Lead Paint Risk in Suffolk County, New York

68.7%Pre-1978 Housing

385,171Pre-1978 Units

560,326Total Housing Units

371Census 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

385,171 housing units in Suffolk County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 68.7%, 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 371 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1237.03	1,163	1,179	98.6%	242	317	309	224	71
Census Tract 1467.03	1,061	1,080	98.2%	65	389	484	73	50
Census Tract 1118.01	2,199	2,246	97.9%	78	1,149	874	57	41
Census Tract 1581.11	1,003	1,027	97.7%	124	742	126	5	6
Census Tract 1118.04	682	701	97.3%	73	252	322	3	32
Census Tract 1351.01	1,177	1,215	96.9%	100	636	411	19	11
Census Tract 1581.17	1,057	1,094	96.6%	115	827	42	73	0
Census Tract 1115.08	1,203	1,256	95.8%	165	549	351	26	112
Census Tract 1122.04	1,219	1,273	95.8%	46	439	687	31	16
Census Tract 1246.01	1,048	1,094	95.8%	62	209	538	67	172
Census Tract 1226.04	1,102	1,160	95.0%	87	333	641	10	31
Census Tract 1104.01	876	925	94.7%	81	161	466	27	141
Census Tract 1469.01	1,667	1,760	94.7%	89	538	899	55	86
Census Tract 1231.02	1,285	1,362	94.3%	111	380	442	151	201
Census Tract 1591.09	1,031	1,093	94.3%	157	320	188	31	335
Census Tract 1240.02	991	1,052	94.2%	116	342	302	142	89
Census Tract 1458.07	1,258	1,339	94.0%	469	375	365	42	7
Census Tract 1467.04	661	703	94.0%	38	190	347	23	63
Census Tract 1467.06	786	837	93.9%	69	198	429	67	23
Census Tract 1118.03	814	871	93.5%	51	535	154	68	6
Census Tract 1229.01	1,839	1,967	93.5%	260	408	907	110	154
Census Tract 1352.01	634	678	93.5%	10	146	459	19	0
Census Tract 1224.08	1,012	1,085	93.3%	39	137	689	84	63
Census Tract 1475.02	1,774	1,904	93.2%	124	350	981	161	158
Census Tract 1352.05	1,573	1,692	93.0%	169	887	505	0	12
Census Tract 1117.03	1,082	1,170	92.5%	114	378	491	13	86
Census Tract 1581.12	1,171	1,268	92.4%	223	491	331	34	92
Census Tract 1241.01	1,348	1,463	92.1%	160	256	486	168	278
Census Tract 1224.07	524	570	91.9%	236	238	40	10	0
Census Tract 1230.02	1,414	1,540	91.8%	459	583	290	45	37
Census Tract 1118.02	812	886	91.6%	33	541	191	33	14
Census Tract 1226.02	1,349	1,475	91.5%	17	519	774	11	28
Census Tract 1120.01	1,418	1,552	91.4%	158	317	843	56	44
Census Tract 1586.06	1,498	1,640	91.3%	525	376	417	97	83
Census Tract 1117.01	2,042	2,240	91.2%	199	693	683	191	276
Census Tract 1585.06	1,041	1,142	91.2%	207	317	323	58	136
Census Tract 1471	940	1,033	91.0%	59	64	258	91	468
Census Tract 1101.03	745	822	90.6%	25	167	308	100	145
Census Tract 1352.09	1,055	1,164	90.6%	143	784	112	0	16
Census Tract 1588.06	1,190	1,314	90.6%	131	121	630	197	111
Census Tract 1112.02	1,894	2,092	90.5%	168	487	658	264	317
Census Tract 1230.01	1,660	1,834	90.5%	82	570	819	125	64
Census Tract 1115.07	615	682	90.2%	55	233	225	66	36
Census Tract 1458.08	987	1,094	90.2%	296	357	75	25	234
Census Tract 1466.16	1,142	1,267	90.1%	219	643	145	14	121
Census Tract 1242	1,930	2,146	89.9%	143	480	569	373	365
Census Tract 1238.02	1,133	1,263	89.7%	180	401	295	105	152
Census Tract 1458.10	1,190	1,326	89.7%	584	248	105	110	143
Census Tract 1461.02	588	657	89.5%	162	308	97	13	8
Census Tract 1468	1,618	1,811	89.3%	328	308	879	66	37
Census Tract 1467.05	896	1,004	89.2%	179	482	198	37	0
Census Tract 1353.05	531	598	88.8%	24	178	161	155	13
Census Tract 1233.03	1,165	1,313	88.7%	397	212	244	186	126
Census Tract 1465	1,615	1,821	88.7%	192	746	307	27	343
Census Tract 1111.01	593	669	88.6%	90	39	317	17	130
Census Tract 1595.10	1,479	1,669	88.6%	343	497	350	134	155
Census Tract 1349.07	1,117	1,262	88.5%	316	554	84	87	76
Census Tract 1459.01	845	955	88.5%	121	306	315	78	25
Census Tract 1227.06	1,248	1,414	88.3%	256	463	386	27	116
Census Tract 1592.01	1,115	1,263	88.3%	66	206	399	144	300
Census Tract 1462.06	569	645	88.2%	99	236	119	23	92
Census Tract 1466.12	1,375	1,561	88.1%	936	313	72	9	45
Census Tract 1479.02	1,407	1,598	88.0%	311	196	541	100	259
Census Tract 1223	1,187	1,350	87.9%	82	263	500	234	108
Census Tract 1116.02	1,149	1,308	87.8%	78	235	362	85	389
Census Tract 1240.01	1,313	1,496	87.8%	90	428	634	81	80
Census Tract 1457.06	1,000	1,140	87.7%	371	257	268	73	31
Census Tract 1478.02	1,266	1,444	87.7%	76	191	244	57	698
Census Tract 1106.02	1,119	1,277	87.6%	160	253	233	171	302
Census Tract 1117.04	1,070	1,221	87.6%	99	242	587	106	36
Census Tract 1239	1,490	1,705	87.4%	141	153	537	180	479
Census Tract 1116.01	1,256	1,439	87.3%	222	251	474	158	151
Census Tract 1457.03	1,244	1,427	87.2%	258	364	541	45	36
Census Tract 1457.05	1,274	1,462	87.1%	368	551	223	128	4
Census Tract 1460.02	1,078	1,238	87.1%	283	333	301	140	21
Census Tract 1119	1,817	2,090	86.9%	188	600	743	200	86
Census Tract 1586.04	1,458	1,678	86.9%	376	546	423	50	63
Census Tract 1244.02	1,442	1,662	86.8%	108	421	352	291	270
Census Tract 1586.08	1,045	1,204	86.8%	344	226	324	91	60
Census Tract 1226.05	549	633	86.7%	44	198	176	76	55
Census Tract 1245	1,666	1,922	86.7%	131	361	458	155	561
Census Tract 1581.20	834	962	86.7%	203	397	165	59	10
Census Tract 1585.13	782	902	86.7%	207	287	190	92	6
Census Tract 1580.13	932	1,076	86.6%	210	642	32	14	34
Census Tract 1226.03	1,618	1,870	86.5%	149	591	778	54	46
Census Tract 1580.09	725	838	86.5%	73	613	16	0	23
Census Tract 1585.12	818	946	86.5%	363	304	120	0	31
Census Tract 1234.03	456	528	86.4%	84	149	131	10	82
Census Tract 1477.02	1,733	2,006	86.4%	117	349	748	122	397
Census Tract 1120.02	1,714	1,986	86.3%	160	450	858	100	146
Census Tract 1112.01	947	1,101	86.0%	31	93	459	296	68
Census Tract 1476.01	790	919	86.0%	192	249	163	26	160
Census Tract 1478.04	1,621	1,896	85.5%	265	798	303	42	213
Census Tract 1701.01	1,229	1,442	85.2%	138	42	61	111	877
Census Tract 1246.02	1,534	1,803	85.1%	325	197	210	191	611
Census Tract 1464.03	1,304	1,539	84.7%	216	345	616	92	35
Census Tract 1580.12	1,292	1,528	84.6%	284	682	234	39	53
Census Tract 1597	776	921	84.3%	155	158	88	72	303
Census Tract 1586.05	1,368	1,624	84.2%	740	440	139	49	0
Census Tract 1583.17	1,782	2,121	84.0%	377	266	365	339	435