Lead Paint Risk in Orange County, North Carolina

33.9%Pre-1978 Housing

21,070Pre-1978 Units

62,127Total Housing Units

42Census 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

21,070 housing units in Orange County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 33.9%, 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 42 of 42 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 115	784	921	85.1%	91	192	209	93	199
Census Tract 121.02	432	522	82.8%	121	288	6	17	0
Census Tract 107.05	1,557	2,286	68.1%	548	414	367	148	80
Census Tract 113	804	1,363	59.0%	297	226	127	97	57
Census Tract 122.01	756	1,446	52.3%	232	271	162	28	63
Census Tract 107.07	961	1,954	49.2%	450	296	174	37	4
Census Tract 121.01	802	1,647	48.7%	209	477	82	34	0
Census Tract 118	739	1,529	48.3%	319	227	154	27	12
Census Tract 119.02	910	1,994	45.6%	638	222	50	0	0
Census Tract 108.04	449	1,016	44.2%	159	26	119	50	95
Census Tract 114	683	1,555	43.9%	196	215	102	27	143
Census Tract 107.01	375	872	43.0%	231	86	33	18	7
Census Tract 110.02	958	2,276	42.1%	226	150	364	24	194
Census Tract 107.08	649	1,551	41.8%	334	211	56	0	48
Census Tract 110.01	861	2,153	40.0%	244	142	167	60	248
Census Tract 121.03	561	1,427	39.3%	117	94	225	125	0
Census Tract 111.03	669	1,712	39.1%	167	114	172	124	92
Census Tract 117	790	2,037	38.8%	252	105	116	115	202
Census Tract 119.04	535	1,393	38.4%	236	120	168	0	11
Census Tract 116.02	94	257	36.6%	0	0	32	62	0
Census Tract 111.06	400	1,169	34.2%	167	131	71	18	13
Census Tract 107.10	520	1,551	33.5%	286	193	32	0	9
Census Tract 109.03	357	1,129	31.6%	130	23	139	0	65
Census Tract 112.11	332	1,062	31.3%	235	57	13	3	24
Census Tract 109.04	468	1,554	30.1%	267	134	40	15	12
Census Tract 112.09	401	1,523	26.3%	156	15	56	0	174
Census Tract 112.10	369	1,525	24.2%	94	29	108	15	123
Census Tract 119.03	209	895	23.4%	113	75	0	0	21
Census Tract 112.04	348	1,503	23.2%	171	60	28	48	41
Census Tract 111.05	332	1,540	21.6%	146	119	35	22	10
Census Tract 108.02	410	1,929	21.3%	249	30	49	0	82
Census Tract 108.03	283	1,348	21.0%	107	62	44	16	54
Census Tract 122.02	398	1,938	20.5%	191	99	99	0	9
Census Tract 107.09	204	1,006	20.3%	159	36	9	0	0
Census Tract 109.02	560	2,787	20.1%	316	81	163	0	0
Census Tract 111.07	319	1,951	16.4%	109	76	33	9	92
Census Tract 112.07	314	2,002	15.7%	272	15	0	10	17
Census Tract 111.04	79	672	11.8%	37	26	12	4	0
Census Tract 112.06	180	1,635	11.0%	102	14	0	0	64
Census Tract 112.08	164	2,187	7.5%	107	0	0	9	48
Census Tract 107.06	54	1,302	4.1%	50	0	0	0	4
Census Tract 116.01	0	8	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0