Lead Paint Risk in Erie County, New York

77.1%Pre-1978 Housing

339,366Pre-1978 Units

439,987Total Housing Units

261Census 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

339,366 housing units in Erie County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 77.1%, compared with the state rate of 74.7%.
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 261 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 35.02	1,054	1,054	100.0%	0	15	133	126	780
Census Tract 41	2,213	2,213	100.0%	37	23	577	506	1,070
Census Tract 42	1,646	1,646	100.0%	21	18	215	274	1,118
Census Tract 95.01	2,051	2,051	100.0%	87	164	551	341	908
Census Tract 9401	5	5	100.0%	0	5	0	0	0
Census Tract 9803	64	64	100.0%	0	0	0	0	64
Census Tract 9805	15	15	100.0%	0	0	0	0	15
Census Tract 8	2,149	2,156	99.7%	88	68	228	302	1,463
Census Tract 69.03	897	902	99.4%	39	18	4	6	830
Census Tract 111	951	957	99.4%	31	114	576	96	134
Census Tract 63.02	1,237	1,247	99.2%	0	74	26	59	1,078
Census Tract 33.01	1,975	1,993	99.1%	170	37	0	283	1,485
Census Tract 109.01	1,116	1,126	99.1%	37	312	495	85	187
Census Tract 63.01	2,383	2,408	99.0%	96	18	58	105	2,106
Census Tract 79.03	1,360	1,375	98.9%	65	110	1,040	94	51
Census Tract 102.01	1,123	1,137	98.8%	15	49	376	410	273
Census Tract 163	1,134	1,148	98.8%	62	11	123	60	878
Census Tract 99	1,588	1,609	98.7%	138	98	447	355	550
Census Tract 47.01	1,089	1,104	98.6%	10	47	30	140	862
Census Tract 49.01	1,030	1,047	98.4%	16	28	36	34	916
Census Tract 39.01	689	701	98.3%	23	22	151	203	290
Census Tract 65.01	1,587	1,614	98.3%	55	30	150	160	1,192
Census Tract 43	2,788	2,838	98.2%	46	229	647	205	1,661
Census Tract 78	2,389	2,434	98.2%	98	235	1,149	267	640
Census Tract 87	2,119	2,157	98.2%	83	72	210	515	1,239
Census Tract 101.03	1,937	1,973	98.2%	61	124	1,034	621	97
Census Tract 52.02	994	1,013	98.1%	2	18	33	104	837
Census Tract 97.02	1,792	1,826	98.1%	92	798	790	52	60
Census Tract 167	1,399	1,426	98.1%	8	59	284	166	882
Census Tract 170	1,464	1,493	98.1%	0	14	243	277	930
Census Tract 82.01	1,228	1,256	97.8%	64	90	744	225	105
Census Tract 9	1,220	1,249	97.7%	51	50	214	74	831
Census Tract 76	1,419	1,453	97.7%	24	195	928	60	212
Census Tract 19	1,671	1,716	97.4%	0	103	538	197	833
Census Tract 115	666	684	97.4%	17	90	234	57	268
Census Tract 104	1,041	1,071	97.2%	10	122	131	324	454
Census Tract 38	1,291	1,329	97.1%	98	79	139	247	728
Census Tract 69.04	1,209	1,245	97.1%	10	142	35	83	939
Census Tract 93.01	2,620	2,697	97.1%	82	309	1,054	1,061	114
Census Tract 28.02	490	505	97.0%	0	30	50	65	345
Census Tract 79.05	1,990	2,052	97.0%	236	620	1,094	0	40
Census Tract 98	809	834	97.0%	104	239	213	146	107
Census Tract 7	1,680	1,733	96.9%	41	55	406	290	888
Census Tract 88	1,782	1,839	96.9%	9	124	693	278	678
Census Tract 49.02	2,210	2,282	96.8%	69	35	146	101	1,859
Census Tract 101.01	2,048	2,115	96.8%	96	231	1,079	551	91
Census Tract 46.01	1,511	1,563	96.7%	103	113	470	80	745
Census Tract 100.03	1,630	1,687	96.6%	75	772	586	84	113
Census Tract 69.01	1,690	1,751	96.5%	28	57	57	170	1,378
Census Tract 80.03	2,447	2,536	96.5%	158	98	1,308	399	484
Census Tract 61	2,101	2,180	96.4%	26	84	24	112	1,855
Census Tract 16.02	695	722	96.3%	0	27	121	69	478
Census Tract 79.02	2,959	3,072	96.3%	302	157	2,142	219	139
Census Tract 80.01	2,301	2,396	96.0%	101	412	1,398	257	133
Census Tract 57	1,276	1,331	95.9%	136	118	197	113	712
Census Tract 17	926	967	95.8%	55	102	43	28	698
Census Tract 37	1,922	2,009	95.7%	0	133	169	269	1,351
Census Tract 68.02	1,658	1,733	95.7%	23	15	50	15	1,555
Census Tract 16.01	753	788	95.6%	73	54	12	73	541
Census Tract 100.01	1,445	1,511	95.6%	165	232	887	108	53
Census Tract 102.02	1,456	1,525	95.5%	33	64	505	331	523
Census Tract 50	1,280	1,342	95.4%	75	72	354	134	645
Census Tract 33.02	1,713	1,800	95.2%	0	78	383	159	1,093
Census Tract 139	1,002	1,052	95.2%	66	67	104	121	644
Census Tract 77	2,138	2,249	95.1%	31	141	516	93	1,357
Census Tract 66.02	1,358	1,429	95.0%	87	173	138	23	937
Census Tract 27.03	665	701	94.9%	72	13	140	0	440
Census Tract 106	1,024	1,079	94.9%	20	148	569	123	164
Census Tract 110	823	868	94.8%	16	84	339	59	325
Census Tract 123	1,650	1,741	94.8%	133	136	313	268	800
Census Tract 81.02	2,006	2,119	94.7%	145	68	697	651	445
Census Tract 67.02	2,358	2,496	94.5%	208	228	57	28	1,837
Census Tract 10	2,848	3,017	94.4%	19	81	641	153	1,954
Census Tract 105	1,002	1,062	94.4%	0	33	450	225	294
Census Tract 84	1,044	1,107	94.3%	24	162	369	197	292
Census Tract 82.02	1,848	1,962	94.2%	211	224	505	476	432
Census Tract 91.14	1,619	1,719	94.2%	514	817	159	0	129
Census Tract 128	1,260	1,342	93.9%	46	144	243	203	624
Census Tract 44.01	2,122	2,263	93.8%	53	213	451	490	915
Census Tract 55	1,822	1,942	93.8%	51	62	133	112	1,464
Census Tract 89	2,014	2,146	93.8%	122	195	490	360	847
Census Tract 2	1,835	1,959	93.7%	36	22	244	313	1,220
Census Tract 95.03	995	1,063	93.6%	21	123	186	398	267
Census Tract 36	1,304	1,394	93.5%	44	36	104	213	907
Census Tract 52.01	1,532	1,639	93.5%	12	99	22	114	1,285
Census Tract 93.02	1,250	1,340	93.3%	53	127	723	301	46
Census Tract 125.02	926	992	93.3%	102	396	306	78	44
Census Tract 133	1,382	1,482	93.3%	171	87	432	254	438
Census Tract 51	2,488	2,675	93.0%	177	69	537	312	1,393
Census Tract 6	2,079	2,239	92.9%	74	20	608	278	1,099
Census Tract 27.04	592	638	92.8%	22	9	18	62	481
Census Tract 1.10	1,154	1,245	92.7%	70	240	119	150	575
Census Tract 58.02	1,914	2,066	92.6%	149	49	136	219	1,361
Census Tract 80.02	2,517	2,718	92.6%	11	239	952	853	462
Census Tract 53	477	516	92.4%	44	123	32	0	278
Census Tract 107	1,182	1,282	92.2%	57	383	623	91	28
Census Tract 103	584	636	91.8%	0	38	173	64	309
Census Tract 162	1,022	1,113	91.8%	106	269	169	165	313
Census Tract 48	1,694	1,847	91.7%	36	63	108	106	1,381
Census Tract 58.01	1,429	1,559	91.7%	102	34	378	107	808