Lead Paint Risk in Westchester County, New York

76.9%Pre-1978 Housing

301,421Pre-1978 Units

391,861Total Housing Units

241Census 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

301,421 housing units in Westchester County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 76.9%, 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 241 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 4.04	1,204	1,204	100.0%	36	161	509	122	376
Census Tract 9830	6	6	100.0%	0	0	6	0	0
Census Tract 15.05	994	999	99.5%	181	236	284	72	221
Census Tract 42	2,168	2,194	98.8%	24	194	762	345	843
Census Tract 54	524	531	98.7%	56	44	19	52	353
Census Tract 22.01	896	911	98.4%	251	32	154	77	382
Census Tract 49	1,707	1,753	97.4%	25	300	426	229	727
Census Tract 17.02	1,197	1,238	96.7%	26	285	315	259	312
Census Tract 15.04	1,900	1,969	96.5%	167	396	571	170	596
Census Tract 47	880	912	96.5%	30	23	102	32	693
Census Tract 21.03	1,069	1,109	96.4%	106	60	168	104	631
Census Tract 108.04	1,032	1,070	96.4%	69	375	239	111	238
Census Tract 22.02	2,345	2,434	96.3%	43	206	486	201	1,409
Census Tract 21.04	2,075	2,158	96.2%	155	1,057	495	53	315
Census Tract 55	1,917	1,992	96.2%	75	171	251	66	1,354
Census Tract 92.02	1,089	1,139	95.6%	0	171	151	71	696
Census Tract 8.01	2,312	2,422	95.5%	315	846	520	194	437
Census Tract 15.03	1,021	1,069	95.5%	41	151	229	186	414
Census Tract 33	1,247	1,306	95.5%	282	151	200	129	485
Census Tract 14.02	596	625	95.4%	46	19	81	164	286
Census Tract 40.02	1,234	1,293	95.4%	279	289	182	62	422
Census Tract 88.02	1,554	1,630	95.3%	80	448	352	116	558
Census Tract 17.01	1,053	1,106	95.2%	147	120	204	0	582
Census Tract 13.01	1,516	1,594	95.1%	9	104	292	394	717
Census Tract 26	1,375	1,448	95.0%	91	328	148	120	688
Census Tract 24.05	995	1,048	94.9%	148	100	189	202	356
Census Tract 45	852	899	94.8%	106	80	109	278	279
Census Tract 52	1,492	1,576	94.7%	126	155	668	193	350
Census Tract 14.01	1,395	1,474	94.6%	235	104	406	191	459
Census Tract 8.03	1,749	1,867	93.7%	92	354	280	100	923
Census Tract 38	2,058	2,199	93.6%	188	337	220	465	848
Census Tract 41	1,542	1,655	93.2%	267	273	324	278	400
Census Tract 138	1,193	1,280	93.2%	67	107	398	116	505
Census Tract 102	1,500	1,617	92.8%	35	225	337	171	732
Census Tract 67	1,595	1,721	92.7%	28	155	355	128	929
Census Tract 117	1,083	1,170	92.6%	42	141	301	24	575
Census Tract 103	1,402	1,516	92.5%	18	186	161	266	771
Census Tract 11.02	1,885	2,039	92.4%	156	319	489	195	726
Census Tract 2.02	1,494	1,620	92.2%	268	199	153	416	458
Census Tract 129	1,723	1,868	92.2%	387	911	187	38	200
Census Tract 59.02	2,535	2,751	92.1%	180	572	839	86	858
Census Tract 135	1,442	1,567	92.0%	68	268	340	126	640
Census Tract 24.01	777	847	91.7%	105	181	340	69	82
Census Tract 69	1,916	2,090	91.7%	181	439	215	263	818
Census Tract 96	1,715	1,871	91.7%	0	108	372	9	1,226
Census Tract 14.03	1,231	1,347	91.4%	118	46	268	196	603
Census Tract 22.04	1,904	2,084	91.4%	142	259	587	391	525
Census Tract 50.01	1,345	1,472	91.4%	33	90	337	123	762
Census Tract 71	2,427	2,657	91.3%	147	95	368	381	1,436
Census Tract 68.01	1,648	1,809	91.1%	59	361	1,004	106	118
Census Tract 34	1,657	1,822	90.9%	166	172	309	222	788
Census Tract 108.01	1,252	1,378	90.9%	61	171	636	164	220
Census Tract 110	840	925	90.8%	77	303	190	94	176
Census Tract 2.03	1,685	1,860	90.6%	234	473	480	145	353
Census Tract 46	1,380	1,526	90.4%	18	27	118	99	1,118
Census Tract 22.03	927	1,027	90.3%	200	255	430	38	4
Census Tract 19	514	570	90.2%	45	64	182	65	158
Census Tract 120	1,559	1,742	89.5%	242	160	582	104	471
Census Tract 50.02	1,445	1,619	89.3%	66	215	469	260	435
Census Tract 58	1,757	1,975	89.0%	260	245	182	386	684
Census Tract 66	1,793	2,017	88.9%	45	81	296	235	1,136
Census Tract 134.01	1,375	1,546	88.9%	236	816	70	24	229
Census Tract 146.05	1,567	1,762	88.9%	533	464	406	29	135
Census Tract 9810	421	474	88.8%	45	254	0	0	122
Census Tract 53	1,580	1,788	88.4%	22	82	238	151	1,087
Census Tract 122.02	1,403	1,589	88.3%	243	274	273	136	477
Census Tract 134.02	1,549	1,755	88.3%	88	77	420	97	867
Census Tract 146.04	1,503	1,703	88.3%	183	367	333	211	409
Census Tract 11.01	1,088	1,238	87.9%	46	147	320	0	575
Census Tract 15.02	1,299	1,480	87.8%	0	265	333	188	513
Census Tract 100	1,603	1,825	87.8%	27	96	155	156	1,169
Census Tract 57.04	1,251	1,427	87.7%	191	210	620	156	74
Census Tract 68.02	1,870	2,135	87.6%	110	244	851	232	433
Census Tract 74.01	1,589	1,813	87.6%	30	323	281	135	820
Census Tract 6.02	1,371	1,572	87.2%	449	203	318	158	243
Census Tract 74.02	946	1,085	87.2%	20	70	265	79	512
Census Tract 24.04	1,059	1,216	87.1%	124	43	247	247	398
Census Tract 18	517	595	86.9%	64	83	173	34	163
Census Tract 7.01	1,375	1,595	86.2%	570	319	81	59	346
Census Tract 9	917	1,064	86.2%	52	309	201	100	255
Census Tract 111.02	933	1,082	86.2%	53	34	742	27	77
Census Tract 32	882	1,024	86.1%	270	168	69	61	314
Census Tract 101	1,346	1,564	86.1%	91	54	169	61	971
Census Tract 59.01	1,788	2,080	86.0%	240	129	280	225	914
Census Tract 2.05	1,216	1,417	85.8%	243	146	425	118	284
Census Tract 70	2,345	2,744	85.5%	75	78	336	136	1,720
Census Tract 114.01	1,781	2,083	85.5%	300	226	548	304	403
Census Tract 147.04	741	868	85.4%	110	53	264	127	187
Census Tract 24.02	1,983	2,325	85.3%	137	234	570	526	516
Census Tract 63.01	1,133	1,330	85.2%	205	246	180	133	369
Census Tract 39	1,185	1,399	84.7%	214	78	227	71	595
Census Tract 91	1,870	2,209	84.7%	243	445	90	39	1,053
Census Tract 119.02	1,388	1,639	84.7%	160	277	555	113	283
Census Tract 104	1,283	1,521	84.4%	50	130	244	100	759
Census Tract 64	1,923	2,281	84.3%	79	91	215	240	1,298
Census Tract 108.03	1,804	2,139	84.3%	456	461	519	125	243
Census Tract 116.02	1,203	1,427	84.3%	74	94	51	57	927
Census Tract 8.02	706	838	84.2%	39	63	124	134	346
Census Tract 82	2,182	2,593	84.1%	156	365	523	204	934
Census Tract 121.02	1,368	1,627	84.1%	157	419	516	76	200