Lead Paint Risk in Monroe County, New York

69.8%Pre-1978 Housing

235,823Pre-1978 Units

337,688Total Housing Units

211Census 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

235,823 housing units in Monroe County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 69.8%, 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 211 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 40	616	616	100.0%	75	53	76	47	365
Census Tract 9802	60	60	100.0%	0	38	22	0	0
Census Tract 31.02	1,507	1,511	99.7%	11	338	9	89	1,060
Census Tract 71	1,327	1,336	99.3%	0	139	146	83	959
Census Tract 62	1,232	1,246	98.9%	84	121	45	148	834
Census Tract 130.03	584	591	98.8%	0	131	301	42	110
Census Tract 20	2,334	2,364	98.7%	301	187	218	151	1,477
Census Tract 138	2,250	2,284	98.5%	149	178	634	566	723
Census Tract 57	698	710	98.3%	18	2	16	175	487
Census Tract 31.01	1,595	1,624	98.2%	99	71	0	115	1,310
Census Tract 77	1,419	1,445	98.2%	61	207	225	164	762
Census Tract 61	1,215	1,239	98.1%	73	24	253	121	744
Census Tract 78.02	852	869	98.0%	6	72	193	52	529
Census Tract 35	568	581	97.8%	13	31	32	41	451
Census Tract 87.02	646	661	97.7%	16	7	124	38	461
Census Tract 120	1,282	1,317	97.3%	194	184	249	50	605
Census Tract 67	1,075	1,108	97.0%	34	0	128	45	868
Census Tract 54	1,701	1,756	96.9%	12	80	280	241	1,088
Census Tract 63	1,266	1,306	96.9%	110	53	152	102	849
Census Tract 127	1,600	1,656	96.6%	14	9	289	448	840
Census Tract 82	1,270	1,317	96.4%	72	122	313	197	566
Census Tract 84	1,097	1,140	96.2%	0	84	185	271	557
Census Tract 136.01	1,984	2,063	96.2%	129	726	692	306	131
Census Tract 126	2,368	2,464	96.1%	391	527	501	440	509
Census Tract 37	1,604	1,678	95.6%	104	85	98	93	1,224
Census Tract 58	1,502	1,571	95.6%	110	54	121	104	1,113
Census Tract 80	885	929	95.3%	12	46	135	117	575
Census Tract 22	1,368	1,439	95.1%	281	11	13	86	977
Census Tract 68	1,321	1,389	95.1%	148	8	78	101	986
Census Tract 56	1,038	1,093	95.0%	40	84	122	112	680
Census Tract 36	1,413	1,490	94.8%	12	121	56	46	1,178
Census Tract 88.01	2,303	2,432	94.7%	227	177	623	452	824
Census Tract 48	861	911	94.5%	168	102	76	66	449
Census Tract 121	1,676	1,774	94.5%	81	170	363	179	883
Census Tract 79	776	823	94.3%	33	59	82	93	509
Census Tract 78.01	1,638	1,749	93.7%	174	255	159	97	953
Census Tract 34	1,288	1,376	93.6%	67	14	142	26	1,039
Census Tract 81	1,615	1,726	93.6%	106	329	433	169	578
Census Tract 104	2,074	2,215	93.6%	42	290	499	517	726
Census Tract 76	1,521	1,627	93.5%	58	147	203	208	905
Census Tract 30	1,180	1,263	93.4%	79	137	123	55	786
Census Tract 69	963	1,031	93.4%	34	249	156	27	497
Census Tract 29	2,376	2,567	92.6%	113	246	82	79	1,856
Census Tract 101	1,588	1,722	92.2%	87	375	425	214	487
Census Tract 108	1,323	1,437	92.1%	29	43	431	321	499
Census Tract 50	700	761	92.0%	0	33	198	26	443
Census Tract 75	1,177	1,283	91.7%	9	14	42	47	1,065
Census Tract 144	1,783	1,948	91.5%	140	420	474	360	389
Census Tract 106.01	1,314	1,439	91.3%	53	263	502	121	375
Census Tract 103	1,514	1,663	91.0%	14	69	231	379	821
Census Tract 143.02	1,860	2,051	90.7%	432	593	395	204	236
Census Tract 60	1,681	1,865	90.1%	126	49	178	152	1,176
Census Tract 23	2,007	2,231	90.0%	451	124	199	38	1,195
Census Tract 83.01	1,682	1,874	89.8%	65	123	593	199	702
Census Tract 51	576	642	89.7%	0	59	98	39	380
Census Tract 66	891	995	89.5%	74	6	97	48	666
Census Tract 10	2,222	2,486	89.4%	239	149	162	185	1,487
Census Tract 86	2,057	2,307	89.2%	213	202	299	201	1,142
Census Tract 111	1,991	2,241	88.8%	7	143	614	384	843
Census Tract 130.06	1,034	1,171	88.3%	211	390	101	91	241
Census Tract 137.01	831	941	88.3%	46	100	345	130	210
Census Tract 92	603	684	88.2%	267	0	191	50	95
Census Tract 102	1,428	1,632	87.5%	115	97	632	310	274
Census Tract 59	570	652	87.4%	9	35	24	21	481
Census Tract 119.04	1,626	1,867	87.1%	348	939	188	14	137
Census Tract 125	2,012	2,316	86.9%	41	151	719	448	653
Census Tract 140.04	1,549	1,783	86.9%	461	869	180	8	31
Census Tract 55	612	706	86.7%	2	86	68	20	436
Census Tract 93.02	1,299	1,500	86.6%	67	178	42	50	962
Census Tract 96.02	532	614	86.6%	0	19	0	102	411
Census Tract 145.03	1,097	1,269	86.4%	335	146	485	73	58
Census Tract 46.02	1,259	1,459	86.3%	317	272	226	138	306
Census Tract 96.05	1,157	1,352	85.6%	6	23	7	106	1,015
Census Tract 21	1,300	1,521	85.5%	28	45	126	34	1,067
Census Tract 137.02	1,384	1,618	85.5%	78	290	887	91	38
Census Tract 122.01	1,248	1,461	85.4%	185	156	549	191	167
Census Tract 33	986	1,166	84.6%	237	134	12	54	549
Census Tract 140.03	1,835	2,172	84.5%	320	431	598	401	85
Census Tract 18	2,102	2,508	83.8%	316	231	721	524	310
Census Tract 93.01	885	1,059	83.6%	81	49	46	88	621
Census Tract 107	1,443	1,728	83.5%	47	155	299	278	664
Census Tract 41	534	640	83.4%	80	51	0	28	375
Census Tract 94.02	1,553	1,866	83.2%	456	217	78	0	802
Census Tract 39	752	906	83.0%	75	0	86	48	543
Census Tract 64	909	1,103	82.4%	0	15	69	129	696
Census Tract 47.01	1,399	1,700	82.3%	609	210	119	97	364
Census Tract 153.01	74	90	82.2%	32	5	0	3	34
Census Tract 109.02	1,368	1,667	82.1%	205	520	451	61	131
Census Tract 70	1,072	1,309	81.9%	30	66	65	53	858
Census Tract 128	1,966	2,400	81.9%	238	351	429	240	708
Census Tract 106.02	1,471	1,798	81.8%	277	480	548	98	68
Census Tract 142.05	1,003	1,227	81.7%	204	567	120	0	112
Census Tract 112.03	721	890	81.0%	59	100	399	99	64
Census Tract 132.03	2,128	2,628	81.0%	326	1,355	415	0	32
Census Tract 105	1,474	1,822	80.9%	50	405	467	179	373
Census Tract 118	2,093	2,586	80.9%	118	271	249	83	1,372
Census Tract 24	1,074	1,330	80.8%	126	117	113	182	536
Census Tract 110	1,871	2,316	80.8%	274	263	879	117	338
Census Tract 123.01	2,020	2,508	80.5%	478	408	399	124	611
Census Tract 131.04	1,805	2,251	80.2%	455	1,114	157	37	42