Lead Paint Risk in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

81.0%Pre-1978 Housing

498,413Pre-1978 Units

615,513Total Housing Units

428Census 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

498,413 housing units in Cuyahoga County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 81.0%, compared with the state rate of 64.0%.
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 428 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1065	1,140	1,140	100.0%	46	132	243	171	548
Census Tract 1109.01	1,280	1,280	100.0%	0	28	22	101	1,129
Census Tract 1117	617	617	100.0%	19	0	41	27	530
Census Tract 1198	1,514	1,514	100.0%	28	23	114	158	1,191
Census Tract 1199	1,335	1,335	100.0%	44	57	201	200	833
Census Tract 1206	1,357	1,357	100.0%	0	115	170	309	763
Census Tract 1212	843	843	100.0%	12	27	73	173	558
Census Tract 1406	562	562	100.0%	22	18	21	89	412
Census Tract 1501	1,236	1,236	100.0%	59	29	14	10	1,124
Census Tract 1504	561	561	100.0%	0	88	58	39	376
Census Tract 1522.02	2,141	2,141	100.0%	291	285	1,053	321	191
Census Tract 1772.02	1,387	1,387	100.0%	44	56	614	458	215
Census Tract 1773.03	2,408	2,408	100.0%	37	196	1,313	343	519
Census Tract 1836.04	1,301	1,301	100.0%	18	22	111	271	879
Census Tract 1852.02	2,175	2,175	100.0%	51	259	972	593	300
Census Tract 1523.03	1,922	1,930	99.6%	82	178	982	597	83
Census Tract 1615	1,969	1,978	99.5%	105	140	160	111	1,453
Census Tract 1215	1,275	1,283	99.4%	15	169	390	344	357
Census Tract 1232	1,440	1,448	99.4%	21	179	443	591	206
Census Tract 1235.01	1,484	1,493	99.4%	52	83	232	73	1,044
Census Tract 1241	2,057	2,069	99.4%	46	146	157	687	1,021
Census Tract 1415	831	836	99.4%	6	70	19	13	723
Census Tract 1851.02	1,245	1,253	99.4%	20	167	640	209	209
Census Tract 1182	882	888	99.3%	39	17	93	57	676
Census Tract 1416.01	745	750	99.3%	0	0	54	59	632
Census Tract 1836.06	845	851	99.3%	0	156	136	154	399
Census Tract 1964	1,244	1,254	99.2%	206	273	454	129	182
Census Tract 1381.07	914	923	99.0%	26	171	686	27	4
Census Tract 1407.02	858	867	99.0%	8	44	16	57	733
Census Tract 1834.01	852	861	99.0%	29	32	85	93	613
Census Tract 1236.01	1,325	1,340	98.9%	53	65	184	281	742
Census Tract 1242.01	1,204	1,218	98.9%	63	203	293	334	311
Census Tract 1342.05	1,083	1,096	98.8%	81	556	359	50	37
Census Tract 1417	652	660	98.8%	8	7	60	106	471
Census Tract 1961	1,246	1,262	98.7%	180	131	214	98	623
Census Tract 1711.04	1,942	1,970	98.6%	84	256	720	652	230
Census Tract 1881.03	1,315	1,334	98.6%	87	215	687	198	128
Census Tract 1022	1,428	1,450	98.5%	69	167	108	119	965
Census Tract 1521.02	2,241	2,275	98.5%	210	119	534	358	1,020
Census Tract 1531.04	1,409	1,430	98.5%	17	193	382	386	431
Census Tract 1614	1,608	1,633	98.5%	16	75	188	232	1,097
Census Tract 1721.02	1,666	1,692	98.5%	165	404	758	203	136
Census Tract 1776.04	856	869	98.5%	18	166	514	123	35
Census Tract 1069	1,946	1,978	98.4%	86	121	430	294	1,015
Census Tract 1531.06	1,681	1,708	98.4%	70	404	730	267	210
Census Tract 1603	956	972	98.4%	13	36	26	6	875
Census Tract 1546.03	1,306	1,328	98.3%	285	173	626	184	38
Census Tract 1612	1,470	1,496	98.3%	30	137	268	19	1,016
Census Tract 1712.03	1,429	1,454	98.3%	146	64	460	492	267
Census Tract 1774.04	1,228	1,249	98.3%	74	205	757	18	174
Census Tract 1852.03	1,297	1,319	98.3%	58	85	563	223	368
Census Tract 1024.02	1,207	1,231	98.1%	31	0	136	89	951
Census Tract 1027	1,608	1,639	98.1%	0	133	132	70	1,273
Census Tract 1239	1,418	1,445	98.1%	11	115	153	163	976
Census Tract 1409	877	894	98.1%	39	35	157	271	375
Census Tract 1517	613	625	98.1%	4	14	23	73	499
Census Tract 1721.01	1,057	1,078	98.1%	106	135	515	77	224
Census Tract 1775.04	1,711	1,744	98.1%	49	584	1,000	59	19
Census Tract 1782.05	711	725	98.1%	25	303	256	74	53
Census Tract 1836.03	718	732	98.1%	57	0	84	60	517
Census Tract 1211	912	931	98.0%	18	40	120	61	673
Census Tract 1231	1,250	1,275	98.0%	7	299	353	294	297
Census Tract 1016.03	1,146	1,171	97.9%	85	13	39	59	950
Census Tract 1223	920	940	97.9%	173	172	315	135	125
Census Tract 1404	1,422	1,454	97.8%	59	131	132	74	1,026
Census Tract 1544	1,273	1,301	97.8%	93	361	233	161	425
Census Tract 1782.01	1,633	1,675	97.5%	346	104	1,003	152	28
Census Tract 1068	1,507	1,547	97.4%	81	49	226	94	1,057
Census Tract 1774.05	2,031	2,086	97.4%	73	225	1,229	112	392
Census Tract 1525.01	1,872	1,923	97.3%	56	323	298	695	500
Census Tract 1174	727	749	97.1%	18	9	40	153	507
Census Tract 1701.01	1,688	1,738	97.1%	19	462	943	187	77
Census Tract 1023	916	944	97.0%	8	26	72	49	761
Census Tract 1207.01	874	901	97.0%	21	96	10	191	556
Census Tract 1871.03	1,298	1,338	97.0%	0	161	135	399	603
Census Tract 1166	1,175	1,213	96.9%	0	162	63	49	901
Census Tract 1601	808	834	96.9%	32	14	25	70	667
Census Tract 1841.06	924	954	96.9%	161	454	255	44	10
Census Tract 1871.04	1,375	1,421	96.8%	49	64	338	291	633
Census Tract 1158	1,168	1,208	96.7%	75	65	29	144	855
Census Tract 1774.06	1,525	1,577	96.7%	41	123	802	273	286
Census Tract 1832	990	1,024	96.7%	13	24	203	64	686
Census Tract 1524	689	713	96.6%	79	57	151	73	329
Census Tract 1546.01	1,941	2,009	96.6%	167	189	717	329	539
Census Tract 1774.03	1,320	1,366	96.6%	50	66	717	238	249
Census Tract 1221	1,414	1,466	96.5%	21	263	811	234	85
Census Tract 1541	936	970	96.5%	24	42	292	126	452
Census Tract 1186.02	1,081	1,121	96.4%	75	459	6	25	516
Census Tract 1403.02	1,166	1,210	96.4%	50	46	197	438	435
Census Tract 1742.04	1,414	1,467	96.4%	263	487	404	145	115
Census Tract 1772.01	1,561	1,619	96.4%	46	132	750	314	319
Census Tract 1011.01	1,089	1,131	96.3%	55	219	222	65	528
Census Tract 1178	1,038	1,078	96.3%	118	47	140	122	611
Census Tract 1208.01	1,021	1,060	96.3%	88	108	203	101	521
Census Tract 1602	1,279	1,328	96.3%	176	111	31	83	878
Census Tract 1833	1,660	1,724	96.3%	78	118	940	173	351
Census Tract 1993	1,329	1,380	96.3%	72	151	8	103	995
Census Tract 1168	1,146	1,191	96.2%	0	10	36	266	834
Census Tract 1218	884	919	96.2%	9	48	519	274	34
Census Tract 1712.05	1,218	1,266	96.2%	385	208	473	106	46