Lead Paint Risk in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

26.0%Pre-1978 Housing

127,768Pre-1978 Units

491,721Total Housing Units

305Census 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

127,768 housing units in Mecklenburg County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 26.0%, compared with the state rate of 34.9%.
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 305 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 32.01	1,145	1,305	87.7%	158	152	814	9	12
Census Tract 16.06	1,384	1,625	85.2%	289	686	261	125	23
Census Tract 18.01	655	769	85.2%	200	104	191	132	28
Census Tract 46	1,119	1,314	85.2%	191	399	518	0	11
Census Tract 13	1,702	2,014	84.5%	93	237	815	470	87
Census Tract 42	1,244	1,503	82.8%	45	236	222	400	341
Census Tract 48	1,414	1,715	82.4%	316	374	602	122	0
Census Tract 40	1,578	1,927	81.9%	149	243	912	175	99
Census Tract 43.02	1,651	2,036	81.1%	277	560	375	84	355
Census Tract 31.10	849	1,079	78.7%	73	173	588	15	0
Census Tract 53.06	981	1,248	78.6%	299	471	211	0	0
Census Tract 12	1,815	2,316	78.4%	541	518	510	125	121
Census Tract 19.10	1,587	2,044	77.6%	1,061	352	75	0	99
Census Tract 19.14	1,129	1,461	77.3%	724	162	189	0	54
Census Tract 38.07	1,409	1,826	77.2%	483	701	225	0	0
Census Tract 17.02	1,826	2,417	75.5%	634	296	844	52	0
Census Tract 53.05	1,350	1,829	73.8%	327	853	142	28	0
Census Tract 31.02	1,637	2,241	73.0%	365	800	453	19	0
Census Tract 43.06	941	1,304	72.2%	563	77	84	217	0
Census Tract 15.10	871	1,214	71.7%	521	264	38	48	0
Census Tract 30.19	622	875	71.1%	280	272	70	0	0
Census Tract 19.24	756	1,065	71.0%	560	31	124	41	0
Census Tract 43.04	1,091	1,546	70.6%	347	477	216	21	30
Census Tract 45	977	1,383	70.6%	338	130	166	232	111
Census Tract 15.09	805	1,167	69.0%	479	299	27	0	0
Census Tract 53.08	764	1,133	67.4%	433	236	66	0	29
Census Tract 38.02	1,306	1,948	67.0%	111	405	614	176	0
Census Tract 16.08	1,194	1,804	66.2%	204	469	494	7	20
Census Tract 16.05	557	844	66.0%	232	138	142	45	0
Census Tract 18.02	1,226	1,865	65.7%	248	474	409	59	36
Census Tract 28	1,020	1,585	64.4%	130	23	296	196	375
Census Tract 21	944	1,471	64.2%	126	423	237	130	28
Census Tract 23	806	1,258	64.1%	258	262	223	47	16
Census Tract 31.08	983	1,557	63.1%	338	582	24	39	0
Census Tract 27.01	818	1,319	62.0%	88	120	18	35	557
Census Tract 39.02	1,409	2,275	61.9%	421	599	227	123	39
Census Tract 52	592	963	61.5%	115	101	172	139	65
Census Tract 20.06	1,061	1,736	61.1%	310	329	404	18	0
Census Tract 15.07	922	1,534	60.1%	708	169	34	11	0
Census Tract 36	1,323	2,235	59.2%	0	152	254	555	362
Census Tract 17.01	1,200	2,075	57.8%	278	567	54	254	47
Census Tract 16.03	1,161	2,026	57.3%	303	601	205	52	0
Census Tract 27.02	1,192	2,096	56.9%	77	164	220	287	444
Census Tract 20.07	672	1,200	56.0%	331	240	69	0	32
Census Tract 58.26	645	1,158	55.7%	570	34	11	0	30
Census Tract 47	327	588	55.6%	40	63	54	85	85
Census Tract 30.22	963	1,756	54.8%	182	556	201	0	24
Census Tract 54.06	949	1,751	54.2%	345	544	47	0	13
Census Tract 60.12	975	1,807	54.0%	541	137	282	10	5
Census Tract 20.04	1,168	2,165	53.9%	317	693	158	0	0
Census Tract 19.20	905	1,693	53.5%	488	329	77	11	0
Census Tract 20.08	716	1,346	53.2%	257	399	52	8	0
Census Tract 51	746	1,401	53.2%	85	326	198	98	39
Census Tract 15.04	1,499	2,821	53.1%	485	738	177	99	0
Census Tract 20.05	846	1,615	52.4%	472	149	185	0	40
Census Tract 29.07	886	1,693	52.3%	486	357	35	0	8
Census Tract 53.01	901	1,725	52.2%	449	294	34	37	87
Census Tract 19.19	921	1,771	52.0%	449	400	61	0	11
Census Tract 22.01	640	1,241	51.6%	180	94	330	25	11
Census Tract 9	502	987	50.9%	9	62	116	263	52
Census Tract 54.04	979	1,957	50.0%	353	420	187	5	14
Census Tract 19.18	893	1,791	49.9%	332	365	148	48	0
Census Tract 39.03	529	1,064	49.7%	206	115	49	108	51
Census Tract 34.02	896	1,810	49.5%	61	56	56	307	416
Census Tract 33.02	628	1,271	49.4%	95	168	176	179	10
Census Tract 58.68	514	1,054	48.8%	75	141	196	9	93
Census Tract 30.06	1,000	2,064	48.4%	486	431	40	26	17
Census Tract 31.05	877	1,820	48.2%	289	572	16	0	0
Census Tract 31.06	883	1,880	47.0%	98	652	26	107	0
Census Tract 41.02	742	1,626	45.6%	26	223	0	22	471
Census Tract 58.30	674	1,477	45.6%	638	0	19	0	17
Census Tract 14	859	1,901	45.2%	73	49	256	68	413
Census Tract 44	705	1,566	45.0%	291	102	66	138	108
Census Tract 22.02	625	1,392	44.9%	9	89	450	77	0
Census Tract 59.16	428	964	44.4%	335	91	2	0	0
Census Tract 38.08	1,011	2,349	43.0%	525	349	131	6	0
Census Tract 19.17	603	1,423	42.4%	286	160	119	38	0
Census Tract 60.11	487	1,156	42.1%	273	29	0	16	169
Census Tract 29.08	635	1,528	41.6%	364	229	33	0	9
Census Tract 32.03	664	1,606	41.3%	356	90	210	8	0
Census Tract 61.09	566	1,377	41.1%	228	255	48	0	35
Census Tract 58.27	505	1,232	41.0%	436	18	0	0	51
Census Tract 57.19	630	1,542	40.9%	465	40	77	48	0
Census Tract 57.12	491	1,220	40.2%	425	66	0	0	0
Census Tract 8	636	1,600	39.8%	101	35	0	73	427
Census Tract 10	829	2,081	39.8%	23	44	98	202	462
Census Tract 32.04	698	1,768	39.5%	121	298	232	31	16
Census Tract 31.11	899	2,326	38.7%	107	303	446	43	0
Census Tract 19.22	722	1,872	38.6%	588	69	44	0	21
Census Tract 19.26	700	1,818	38.5%	332	269	99	0	0
Census Tract 29.09	337	886	38.0%	123	166	48	0	0
Census Tract 30.20	624	1,640	38.0%	517	95	12	0	0
Census Tract 5.03	480	1,277	37.6%	94	46	0	21	319
Census Tract 29.10	746	2,021	36.9%	221	196	198	131	0
Census Tract 15.08	974	2,668	36.5%	458	301	180	14	21
Census Tract 24	713	1,960	36.4%	88	9	52	193	371
Census Tract 59.28	217	596	36.4%	47	129	36	5	0
Census Tract 19.11	778	2,169	35.9%	596	27	106	34	15
Census Tract 25	585	1,648	35.5%	0	26	0	27	532
Census Tract 58.11	700	2,006	34.9%	655	29	16	0	0