Lead Paint Risk in Franklin County, Ohio

52.2%Pre-1978 Housing

307,156Pre-1978 Units

588,892Total Housing Units

328Census 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

307,156 housing units in Franklin County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 52.2%, 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 328 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 93.21	990	990	100.0%	166	228	556	14	26
Census Tract 4.20	1,631	1,662	98.1%	55	53	174	320	1,029
Census Tract 48.20	1,066	1,090	97.8%	55	36	244	165	566
Census Tract 2.10	1,628	1,666	97.7%	55	90	601	286	596
Census Tract 27.70	1,004	1,028	97.7%	58	256	514	114	62
Census Tract 88.21	1,002	1,026	97.7%	88	347	309	105	153
Census Tract 1.10	1,863	1,909	97.6%	47	50	414	958	394
Census Tract 3.20	1,310	1,342	97.6%	31	252	855	122	50
Census Tract 27.40	1,090	1,117	97.6%	26	67	418	410	169
Census Tract 46.20	1,006	1,037	97.0%	23	59	167	184	573
Census Tract 91	1,717	1,771	97.0%	64	53	387	351	862
Census Tract 59	1,109	1,147	96.7%	6	69	354	227	453
Census Tract 83.30	747	773	96.6%	70	85	348	33	211
Census Tract 46.10	1,694	1,757	96.4%	87	37	386	455	729
Census Tract 88.13	976	1,019	95.8%	91	482	314	53	36
Census Tract 69.43	1,951	2,038	95.7%	392	1,412	89	6	52
Census Tract 48.10	1,275	1,336	95.4%	22	170	161	552	370
Census Tract 58.20	1,251	1,311	95.4%	52	6	92	23	1,078
Census Tract 1.20	1,640	1,722	95.2%	82	196	560	497	305
Census Tract 63.23	1,536	1,616	95.0%	149	460	885	19	23
Census Tract 68.10	1,037	1,092	95.0%	23	111	310	583	10
Census Tract 54.10	894	942	94.9%	51	75	110	49	609
Census Tract 27.60	1,661	1,753	94.8%	33	363	642	301	322
Census Tract 88.11	724	764	94.8%	109	186	357	4	68
Census Tract 63.10	1,516	1,608	94.3%	137	672	663	31	13
Census Tract 7.10	1,411	1,500	94.1%	94	126	476	535	180
Census Tract 77.10	1,849	1,964	94.1%	140	164	1,279	139	127
Census Tract 93.22	1,506	1,604	93.9%	278	442	747	32	7
Census Tract 65	1,297	1,382	93.8%	75	144	181	183	714
Census Tract 93.34	1,121	1,199	93.5%	117	444	512	32	16
Census Tract 9.20	848	911	93.1%	0	73	158	236	381
Census Tract 60	932	1,002	93.0%	13	135	103	157	524
Census Tract 77.22	1,559	1,681	92.7%	157	501	693	29	179
Census Tract 4.10	1,123	1,213	92.6%	87	95	46	104	791
Census Tract 87.10	1,189	1,284	92.6%	161	419	268	27	314
Census Tract 67.22	1,115	1,206	92.5%	417	388	253	5	52
Census Tract 87.20	1,747	1,889	92.5%	152	361	887	276	71
Census Tract 47	2,049	2,222	92.2%	97	271	210	168	1,303
Census Tract 92.50	816	885	92.2%	43	363	158	131	121
Census Tract 55	2,189	2,378	92.1%	107	112	410	310	1,250
Census Tract 63.30	1,950	2,117	92.1%	86	146	1,490	94	134
Census Tract 93.23	1,510	1,641	92.0%	228	557	636	34	55
Census Tract 27.30	1,071	1,165	91.9%	59	266	517	158	71
Census Tract 84	1,747	1,901	91.9%	183	278	178	46	1,062
Census Tract 25.20	1,524	1,664	91.6%	36	521	240	95	632
Census Tract 64.10	1,168	1,276	91.5%	196	170	599	144	59
Census Tract 61	1,289	1,410	91.4%	71	63	101	85	969
Census Tract 77.30	1,288	1,409	91.4%	73	563	551	91	10
Census Tract 69.10	628	688	91.3%	34	144	256	91	103
Census Tract 37	1,789	1,961	91.2%	31	151	150	157	1,300
Census Tract 92.51	597	655	91.1%	39	48	353	150	7
Census Tract 3.30	1,072	1,178	91.0%	31	136	651	194	60
Census Tract 27.50	1,078	1,187	90.8%	251	115	417	231	64
Census Tract 83.21	1,166	1,289	90.5%	33	423	673	37	0
Census Tract 87.30	1,057	1,171	90.3%	99	320	598	5	35
Census Tract 9.10	1,323	1,467	90.2%	153	100	216	281	573
Census Tract 63.21	1,496	1,660	90.1%	609	689	185	0	13
Census Tract 54.20	1,005	1,117	90.0%	44	130	103	168	560
Census Tract 3.10	1,283	1,430	89.7%	129	391	678	61	24
Census Tract 43.02	832	929	89.6%	32	16	5	74	705
Census Tract 49	2,115	2,368	89.3%	253	212	345	194	1,111
Census Tract 93.11	1,158	1,297	89.3%	275	355	439	0	89
Census Tract 58.10	1,483	1,662	89.2%	43	28	68	148	1,196
Census Tract 7.20	1,028	1,154	89.1%	106	160	284	435	43
Census Tract 45	2,174	2,450	88.7%	181	56	455	178	1,304
Census Tract 6	1,760	1,992	88.4%	292	104	310	84	970
Census Tract 89	1,546	1,751	88.3%	86	98	185	485	692
Census Tract 93.84	1,132	1,283	88.2%	269	474	309	35	45
Census Tract 7.30	1,428	1,621	88.1%	81	322	384	323	318
Census Tract 8.20	1,516	1,723	88.0%	11	168	441	272	624
Census Tract 53	1,429	1,625	87.9%	182	168	58	90	931
Census Tract 69.24	1,692	1,926	87.9%	527	1,059	35	27	44
Census Tract 81.10	1,732	1,978	87.6%	207	387	923	19	196
Census Tract 69.21	1,539	1,759	87.5%	537	517	440	8	37
Census Tract 90	1,217	1,391	87.5%	179	194	223	93	528
Census Tract 14	563	644	87.4%	59	66	52	150	236
Census Tract 93.94	814	931	87.4%	237	538	34	0	5
Census Tract 92.30	1,983	2,271	87.3%	310	308	892	353	120
Census Tract 27.80	1,083	1,242	87.2%	110	161	619	95	98
Census Tract 82.10	997	1,147	86.9%	148	263	375	113	98
Census Tract 94.10	1,029	1,185	86.8%	334	469	226	0	0
Census Tract 8.10	1,109	1,280	86.6%	10	167	635	229	68
Census Tract 69.44	1,810	2,099	86.2%	1,286	325	106	10	83
Census Tract 83.22	1,923	2,237	86.0%	720	535	542	19	107
Census Tract 29	1,295	1,515	85.5%	484	433	117	31	230
Census Tract 5	1,807	2,117	85.4%	176	111	229	76	1,215
Census Tract 94.20	1,959	2,293	85.4%	376	1,359	206	9	9
Census Tract 56.10	831	976	85.1%	0	41	129	33	628
Census Tract 25.10	1,190	1,400	85.0%	21	364	403	224	178
Census Tract 75.20	1,197	1,414	84.7%	279	153	488	181	96
Census Tract 81.20	1,389	1,640	84.7%	426	617	213	75	58
Census Tract 67.21	1,433	1,693	84.6%	250	1,159	24	0	0
Census Tract 97.11	1,683	1,999	84.2%	311	648	588	15	121
Census Tract 66	1,389	1,651	84.1%	0	95	398	271	625
Census Tract 69.23	1,326	1,576	84.1%	78	1,147	83	0	18
Census Tract 93.26	914	1,088	84.0%	432	256	217	0	9
Census Tract 64.30	1,781	2,127	83.7%	55	223	1,046	274	183
Census Tract 68.21	1,917	2,292	83.6%	543	506	423	371	74
Census Tract 71.20	1,593	1,912	83.3%	645	891	45	0	12
Census Tract 103	839	1,007	83.3%	186	172	274	163	44