Lead Paint Risk in Wake County, North Carolina

18.8%Pre-1978 Housing

90,508Pre-1978 Units

481,999Total Housing Units

230Census 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

90,508 housing units in Wake County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 18.8%, 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 230 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 505	1,698	2,186	77.7%	272	193	815	170	248
Census Tract 515.01	1,169	1,542	75.8%	447	389	299	8	26
Census Tract 520.02	1,511	2,121	71.2%	123	814	425	122	27
Census Tract 511.02	41	58	70.7%	17	11	13	0	0
Census Tract 526.01	936	1,445	64.8%	85	790	61	0	0
Census Tract 516	1,392	2,157	64.5%	103	65	327	396	501
Census Tract 519	1,305	2,078	62.8%	120	486	657	42	0
Census Tract 520.01	1,045	1,668	62.6%	725	237	65	18	0
Census Tract 527.01	2,212	3,622	61.1%	1,122	795	245	21	29
Census Tract 545.02	758	1,274	59.5%	66	295	149	144	104
Census Tract 518	1,487	2,530	58.8%	190	100	411	294	492
Census Tract 535.16	985	1,679	58.7%	781	204	0	0	0
Census Tract 524.04	911	1,563	58.3%	498	304	107	0	2
Census Tract 525.07	783	1,426	54.9%	153	621	0	0	9
Census Tract 528.02	1,329	2,447	54.3%	547	591	191	0	0
Census Tract 535.17	928	1,726	53.8%	744	74	83	27	0
Census Tract 524.10	392	731	53.6%	216	52	118	6	0
Census Tract 507	865	1,623	53.3%	55	209	152	82	367
Census Tract 540.11	607	1,144	53.1%	493	104	10	0	0
Census Tract 510	945	1,793	52.7%	54	25	43	65	758
Census Tract 506	684	1,335	51.2%	7	47	77	105	448
Census Tract 535.18	935	1,825	51.2%	816	119	0	0	0
Census Tract 543.05	840	1,664	50.5%	474	141	129	59	37
Census Tract 512	1,407	2,801	50.2%	17	85	451	129	725
Census Tract 514	1,229	2,474	49.7%	95	211	408	277	238
Census Tract 540.04	1,302	2,699	48.2%	969	253	64	0	16
Census Tract 537.16	1,068	2,223	48.0%	688	369	11	0	0
Census Tract 528.01	1,118	2,363	47.3%	769	233	116	0	0
Census Tract 540.01	1,524	3,219	47.3%	890	559	0	54	21
Census Tract 504	409	879	46.5%	17	0	48	85	259
Census Tract 509	493	1,083	45.5%	91	173	43	33	153
Census Tract 543.03	584	1,290	45.3%	224	71	14	177	98
Census Tract 517	787	1,778	44.3%	114	70	261	112	230
Census Tract 508	443	1,002	44.2%	159	138	66	69	11
Census Tract 527.04	1,273	2,904	43.8%	886	179	135	17	56
Census Tract 521.01	1,449	3,341	43.4%	570	531	348	0	0
Census Tract 535.05	634	1,469	43.2%	503	131	0	0	0
Census Tract 535.21	703	1,627	43.2%	259	416	8	0	20
Census Tract 537.12	540	1,271	42.5%	479	35	0	26	0
Census Tract 526.02	1,357	3,234	42.0%	268	940	107	42	0
Census Tract 527.05	1,186	2,827	42.0%	125	834	76	50	101
Census Tract 511.01	255	620	41.1%	100	50	42	44	19
Census Tract 540.12	685	1,669	41.0%	504	159	11	0	11
Census Tract 540.06	583	1,470	39.7%	445	58	80	0	0
Census Tract 535.07	707	1,853	38.2%	236	200	231	15	25
Census Tract 526.03	731	1,959	37.3%	236	242	236	17	0
Census Tract 524.07	884	2,386	37.0%	588	154	113	8	21
Census Tract 535.06	995	2,696	36.9%	611	299	53	0	32
Census Tract 527.07	977	2,671	36.6%	396	332	173	76	0
Census Tract 515.02	456	1,248	36.5%	43	62	309	31	11
Census Tract 544.04	1,042	3,017	34.5%	434	116	282	144	66
Census Tract 528.15	800	2,332	34.3%	53	90	387	68	202
Census Tract 535.09	677	2,034	33.3%	557	73	11	0	36
Census Tract 524.09	552	1,664	33.2%	175	279	0	88	10
Census Tract 535.19	623	1,898	32.8%	429	105	89	0	0
Census Tract 521.02	702	2,163	32.5%	316	273	81	0	32
Census Tract 525.04	1,462	4,500	32.5%	949	399	97	17	0
Census Tract 524.08	464	1,432	32.4%	185	108	57	46	68
Census Tract 525.06	468	1,459	32.1%	50	408	10	0	0
Census Tract 528.09	310	980	31.6%	145	112	15	0	38
Census Tract 537.15	516	1,637	31.5%	475	41	0	0	0
Census Tract 523.05	365	1,185	30.8%	96	164	41	0	64
Census Tract 535.24	580	1,934	30.0%	437	108	23	12	0
Census Tract 537.29	589	2,117	27.8%	575	14	0	0	0
Census Tract 538.06	332	1,197	27.7%	300	21	0	0	11
Census Tract 541.12	386	1,393	27.7%	225	40	16	0	105
Census Tract 544.03	398	1,449	27.5%	260	110	28	0	0
Census Tract 540.08	872	3,316	26.3%	664	20	0	70	118
Census Tract 523.04	327	1,246	26.2%	35	278	14	0	0
Census Tract 525.05	682	2,602	26.2%	268	371	43	0	0
Census Tract 541.20	162	632	25.6%	115	31	9	0	7
Census Tract 544.02	944	3,797	24.9%	459	229	68	58	130
Census Tract 528.12	398	1,653	24.1%	216	109	73	0	0
Census Tract 530.07	349	1,452	24.0%	252	34	32	0	31
Census Tract 531.06	369	1,682	21.9%	128	151	51	39	0
Census Tract 541.11	195	892	21.9%	103	7	49	0	36
Census Tract 530.09	855	3,961	21.6%	502	145	105	103	0
Census Tract 531.12	565	2,662	21.2%	166	31	218	19	131
Census Tract 527.06	379	1,794	21.1%	200	110	58	0	11
Census Tract 542.24	418	1,979	21.1%	144	183	24	41	26
Census Tract 503	569	2,705	21.0%	191	23	8	0	347
Census Tract 530.10	403	1,925	20.9%	282	77	0	35	9
Census Tract 525.08	377	1,906	19.8%	120	164	56	0	37
Census Tract 537.26	339	1,709	19.8%	307	7	13	0	12
Census Tract 528.14	330	1,717	19.2%	75	97	70	13	75
Census Tract 537.11	400	2,137	18.7%	259	92	0	49	0
Census Tract 537.21	257	1,374	18.7%	219	24	0	0	14
Census Tract 523.07	523	2,834	18.5%	410	70	12	0	31
Census Tract 531.15	162	875	18.5%	64	27	5	42	24
Census Tract 542.04	342	1,920	17.8%	53	29	45	34	181
Census Tract 543.06	291	1,632	17.8%	93	50	38	61	49
Census Tract 540.22	365	2,065	17.7%	196	169	0	0	0
Census Tract 542.14	142	802	17.7%	12	37	16	13	64
Census Tract 543.04	368	2,094	17.6%	167	70	84	21	26
Census Tract 542.23	291	1,659	17.5%	146	97	0	17	31
Census Tract 535.13	356	2,052	17.3%	205	57	65	0	29
Census Tract 537.30	239	1,417	16.9%	225	14	0	0	0
Census Tract 528.07	530	3,193	16.6%	145	79	222	14	70
Census Tract 532.09	175	1,063	16.5%	39	16	74	11	35
Census Tract 538.05	130	793	16.4%	65	28	5	0	32