Lead Paint Risk in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

47.8%Pre-1978 Housing

144,003Pre-1978 Units

301,278Total Housing Units

176Census 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

144,003 housing units in Bernalillo County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 47.8%, compared with the state rate of 43.6%.
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 176 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 2.08	1,399	1,436	97.4%	68	135	731	314	151
Census Tract 2.07	1,386	1,426	97.2%	163	319	867	34	3
Census Tract 1.24	2,509	2,628	95.5%	1,272	301	835	82	19
Census Tract 2.06	1,279	1,339	95.5%	92	204	933	50	0
Census Tract 1.27	1,092	1,154	94.6%	269	269	554	0	0
Census Tract 1.19	690	731	94.4%	86	458	146	0	0
Census Tract 1.23	1,899	2,041	93.0%	350	651	882	7	9
Census Tract 1.28	1,280	1,376	93.0%	151	239	852	17	21
Census Tract 1.14	1,207	1,314	91.9%	130	197	868	12	0
Census Tract 1.09	1,023	1,115	91.7%	285	675	44	12	7
Census Tract 11.01	2,157	2,353	91.7%	289	274	826	726	42
Census Tract 4.02	1,490	1,641	90.8%	88	272	878	206	46
Census Tract 9.04	1,704	1,877	90.8%	274	164	1,174	66	26
Census Tract 27	2,218	2,477	89.5%	0	224	514	225	1,255
Census Tract 1.16	1,285	1,452	88.5%	876	353	56	0	0
Census Tract 7.16	1,597	1,812	88.1%	494	472	540	80	11
Census Tract 5.03	1,842	2,096	87.9%	145	183	752	670	92
Census Tract 1.15	1,586	1,806	87.8%	662	283	533	62	46
Census Tract 2.03	919	1,050	87.5%	494	126	292	7	0
Census Tract 1.21	2,198	2,553	86.1%	660	370	1,124	44	0
Census Tract 37.39	962	1,117	86.1%	438	493	26	0	5
Census Tract 17.01	1,020	1,189	85.8%	33	46	181	338	422
Census Tract 9.05	738	861	85.7%	128	107	392	100	11
Census Tract 49	2,255	2,652	85.0%	391	643	318	242	661
Census Tract 37.25	1,728	2,046	84.5%	1,533	164	0	0	31
Census Tract 2.04	1,348	1,598	84.4%	207	190	938	6	7
Census Tract 1.18	999	1,210	82.6%	506	364	129	0	0
Census Tract 6.01	1,578	1,931	81.7%	109	494	927	8	40
Census Tract 11.02	1,264	1,563	80.9%	210	75	316	619	44
Census Tract 1.20	896	1,116	80.3%	200	194	502	0	0
Census Tract 1.17	916	1,142	80.2%	572	257	76	5	6
Census Tract 46.03	982	1,237	79.4%	125	484	264	56	53
Census Tract 15	1,304	1,648	79.1%	36	32	209	248	779
Census Tract 1.08	1,079	1,365	79.0%	883	66	62	0	68
Census Tract 43	1,726	2,228	77.5%	333	409	477	247	260
Census Tract 6.03	1,691	2,201	76.8%	366	445	438	300	142
Census Tract 32.01	1,056	1,376	76.7%	136	319	282	279	40
Census Tract 1.10	1,564	2,054	76.1%	494	669	367	34	0
Census Tract 13	1,158	1,529	75.7%	317	103	276	283	179
Census Tract 1.13	1,185	1,582	74.9%	945	196	10	34	0
Census Tract 24.03	1,179	1,580	74.6%	464	347	323	45	0
Census Tract 12.01	1,446	1,983	72.9%	314	283	507	242	100
Census Tract 37.24	1,161	1,594	72.8%	1,100	41	20	0	0
Census Tract 3	2,197	3,021	72.7%	229	561	647	666	94
Census Tract 24.04	874	1,203	72.7%	281	288	153	140	12
Census Tract 17.02	1,381	1,914	72.2%	264	103	296	288	430
Census Tract 1.29	1,780	2,473	72.0%	1,131	597	52	0	0
Census Tract 4.01	1,491	2,086	71.5%	281	230	751	207	22
Census Tract 44.01	761	1,064	71.5%	175	150	169	206	61
Census Tract 7.04	1,243	1,742	71.4%	743	397	64	39	0
Census Tract 35.02	1,527	2,156	70.8%	337	253	438	194	305
Census Tract 22	1,718	2,437	70.5%	219	324	254	417	504
Census Tract 2.05	1,165	1,659	70.2%	326	188	594	36	21
Census Tract 7.12	1,365	1,951	70.0%	1,032	165	147	0	21
Census Tract 5.01	1,147	1,650	69.5%	208	71	626	225	17
Census Tract 23.03	716	1,040	68.8%	124	129	73	273	117
Census Tract 1.22	1,500	2,187	68.6%	80	340	1,047	22	11
Census Tract 44.02	913	1,350	67.6%	127	131	378	177	100
Census Tract 23.02	904	1,342	67.4%	258	202	204	53	187
Census Tract 37.33	1,119	1,662	67.3%	808	174	137	0	0
Census Tract 45.01	862	1,285	67.1%	205	96	280	96	185
Census Tract 45.02	819	1,226	66.8%	117	225	257	150	70
Census Tract 37.12	1,594	2,392	66.6%	1,519	46	29	0	0
Census Tract 35.01	1,563	2,349	66.5%	370	287	453	351	102
Census Tract 1.11	755	1,138	66.3%	203	470	82	0	0
Census Tract 37.07	1,605	2,437	65.9%	1,182	403	20	0	0
Census Tract 37.18	784	1,191	65.8%	374	378	21	11	0
Census Tract 29	1,135	1,731	65.6%	118	189	420	239	169
Census Tract 9.08	1,304	1,990	65.5%	708	79	165	44	308
Census Tract 5.04	525	806	65.1%	118	116	178	67	46
Census Tract 46.04	1,045	1,606	65.1%	415	435	99	10	86
Census Tract 32.02	1,594	2,463	64.7%	173	295	710	371	45
Census Tract 9.06	1,642	2,560	64.1%	506	385	735	0	16
Census Tract 31	851	1,341	63.5%	475	147	119	36	74
Census Tract 1.07	840	1,339	62.7%	689	103	48	0	0
Census Tract 24.01	1,250	1,995	62.7%	360	244	515	131	0
Census Tract 46.02	970	1,567	61.9%	383	330	99	105	53
Census Tract 47.13	1,321	2,136	61.8%	662	325	325	0	9
Census Tract 6.05	1,151	1,869	61.6%	131	238	529	191	62
Census Tract 14	595	970	61.3%	87	49	220	76	163
Census Tract 9.07	677	1,108	61.1%	371	102	111	93	0
Census Tract 1.26	847	1,411	60.0%	441	301	92	13	0
Census Tract 7.20	1,246	2,167	57.5%	615	575	45	11	0
Census Tract 7.11	1,302	2,287	56.9%	1,122	93	73	0	14
Census Tract 30.01	1,176	2,065	56.9%	297	440	206	84	149
Census Tract 37.45	317	565	56.1%	85	162	18	52	0
Census Tract 23.01	378	679	55.7%	98	43	131	31	75
Census Tract 37.40	1,757	3,193	55.0%	842	692	190	18	15
Census Tract 18	292	562	52.0%	178	55	13	18	28
Census Tract 47.27	387	745	51.9%	374	13	0	0	0
Census Tract 36	1,371	2,675	51.3%	347	636	115	143	130
Census Tract 1.12	483	947	51.0%	407	70	6	0	0
Census Tract 7.13	1,433	2,812	51.0%	1,006	168	175	26	58
Census Tract 30.02	973	1,917	50.8%	307	185	134	236	111
Census Tract 9806	4	8	50.0%	0	0	4	0	0
Census Tract 37.19	1,518	3,132	48.5%	1,241	49	149	30	49
Census Tract 34	991	2,091	47.4%	764	112	115	0	0
Census Tract 38.05	531	1,150	46.2%	297	89	67	37	41
Census Tract 7.17	467	1,017	45.9%	284	125	38	0	20
Census Tract 20	633	1,381	45.8%	219	118	73	85	138