Lead Paint Risk in New York County, New York

78.7%Pre-1978 Housing

723,010Pre-1978 Units

918,806Total Housing Units

310Census 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

723,010 housing units in New York County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 78.7%, 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 310 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 10.02	2,525	2,525	100.0%	40	329	1,762	107	287
Census Tract 136.01	1,035	1,035	100.0%	120	203	527	23	162
Census Tract 187	4,221	4,221	100.0%	61	164	174	163	3,659
Census Tract 27	782	785	99.6%	22	530	23	0	207
Census Tract 205	1,324	1,331	99.5%	10	11	0	40	1,263
Census Tract 263	2,944	2,961	99.4%	174	348	68	618	1,736
Census Tract 267	638	642	99.4%	19	99	96	104	320
Census Tract 210	3,618	3,642	99.3%	106	1,217	775	1,153	367
Census Tract 247	2,974	2,994	99.3%	53	118	218	594	1,991
Census Tract 10.01	820	827	99.2%	6	54	654	86	20
Census Tract 214	2,230	2,252	99.0%	288	507	1,285	111	39
Census Tract 243.02	2,768	2,799	98.9%	162	1,373	495	123	615
Census Tract 207.01	1,403	1,420	98.8%	17	35	56	32	1,263
Census Tract 73	4,345	4,405	98.6%	47	286	98	93	3,821
Census Tract 273	3,310	3,356	98.6%	82	171	288	255	2,514
Census Tract 25	1,955	1,985	98.5%	36	112	1,179	307	321
Census Tract 150.02	2,902	2,946	98.5%	270	389	501	87	1,655
Census Tract 299	1,526	1,549	98.5%	39	215	733	331	208
Census Tract 29.02	2,506	2,547	98.4%	19	572	10	57	1,848
Census Tract 271	3,207	3,258	98.4%	163	94	179	602	2,169
Census Tract 283	3,323	3,382	98.3%	94	939	576	495	1,219
Census Tract 307	1,956	1,989	98.3%	72	124	273	469	1,018
Census Tract 161	4,614	4,698	98.2%	3	77	413	89	4,032
Census Tract 14.01	1,932	1,969	98.1%	173	1,114	616	12	17
Census Tract 151.01	1,687	1,720	98.1%	201	274	369	508	335
Census Tract 63	4,321	4,411	98.0%	40	595	589	166	2,931
Census Tract 97	3,003	3,068	97.9%	103	1,838	148	335	579
Census Tract 277	2,204	2,251	97.9%	99	39	86	303	1,677
Census Tract 60	2,544	2,603	97.7%	8	20	508	1,893	115
Census Tract 253	4,138	4,241	97.6%	85	258	203	444	3,148
Census Tract 2.02	3,425	3,514	97.5%	203	685	1,025	1,047	465
Census Tract 93	6,247	6,417	97.4%	132	1,517	513	195	3,890
Census Tract 303	1,880	1,930	97.4%	14	90	142	207	1,427
Census Tract 203	468	481	97.3%	14	8	41	5	400
Census Tract 122	2,523	2,599	97.1%	63	368	248	539	1,305
Census Tract 150.01	1,298	1,341	96.8%	21	65	290	73	849
Census Tract 160.02	1,383	1,432	96.6%	22	45	59	96	1,161
Census Tract 44	8,646	8,958	96.5%	159	176	1,155	6,196	960
Census Tract 144.01	2,932	3,042	96.4%	477	700	634	224	897
Census Tract 269	2,704	2,804	96.4%	61	248	268	57	2,070
Census Tract 2.01	894	928	96.3%	9	122	291	40	432
Census Tract 231	2,884	3,002	96.1%	159	58	552	183	1,932
Census Tract 281	1,489	1,550	96.1%	28	252	221	215	773
Census Tract 130	2,716	2,831	95.9%	160	152	229	407	1,768
Census Tract 199	3,791	3,954	95.9%	123	112	38	82	3,436
Census Tract 237	2,791	2,911	95.9%	42	88	97	205	2,359
Census Tract 59	3,108	3,246	95.7%	69	715	769	293	1,262
Census Tract 211	4,857	5,082	95.6%	52	596	1,761	581	1,867
Census Tract 132.02	2,394	2,510	95.4%	218	828	110	138	1,100
Census Tract 225	3,848	4,033	95.4%	258	624	164	372	2,430
Census Tract 287	1,719	1,801	95.4%	47	79	87	228	1,278
Census Tract 191	4,643	4,874	95.3%	0	269	519	75	3,780
Census Tract 227	2,404	2,522	95.3%	42	86	218	153	1,905
Census Tract 153.01	2,648	2,786	95.0%	31	314	143	0	2,160
Census Tract 265	2,995	3,153	95.0%	59	223	168	338	2,207
Census Tract 24	1,764	1,859	94.9%	100	102	457	762	343
Census Tract 45	524	553	94.8%	0	27	17	9	471
Census Tract 52	1,690	1,784	94.7%	26	573	33	16	1,042
Census Tract 157	7,912	8,354	94.7%	23	1,044	196	469	6,180
Census Tract 233	2,756	2,909	94.7%	193	38	270	231	2,024
Census Tract 309	3,607	3,813	94.6%	240	535	734	502	1,596
Census Tract 40.02	2,026	2,149	94.3%	154	121	29	194	1,528
Census Tract 48	3,612	3,829	94.3%	520	1,153	165	171	1,603
Census Tract 77	3,931	4,167	94.3%	90	431	155	150	3,105
Census Tract 106.01	5,311	5,633	94.3%	718	1,280	1,334	219	1,760
Census Tract 241	3,277	3,478	94.2%	222	665	247	129	2,014
Census Tract 295	3,300	3,505	94.2%	105	194	238	272	2,491
Census Tract 261	3,797	4,035	94.1%	103	339	431	272	2,652
Census Tract 38	5,005	5,329	93.9%	83	327	419	281	3,895
Census Tract 126.01	4,750	5,059	93.9%	419	2,329	895	188	919
Census Tract 285	2,527	2,695	93.8%	269	200	213	482	1,363
Census Tract 49	2,844	3,039	93.6%	47	262	38	93	2,404
Census Tract 40.01	2,086	2,230	93.5%	90	0	21	171	1,804
Census Tract 154.01	3,394	3,631	93.5%	966	118	796	224	1,290
Census Tract 179	5,027	5,376	93.5%	35	98	43	253	4,598
Census Tract 189	4,891	5,238	93.4%	32	610	1,276	270	2,703
Census Tract 255	1,984	2,125	93.4%	85	65	39	185	1,610
Census Tract 293	2,876	3,083	93.3%	63	111	417	466	1,819
Census Tract 142	2,853	3,060	93.2%	190	355	532	18	1,758
Census Tract 175	5,274	5,660	93.2%	47	133	150	249	4,695
Census Tract 201.01	342	368	92.9%	0	32	11	33	266
Census Tract 71	3,505	3,777	92.8%	173	757	236	347	1,992
Census Tract 55.01	2,155	2,325	92.7%	189	896	571	35	464
Census Tract 195	3,631	3,919	92.7%	42	73	38	142	3,336
Census Tract 235.01	2,536	2,735	92.7%	35	45	180	180	2,096
Census Tract 114.01	1,290	1,393	92.6%	186	73	151	79	801
Census Tract 121.02	3,235	3,493	92.6%	1,907	84	127	98	1,019
Census Tract 108.02	2,518	2,732	92.2%	395	587	191	226	1,119
Census Tract 128	3,419	3,709	92.2%	84	1,038	545	213	1,539
Census Tract 100	1,462	1,588	92.1%	30	175	732	102	423
Census Tract 238.03	1,823	1,980	92.1%	1,445	320	17	0	41
Census Tract 8	4,292	4,670	91.9%	68	26	109	131	3,958
Census Tract 170	3,266	3,559	91.8%	140	1,567	553	191	815
Census Tract 41	3,573	3,904	91.5%	53	67	123	95	3,235
Census Tract 291	3,888	4,253	91.4%	296	318	513	762	1,999
Census Tract 126.02	3,223	3,539	91.1%	1,179	660	460	98	826
Census Tract 181	4,440	4,875	91.1%	1,131	1,231	66	110	1,902
Census Tract 112.01	888	977	90.9%	37	389	19	170	273
Census Tract 162	4,562	5,030	90.7%	1,900	1,280	818	355	209
Census Tract 160.01	1,778	1,962	90.6%	38	65	30	128	1,517