Lead Paint Risk in Richmond County, New York

60.4%Pre-1978 Housing

111,133Pre-1978 Units

184,074Total Housing Units

126Census 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

111,133 housing units in Richmond County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 60.4%, 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 126 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 97.02	23	23	100.0%	0	0	0	0	23
Census Tract 112.04	15	15	100.0%	0	0	0	0	15
Census Tract 133.01	547	547	100.0%	105	213	86	99	44
Census Tract 147	1,511	1,591	95.0%	54	386	521	109	441
Census Tract 177.02	903	967	93.4%	233	241	167	36	226
Census Tract 59.01	1,137	1,224	92.9%	32	201	273	59	572
Census Tract 121	1,170	1,272	92.0%	72	57	308	227	506
Census Tract 122	1,363	1,484	91.8%	134	94	421	64	650
Census Tract 173	957	1,045	91.6%	301	176	303	86	91
Census Tract 67	1,196	1,310	91.3%	93	71	90	80	862
Census Tract 7	1,883	2,081	90.5%	709	157	228	135	654
Census Tract 132.01	488	540	90.4%	40	215	169	9	55
Census Tract 132.04	1,741	1,936	89.9%	548	625	390	0	178
Census Tract 156.02	1,087	1,240	87.7%	163	558	274	23	69
Census Tract 247	835	953	87.6%	72	207	132	78	346
Census Tract 291.06	907	1,042	87.0%	581	265	51	0	10
Census Tract 197	621	718	86.5%	25	19	47	30	500
Census Tract 75	1,176	1,369	85.9%	75	125	91	94	791
Census Tract 11	1,305	1,527	85.5%	99	265	48	194	699
Census Tract 17	594	700	84.9%	47	41	71	79	356
Census Tract 125	959	1,133	84.6%	7	49	147	22	734
Census Tract 114.01	1,223	1,456	84.0%	113	511	410	131	58
Census Tract 9	884	1,058	83.6%	49	92	166	83	494
Census Tract 213	1,384	1,661	83.3%	11	134	148	398	693
Census Tract 40.04	1,063	1,277	83.2%	417	8	268	79	291
Census Tract 251	1,784	2,158	82.7%	719	440	330	146	149
Census Tract 39	925	1,125	82.2%	31	387	300	66	141
Census Tract 20.02	1,130	1,393	81.1%	389	352	188	0	201
Census Tract 40.03	1,267	1,581	80.1%	37	409	434	110	277
Census Tract 132.03	1,965	2,490	78.9%	714	609	274	70	298
Census Tract 201	1,155	1,463	78.9%	116	200	145	117	577
Census Tract 189.01	1,414	1,813	78.0%	232	525	438	31	188
Census Tract 96.01	1,307	1,679	77.8%	179	520	308	64	236
Census Tract 156.01	1,894	2,451	77.3%	224	352	670	231	417
Census Tract 105	1,445	1,876	77.0%	161	48	113	199	924
Census Tract 64	964	1,264	76.3%	210	358	79	255	62
Census Tract 146.05	1,080	1,427	75.7%	311	385	133	149	102
Census Tract 291.05	1,266	1,672	75.7%	773	264	195	16	18
Census Tract 70.01	823	1,089	75.6%	122	291	134	52	224
Census Tract 151	1,526	2,029	75.2%	93	257	339	222	615
Census Tract 81	1,526	2,038	74.9%	45	247	188	49	997
Census Tract 128.06	1,826	2,449	74.6%	257	864	476	57	172
Census Tract 223	891	1,198	74.4%	5	0	75	66	745
Census Tract 29	1,672	2,257	74.1%	136	508	173	170	685
Census Tract 27	405	547	74.0%	38	0	47	0	320
Census Tract 273.02	998	1,364	73.2%	583	345	14	0	56
Census Tract 96.02	1,085	1,485	73.1%	181	98	319	41	446
Census Tract 138	1,855	2,543	72.9%	278	954	223	0	400
Census Tract 187.04	919	1,262	72.8%	348	409	107	0	55
Census Tract 40.01	849	1,168	72.7%	28	169	320	75	257
Census Tract 97.01	1,190	1,637	72.7%	116	146	103	121	704
Census Tract 187.01	498	688	72.4%	15	45	88	5	345
Census Tract 33	1,075	1,498	71.8%	97	112	220	132	514
Census Tract 134	1,110	1,551	71.6%	120	296	319	212	163
Census Tract 239	821	1,146	71.6%	13	263	152	129	264
Census Tract 169.01	797	1,117	71.4%	187	59	197	48	306
Census Tract 114.02	950	1,344	70.7%	89	328	248	91	194
Census Tract 189.02	1,289	1,839	70.1%	619	588	48	23	11
Census Tract 47	738	1,059	69.7%	96	283	207	55	97
Census Tract 187.03	877	1,274	68.8%	384	151	293	12	37
Census Tract 170.16	1,073	1,584	67.7%	885	165	23	0	0
Census Tract 146.07	1,180	1,746	67.6%	836	253	0	8	83
Census Tract 141	756	1,140	66.3%	33	266	42	65	350
Census Tract 207.01	792	1,197	66.2%	44	0	0	92	656
Census Tract 319.01	859	1,304	65.9%	35	125	249	58	392
Census Tract 77	395	601	65.7%	0	7	0	98	290
Census Tract 3	775	1,196	64.8%	71	97	28	74	505
Census Tract 170.11	1,134	1,762	64.4%	775	152	42	28	137
Census Tract 248	1,157	1,855	62.4%	65	67	45	51	929
Census Tract 133.02	790	1,268	62.3%	0	156	242	0	392
Census Tract 226.02	471	758	62.1%	279	28	28	13	123
Census Tract 146.04	1,611	2,601	61.9%	720	470	76	55	290
Census Tract 181	922	1,494	61.7%	21	175	215	137	374
Census Tract 291.04	1,613	2,618	61.6%	1,036	322	215	11	29
Census Tract 146.08	802	1,317	60.9%	558	209	11	0	24
Census Tract 177.01	939	1,546	60.7%	228	140	189	165	217
Census Tract 128.04	969	1,605	60.4%	163	239	57	39	471
Census Tract 8	1,302	2,182	59.7%	218	146	177	120	641
Census Tract 207.02	691	1,165	59.3%	21	46	148	17	459
Census Tract 20.01	900	1,533	58.7%	308	138	201	58	195
Census Tract 128.05	462	791	58.4%	192	214	38	0	18
Census Tract 319.02	1,097	1,897	57.8%	249	173	161	28	486
Census Tract 156.03	1,044	1,837	56.8%	592	55	106	97	194
Census Tract 279	374	661	56.6%	82	69	28	50	145
Census Tract 277.04	974	1,729	56.3%	851	0	25	5	93
Census Tract 303.01	1,090	2,000	54.5%	694	213	71	89	23
Census Tract 277.06	636	1,184	53.7%	575	53	8	0	0
Census Tract 112.01	1,057	1,981	53.4%	542	142	201	0	172
Census Tract 36	540	1,018	53.0%	98	157	30	11	244
Census Tract 112.03	1,236	2,368	52.2%	176	184	340	58	478
Census Tract 170.12	858	1,725	49.7%	331	390	45	6	86
Census Tract 208.04	1,028	2,076	49.5%	562	247	108	63	48
Census Tract 6	708	1,485	47.7%	30	127	155	47	349
Census Tract 170.09	752	1,681	44.7%	457	91	58	53	93
Census Tract 50	675	1,517	44.5%	165	200	78	77	155
Census Tract 277.05	955	2,145	44.5%	783	88	52	8	24
Census Tract 18	85	193	44.0%	0	62	0	0	23
Census Tract 74	854	1,951	43.8%	352	128	116	65	193
Census Tract 170.13	645	1,480	43.6%	527	0	26	25	67
Census Tract 170.14	695	1,682	41.3%	462	52	47	62	72