Lead Paint Risk in Onondaga County, New York

71.2%Pre-1978 Housing

150,662Pre-1978 Units

211,683Total Housing Units

142Census 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

150,662 housing units in Onondaga County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 71.2%, 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 142 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 53	802	802	100.0%	30	28	205	30	509
Census Tract 58	1,045	1,045	100.0%	154	78	170	150	493
Census Tract 106	1,052	1,052	100.0%	27	146	728	77	74
Census Tract 45	1,050	1,058	99.2%	93	80	119	109	649
Census Tract 18	1,451	1,465	99.0%	93	97	117	192	952
Census Tract 48	696	705	98.7%	25	114	306	56	195
Census Tract 17.02	1,104	1,120	98.6%	62	96	108	117	721
Census Tract 8	1,248	1,276	97.8%	27	161	182	82	796
Census Tract 57	857	877	97.7%	47	100	160	136	414
Census Tract 27	1,057	1,089	97.1%	11	154	154	87	651
Census Tract 3	720	742	97.0%	46	90	156	137	291
Census Tract 4	1,543	1,596	96.7%	9	259	429	151	695
Census Tract 44.01	1,549	1,603	96.6%	55	155	162	88	1,089
Census Tract 46	2,104	2,177	96.6%	87	278	589	236	914
Census Tract 109	1,033	1,077	95.9%	0	150	718	139	26
Census Tract 9	1,508	1,575	95.7%	39	166	267	184	852
Census Tract 60	1,798	1,879	95.7%	118	158	533	383	606
Census Tract 50	1,142	1,194	95.6%	38	56	120	30	898
Census Tract 54	1,120	1,176	95.2%	32	60	204	197	627
Census Tract 51	971	1,022	95.0%	56	107	84	145	579
Census Tract 49	617	652	94.6%	20	26	168	67	336
Census Tract 20	1,075	1,138	94.5%	171	152	75	160	517
Census Tract 17.01	1,345	1,427	94.3%	54	64	486	37	704
Census Tract 29.01	1,473	1,564	94.2%	62	84	204	138	985
Census Tract 129	1,198	1,273	94.1%	159	21	150	188	680
Census Tract 56.01	724	770	94.0%	23	86	126	254	235
Census Tract 139	1,021	1,086	94.0%	41	100	478	227	175
Census Tract 2	1,606	1,711	93.9%	71	53	299	192	991
Census Tract 146	1,720	1,833	93.8%	201	500	627	150	242
Census Tract 61.03	1,071	1,145	93.5%	63	217	213	136	442
Census Tract 61.01	1,662	1,782	93.3%	178	466	361	134	523
Census Tract 140	1,415	1,519	93.2%	122	173	533	272	315
Census Tract 130	1,899	2,043	93.0%	126	172	609	291	701
Census Tract 144	880	956	92.1%	66	79	297	237	201
Census Tract 111.01	1,935	2,103	92.0%	396	952	460	102	25
Census Tract 38	887	965	91.9%	103	50	77	133	524
Census Tract 40	602	659	91.4%	8	94	117	45	338
Census Tract 42	1,014	1,111	91.3%	166	109	287	263	189
Census Tract 137.01	1,924	2,107	91.3%	239	185	1,033	251	216
Census Tract 15	974	1,068	91.2%	0	107	10	84	773
Census Tract 108	1,890	2,079	90.9%	354	384	690	157	305
Census Tract 125	1,519	1,681	90.4%	289	418	580	70	162
Census Tract 143	1,382	1,528	90.4%	51	103	301	148	779
Census Tract 59	690	769	89.7%	45	31	50	135	429
Census Tract 7	686	769	89.2%	63	63	39	64	457
Census Tract 162	824	924	89.2%	0	39	377	93	315
Census Tract 36.02	941	1,058	88.9%	130	163	370	69	209
Census Tract 19	1,913	2,154	88.8%	55	294	430	217	917
Census Tract 6	1,317	1,494	88.2%	308	86	144	57	722
Census Tract 133	1,114	1,268	87.9%	98	100	198	123	595
Census Tract 21.01	1,302	1,486	87.6%	48	68	137	298	751
Census Tract 131	1,614	1,846	87.4%	88	364	632	285	245
Census Tract 138	804	923	87.1%	71	104	449	127	53
Census Tract 30	758	875	86.6%	46	139	87	17	469
Census Tract 136	1,487	1,729	86.0%	555	320	371	141	100
Census Tract 142	1,710	2,008	85.2%	90	242	583	328	467
Census Tract 132	996	1,172	85.0%	24	216	397	156	203
Census Tract 5.01	1,030	1,213	84.9%	188	75	103	80	584
Census Tract 36.01	832	984	84.6%	181	36	184	32	399
Census Tract 110.22	1,147	1,363	84.2%	251	494	307	64	31
Census Tract 10	1,857	2,228	83.3%	142	86	508	332	789
Census Tract 16	1,694	2,034	83.3%	302	465	384	188	355
Census Tract 122	594	715	83.1%	81	102	77	81	253
Census Tract 126	1,947	2,371	82.1%	106	874	944	23	0
Census Tract 154	1,845	2,277	81.0%	460	305	586	69	425
Census Tract 166	1,652	2,048	80.7%	163	286	184	111	908
Census Tract 107	738	943	78.3%	93	145	304	89	107
Census Tract 43.01	510	655	77.9%	63	160	100	115	72
Census Tract 152.01	1,162	1,491	77.9%	437	532	139	39	15
Census Tract 145	1,683	2,163	77.8%	660	548	232	47	196
Census Tract 165.02	1,528	1,969	77.6%	295	212	285	124	612
Census Tract 167	1,035	1,333	77.6%	205	234	191	62	343
Census Tract 14	940	1,213	77.5%	17	20	227	51	625
Census Tract 105	726	944	76.9%	363	247	93	11	12
Census Tract 23	1,018	1,347	75.6%	64	121	255	95	483
Census Tract 123	1,144	1,516	75.5%	330	303	456	40	15
Census Tract 39	1,171	1,554	75.4%	137	44	190	132	668
Census Tract 150	1,534	2,043	75.1%	53	365	767	169	180
Census Tract 61.02	1,134	1,514	74.9%	684	296	94	0	60
Census Tract 32	1,400	1,907	73.4%	404	128	195	25	648
Census Tract 52	641	877	73.1%	36	119	63	60	363
Census Tract 156.01	627	866	72.4%	94	133	140	58	202
Census Tract 110.12	1,363	1,887	72.2%	531	672	76	29	55
Census Tract 164	1,286	1,791	71.8%	298	262	301	136	289
Census Tract 151	2,001	2,829	70.7%	525	233	576	151	516
Census Tract 1	535	761	70.3%	74	14	11	33	403
Census Tract 35	764	1,088	70.2%	69	76	127	0	492
Census Tract 118	2,180	3,106	70.2%	574	655	780	12	159
Census Tract 116	1,525	2,228	68.4%	464	136	382	78	465
Census Tract 168.01	859	1,276	67.3%	167	127	126	67	372
Census Tract 165.01	499	756	66.0%	89	74	21	20	295
Census Tract 160.01	866	1,316	65.8%	158	126	251	66	265
Census Tract 124	1,404	2,140	65.6%	88	630	592	41	53
Census Tract 119	1,038	1,602	64.8%	74	223	150	59	532
Census Tract 128	821	1,272	64.5%	158	182	291	53	137
Census Tract 169.02	564	890	63.4%	90	79	38	51	306
Census Tract 160.02	722	1,143	63.2%	232	94	205	93	98
Census Tract 110.11	1,175	1,891	62.1%	741	213	101	52	68
Census Tract 134	1,524	2,463	61.9%	612	300	249	118	245
Census Tract 148	872	1,413	61.7%	244	101	254	77	196