Lead Paint Risk in Ocean County, New Jersey

48.9%Pre-1978 Housing

144,375Pre-1978 Units

295,201Total Housing Units

145Census 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

144,375 housing units in Ocean County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 48.9%, 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 145 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 7312.06	1,569	1,686	93.1%	1,192	290	60	18	9
Census Tract 7154.03	772	864	89.4%	278	204	154	55	81
Census Tract 7136	1,098	1,243	88.3%	223	388	361	77	49
Census Tract 7222	1,447	1,696	85.3%	329	1,012	96	0	10
Census Tract 7240	939	1,112	84.4%	119	588	169	22	41
Census Tract 7391	1,131	1,341	84.3%	771	162	160	11	27
Census Tract 7201.04	2,040	2,423	84.2%	1,534	361	117	28	0
Census Tract 7227.02	1,245	1,478	84.2%	729	403	78	9	26
Census Tract 7230	1,831	2,210	82.9%	735	799	287	0	10
Census Tract 7202.02	2,129	2,623	81.2%	1,316	461	267	60	25
Census Tract 7159.02	2,618	3,265	80.2%	729	1,611	202	76	0
Census Tract 7251	658	821	80.1%	189	53	145	95	176
Census Tract 7290	974	1,231	79.1%	41	216	263	123	331
Census Tract 7210	838	1,069	78.4%	199	208	125	135	171
Census Tract 7280.04	800	1,032	77.5%	26	139	254	207	174
Census Tract 7112	1,339	1,765	75.9%	250	455	416	106	112
Census Tract 7280.01	1,694	2,232	75.9%	227	270	689	239	269
Census Tract 7170.01	867	1,156	75.0%	262	486	80	39	0
Census Tract 7320.03	1,285	1,750	73.4%	921	165	118	64	17
Census Tract 7113	1,326	1,808	73.3%	377	243	499	121	86
Census Tract 7300	778	1,065	73.1%	92	115	160	117	294
Census Tract 7231	1,252	1,721	72.7%	87	331	464	185	185
Census Tract 7154.01	770	1,065	72.3%	176	248	221	17	108
Census Tract 7280.03	1,277	1,775	71.9%	252	57	211	486	271
Census Tract 7130	1,290	1,810	71.3%	357	341	477	31	84
Census Tract 7235	1,056	1,498	70.5%	110	102	453	184	207
Census Tract 7236	946	1,345	70.3%	49	188	176	442	91
Census Tract 7224.01	1,520	2,164	70.2%	605	588	221	85	21
Census Tract 7131	1,757	2,509	70.0%	678	258	587	180	54
Census Tract 7260	622	894	69.6%	86	37	86	38	375
Census Tract 7232	1,560	2,243	69.5%	553	845	53	18	91
Census Tract 7101.02	741	1,071	69.2%	148	143	162	58	230
Census Tract 7139	1,675	2,430	68.9%	392	358	528	214	183
Census Tract 7133	1,659	2,414	68.7%	1,238	326	66	29	0
Census Tract 7138	1,088	1,613	67.5%	231	214	399	138	106
Census Tract 7280.02	1,342	1,989	67.5%	122	173	232	247	568
Census Tract 7134.02	1,124	1,667	67.4%	365	147	571	31	10
Census Tract 7101.01	1,198	1,785	67.1%	39	177	575	118	289
Census Tract 7226	872	1,304	66.9%	409	363	63	0	37
Census Tract 7111	1,358	2,098	64.7%	203	410	425	152	168
Census Tract 7140	1,622	2,508	64.7%	901	471	231	19	0
Census Tract 7330.01	1,689	2,619	64.5%	321	538	635	81	114
Census Tract 7154.04	601	934	64.3%	146	65	27	0	363
Census Tract 7132.01	689	1,073	64.2%	433	143	65	10	38
Census Tract 7234	1,264	2,017	62.7%	174	457	611	0	22
Census Tract 7114	1,766	2,851	61.9%	401	470	668	91	136
Census Tract 7142	1,761	2,843	61.9%	634	498	376	68	185
Census Tract 7233	1,691	2,761	61.2%	718	546	283	68	76
Census Tract 7270.01	1,824	2,980	61.2%	190	425	572	426	211
Census Tract 7310.02	1,277	2,099	60.8%	227	395	249	35	371
Census Tract 7312.03	906	1,500	60.4%	673	198	26	0	9
Census Tract 7390	2,815	4,669	60.3%	410	841	755	397	412
Census Tract 7201.02	1,835	3,073	59.7%	1,090	604	141	0	0
Census Tract 7250.01	736	1,238	59.5%	275	265	75	71	50
Census Tract 7312.02	1,885	3,171	59.4%	1,534	272	79	0	0
Census Tract 7229	1,500	2,550	58.8%	667	645	171	0	17
Census Tract 7392	1,627	2,769	58.8%	374	369	284	113	487
Census Tract 7360.02	474	814	58.2%	100	74	75	41	184
Census Tract 7137	749	1,310	57.2%	207	238	198	27	79
Census Tract 7132.02	823	1,441	57.1%	561	93	53	69	47
Census Tract 7380.01	3,212	5,739	56.0%	320	851	1,235	447	359
Census Tract 7370	1,032	1,870	55.2%	244	178	296	52	262
Census Tract 7361.05	1,752	3,190	54.9%	554	1,024	147	27	0
Census Tract 7174	1,396	2,552	54.7%	944	128	103	106	115
Census Tract 7201.07	963	1,762	54.7%	383	500	80	0	0
Census Tract 7225	2,304	4,264	54.0%	235	478	1,187	302	102
Census Tract 7250.02	1,140	2,121	53.7%	648	254	132	94	12
Census Tract 7311.02	1,377	2,603	52.9%	858	364	69	36	50
Census Tract 7380.02	1,855	3,567	52.0%	517	640	272	142	284
Census Tract 7321.01	1,387	2,698	51.4%	764	392	221	10	0
Census Tract 7320.04	943	1,851	50.9%	622	105	132	32	52
Census Tract 7321.04	1,150	2,268	50.7%	445	475	187	15	28
Census Tract 7153.01	1,066	2,109	50.5%	476	228	232	39	91
Census Tract 7170.02	851	1,705	49.9%	366	386	66	15	18
Census Tract 7155.01	588	1,209	48.6%	346	122	70	15	35
Census Tract 7134.01	999	2,065	48.4%	483	144	264	83	25
Census Tract 7351.05	1,403	2,904	48.3%	532	740	102	20	9
Census Tract 7340.02	1,389	2,894	48.0%	919	193	91	39	147
Census Tract 7202.04	1,004	2,126	47.2%	618	210	66	20	90
Census Tract 7224.02	963	2,052	46.9%	416	374	129	0	44
Census Tract 7160	1,545	3,316	46.6%	1,027	285	186	0	47
Census Tract 7201.06	818	1,791	45.7%	637	122	26	33	0
Census Tract 7312.01	1,432	3,155	45.4%	1,093	58	227	29	25
Census Tract 7340.03	1,270	2,801	45.3%	1,031	55	0	21	163
Census Tract 7381	1,936	4,277	45.3%	553	793	373	91	126
Census Tract 7223	605	1,338	45.2%	340	147	45	60	13
Census Tract 7310.01	807	1,803	44.8%	422	198	170	0	17
Census Tract 7270.02	1,076	2,428	44.3%	184	332	422	73	65
Census Tract 7143	750	1,698	44.2%	159	288	191	103	9
Census Tract 7321.03	683	1,580	43.2%	304	203	86	13	77
Census Tract 7155.03	351	823	42.6%	143	98	73	6	31
Census Tract 7150.02	396	954	41.5%	303	45	38	10	0
Census Tract 7200.01	950	2,304	41.2%	843	48	24	0	35
Census Tract 7153.03	250	615	40.7%	104	23	69	5	49
Census Tract 7228	736	1,829	40.2%	291	223	76	69	77
Census Tract 7220.04	657	1,644	40.0%	347	284	17	9	0
Census Tract 7311.01	591	1,488	39.7%	219	215	121	0	36
Census Tract 7227.01	726	1,839	39.5%	534	89	103	0	0
Census Tract 7132.03	902	2,309	39.1%	514	258	59	15	56
Census Tract 7350.03	562	1,468	38.3%	342	56	131	11	22