80.8%	297	419	382	137	251
Census Tract 8062.01	745	926	80.5%	160	158	210	36	181
Census Tract 8083	1,010	1,254	80.5%	153	119	93	91	554
Census Tract 8024	1,628	2,034	80.0%	477	435	591	57	68
Census Tract 8023	1,435	1,801	79.7%	306	216	856	0	57
Census Tract 8031	1,222	1,534	79.7%	405	509	66	76	166
Census Tract 8014	1,197	1,514	79.1%	124	141	724	103	105
Census Tract 8036.01	1,017	1,287	79.0%	407	214	98	0	298
Census Tract 8036.02	1,137	1,439	79.0%	150	80	80	156	671
Census Tract 8075	1,067	1,351	79.0%	119	240	310	137	261
Census Tract 8093.01	985	1,247	79.0%	103	141	125	54	562
Census Tract 8021	1,977	2,507	78.9%	575	718	608	34	42
Census Tract 8088	1,533	1,944	78.9%	293	457	444	191	148
Census Tract 8062.02	1,656	2,104	78.7%	424	352	502	104	274
Census Tract 8007.01	1,377	1,752	78.6%	237	489	584	18	49
Census Tract 8072	799	1,018	78.5%	35	116	230	54	364
Census Tract 8100.02	1,737	2,218	78.3%	1,334	381	0	22	0
Census Tract 8116	461	594	77.6%	208	34	95	37	87
Census Tract 8060	2,281	2,956	77.2%	661	688	182	208	542
Census Tract 8073	980	1,270	77.2%	88	88	75	12	717
Census Tract 8057	882	1,146	77.0%	33	97	49	151	552
Census Tract 8081	1,755	2,281	76.9%	365	206	131	363	690
Census Tract 8074.01	1,041	1,362	76.4%	13	38	115	59	816
Census Tract 8042	1,789	2,352	76.1%	194	397	681	117	400
Census Tract 8004	1,066	1,404	75.9%	179	138	170	83	496
Census Tract 8022	1,100	1,458	75.4%	103	249	480	61	207
Census Tract 8094	1,576	2,093	75.3%	292	353	460	139	332
Census Tract 8082.01	972	1,300	74.8%	178	188	56	39	511
Census Tract 8019	1,238	1,657	74.7%	66	349	115	128	580
Census Tract 8037	1,550	2,082	74.4%	80	179	676	196	419
Census Tract 8050.01	2,024	2,728	74.2%	558	756	436	218	56
Census Tract 8002	1,528	2,084	73.3%	151	349	315	110	603
Census Tract 8070.04	1,818	2,485	73.2%	371	297	184	117	849
Census Tract 8013	1,843	2,522	73.1%	1,058	265	391	57	72
Census Tract 8029	556	766	72.6%	65	427	40	12	12
Census Tract 8101.01	1,077	1,501	71.8%	62	918	42	9	46
Census Tract 8084.02	1,644	2,329	70.6%	233	271	289	211	640
Census Tract 8061	1,301	1,845	70.5%	198	211	491	34	367
Census Tract 8089.01	1,007	1,432	70.3%	447	316	134	19	91
Census Tract 8059	1,418	2,035	69.7%	84	339	131	79	785
Census Tract 8076	809	1,184	68.3%	123	117	214	121	234
Census Tract 8008	1,700	2,521	67.4%	136	327	1,060	96	81
Census Tract 8080.01	1,086	1,613	67.3%	200	377	296	45	168
Census Tract 8123	1,367	2,051	66.7%	85	205	533	275	269
Census Tract 8001.01	1,356	2,044	66.3%	389	142	80	159	586
Census Tract 8006.02	851	1,286	66.2%	200	136	269	51	195
Census Tract 8122	1,284	1,940	66.2%	343	189	430	96	226
Census Tract 8012	809	1,227	65.9%	284	409	108	0	8
Census Tract 8038	744	1,129	65.9%	152	174	174	0	244
Census Tract 8018	1,480	2,253	65.7%	234	202	735	95	214
Census Tract 8011	1,045	1,595	65.5%	391	183	308	70	93
Census Tract 8089.02	859	1,311	65.5%	246	344	212	6	51
Census Tract 8092	764	1,188	64.3%	80	114	242	160	168
Census Tract 8082.02	985	1,536	64.1%	357	58	77	172	321
Census Tract 8017	1,184	1,850	64.0%	220	230	317	121	296
Census Tract 8070.06	886	1,390	63.7%	163	221	77	52	373
Census Tract 8010	1,101	1,783	61.7%	377	369	313	7	35
Census Tract 8041	1,160	1,884	61.6%	617	282	117	21	123
Census Tract 8090	703	1,146	61.3%	73	59	172	139	260
Census Tract 8007.02	874	1,427	61.2%	290	92	436	9	47
Census Tract 8055	1,120	1,856	60.3%	465	122	99	118	316
Census Tract 8078	966	1,615	59.8%	196	368	295	40	67
Census Tract 8121	691	1,157	59.7%	331	86	104	26	144
Census Tract 8099.01	1,132	1,900	59.6%	476	466	50	12	128
Census Tract 8015	1,446	2,445	59.1%	274	251	884	37	0
Census Tract 8039	786	1,330	59.1%	55	75	203	130	323
Census Tract 8005	924	1,565	59.0%	137	118	234	69	366
Census Tract 8093.02	1,251	2,125	58.9%	104	189	204	482	272
Census Tract 8077	1,021	1,747	58.4%	204	408	164	95	150
Census Tract 8086	1,177	2,017	58.4%	394	224	349	92	118
Census Tract 8091	1,163	1,991	58.4%	78	38	219	153	675
Census Tract 8112	1,268	2,214	57.3%	222	278	517	134	117
Census Tract 8054	1,306	2,309	56.6%	208	109	290	195	504
Census Tract 8108	724	1,281	56.5%	164	23	64	111	362
Census Tract 8096	1,406	2,494	56.4%	455	834	69	0	48
Census Tract 8006.01	1,158	2,059	56.2%	93	73	178	259	555
Census Tract 8001.02	525	952	55.1%	330	32	11	5	147
Census Tract 8030	1,269	2,319	54.7%	291	263	207	148	360
Census Tract 8105.05	629	1,154	54.5%	227	285	54	0	63