Lead Paint Risk in Hamilton County, Ohio
73.0%Pre-1978 Housing
277,640Pre-1978 Units
380,414Total Housing Units
226Census 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
- 277,640 housing units in Hamilton County were built before 1978.
- The county's pre-1978 housing share is 73.0%, 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 226 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.
| Tract | Pre-1978 | Total | Risk Rate | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | 1940s | ≤1939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 56 | 2,654 | 2,654 | 100.0% | 58 | 115 | 419 | 329 | 1,733 |
| Census Tract 236 | 1,957 | 1,963 | 99.7% | 84 | 341 | 1,058 | 318 | 156 |
| Census Tract 40 | 962 | 970 | 99.2% | 5 | 144 | 17 | 139 | 657 |
| Census Tract 39 | 1,070 | 1,083 | 98.8% | 30 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 988 |
| Census Tract 226.02 | 1,080 | 1,093 | 98.8% | 94 | 60 | 201 | 220 | 505 |
| Census Tract 102.02 | 1,189 | 1,211 | 98.2% | 47 | 208 | 317 | 43 | 574 |
| Census Tract 254.01 | 873 | 889 | 98.2% | 85 | 48 | 47 | 84 | 609 |
| Census Tract 209.01 | 1,509 | 1,539 | 98.1% | 33 | 200 | 395 | 304 | 577 |
| Census Tract 28 | 608 | 622 | 97.7% | 34 | 29 | 8 | 24 | 513 |
| Census Tract 107 | 765 | 783 | 97.7% | 10 | 71 | 172 | 89 | 423 |
| Census Tract 255 | 1,991 | 2,040 | 97.6% | 97 | 146 | 155 | 115 | 1,478 |
| Census Tract 95 | 899 | 922 | 97.5% | 56 | 38 | 138 | 40 | 627 |
| Census Tract 257 | 892 | 915 | 97.5% | 44 | 112 | 2 | 177 | 557 |
| Census Tract 103 | 620 | 638 | 97.2% | 0 | 80 | 36 | 69 | 435 |
| Census Tract 220 | 1,546 | 1,595 | 96.9% | 95 | 327 | 672 | 109 | 343 |
| Census Tract 65.02 | 1,669 | 1,725 | 96.8% | 122 | 148 | 216 | 41 | 1,142 |
| Census Tract 232.01 | 1,423 | 1,472 | 96.7% | 63 | 149 | 130 | 184 | 897 |
| Census Tract 253 | 1,442 | 1,497 | 96.3% | 201 | 115 | 95 | 73 | 958 |
| Census Tract 111 | 1,418 | 1,476 | 96.1% | 302 | 456 | 542 | 115 | 3 |
| Census Tract 237.02 | 1,320 | 1,373 | 96.1% | 24 | 135 | 115 | 601 | 445 |
| Census Tract 221.02 | 2,553 | 2,659 | 96.0% | 325 | 545 | 1,595 | 56 | 32 |
| Census Tract 99.01 | 1,831 | 1,921 | 95.3% | 43 | 216 | 690 | 308 | 574 |
| Census Tract 100.05 | 567 | 597 | 95.0% | 90 | 40 | 218 | 116 | 103 |
| Census Tract 57.01 | 1,720 | 1,813 | 94.9% | 66 | 127 | 327 | 110 | 1,090 |
| Census Tract 51 | 1,088 | 1,148 | 94.8% | 160 | 12 | 116 | 54 | 746 |
| Census Tract 97 | 2,130 | 2,247 | 94.8% | 85 | 294 | 427 | 336 | 988 |
| Census Tract 50 | 2,445 | 2,584 | 94.6% | 254 | 246 | 105 | 346 | 1,494 |
| Census Tract 216.02 | 1,345 | 1,424 | 94.5% | 265 | 618 | 298 | 117 | 47 |
| Census Tract 212.02 | 2,050 | 2,184 | 93.9% | 357 | 591 | 684 | 195 | 223 |
| Census Tract 277 | 2,208 | 2,362 | 93.5% | 247 | 225 | 256 | 111 | 1,369 |
| Census Tract 274 | 2,011 | 2,152 | 93.4% | 238 | 53 | 270 | 181 | 1,269 |
| Census Tract 226.01 | 1,913 | 2,054 | 93.1% | 224 | 430 | 706 | 173 | 380 |
| Census Tract 99.02 | 1,703 | 1,834 | 92.9% | 55 | 217 | 605 | 197 | 629 |
| Census Tract 94 | 686 | 739 | 92.8% | 106 | 77 | 91 | 0 | 412 |
| Census Tract 218.02 | 1,359 | 1,466 | 92.7% | 64 | 17 | 346 | 462 | 470 |
| Census Tract 52 | 1,796 | 1,943 | 92.4% | 85 | 83 | 46 | 125 | 1,457 |
| Census Tract 11 | 601 | 651 | 92.3% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 581 |
| Census Tract 234 | 1,692 | 1,833 | 92.3% | 109 | 369 | 564 | 526 | 124 |
| Census Tract 210.03 | 1,114 | 1,210 | 92.1% | 55 | 149 | 633 | 195 | 82 |
| Census Tract 82.01 | 1,655 | 1,800 | 91.9% | 98 | 298 | 322 | 297 | 640 |
| Census Tract 16 | 798 | 869 | 91.8% | 34 | 144 | 15 | 15 | 590 |
| Census Tract 215.05 | 1,318 | 1,436 | 91.8% | 465 | 639 | 201 | 0 | 13 |
| Census Tract 60 | 2,712 | 2,957 | 91.7% | 274 | 249 | 455 | 742 | 992 |
| Census Tract 269 | 1,543 | 1,687 | 91.5% | 84 | 243 | 4 | 195 | 1,017 |
| Census Tract 2 | 530 | 580 | 91.4% | 43 | 326 | 77 | 35 | 49 |
| Census Tract 75 | 1,040 | 1,138 | 91.4% | 101 | 340 | 195 | 48 | 356 |
| Census Tract 59 | 591 | 648 | 91.2% | 65 | 6 | 85 | 113 | 322 |
| Census Tract 252 | 2,071 | 2,270 | 91.2% | 131 | 102 | 437 | 68 | 1,333 |
| Census Tract 29.01 | 564 | 620 | 91.0% | 35 | 131 | 69 | 0 | 329 |
| Census Tract 46.03 | 1,445 | 1,595 | 90.6% | 213 | 70 | 477 | 355 | 330 |
| Census Tract 209.02 | 2,401 | 2,653 | 90.5% | 398 | 365 | 192 | 169 | 1,277 |
| Census Tract 71 | 1,621 | 1,795 | 90.3% | 206 | 198 | 72 | 161 | 984 |
| Census Tract 105 | 577 | 639 | 90.3% | 129 | 51 | 82 | 33 | 282 |
| Census Tract 247 | 676 | 749 | 90.3% | 14 | 75 | 110 | 142 | 335 |
| Census Tract 58 | 2,206 | 2,450 | 90.0% | 226 | 309 | 321 | 411 | 939 |
| Census Tract 215.04 | 2,349 | 2,623 | 89.6% | 297 | 1,303 | 662 | 20 | 67 |
| Census Tract 69 | 1,460 | 1,635 | 89.3% | 59 | 214 | 329 | 83 | 775 |
| Census Tract 70 | 1,122 | 1,257 | 89.3% | 72 | 26 | 45 | 30 | 949 |
| Census Tract 81 | 1,309 | 1,466 | 89.3% | 157 | 376 | 486 | 164 | 126 |
| Census Tract 96 | 1,979 | 2,222 | 89.1% | 45 | 317 | 219 | 127 | 1,271 |
| Census Tract 64 | 1,666 | 1,872 | 89.0% | 19 | 150 | 340 | 225 | 932 |
| Census Tract 38 | 1,093 | 1,229 | 88.9% | 15 | 17 | 82 | 137 | 842 |
| Census Tract 237.01 | 1,327 | 1,493 | 88.9% | 27 | 179 | 483 | 272 | 366 |
| Census Tract 9 | 902 | 1,017 | 88.7% | 0 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 856 |
| Census Tract 238 | 2,457 | 2,773 | 88.6% | 216 | 652 | 631 | 438 | 520 |
| Census Tract 110 | 1,163 | 1,314 | 88.5% | 292 | 284 | 221 | 228 | 138 |
| Census Tract 263 | 442 | 500 | 88.4% | 48 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 347 |
| Census Tract 271 | 2,324 | 2,628 | 88.4% | 474 | 639 | 300 | 207 | 704 |
| Census Tract 36 | 689 | 781 | 88.2% | 138 | 258 | 10 | 14 | 269 |
| Census Tract 272 | 907 | 1,032 | 87.9% | 83 | 56 | 25 | 33 | 710 |
| Census Tract 27 | 841 | 958 | 87.8% | 112 | 24 | 18 | 81 | 606 |
| Census Tract 48 | 1,267 | 1,445 | 87.7% | 60 | 173 | 201 | 95 | 738 |
| Census Tract 218.01 | 2,259 | 2,576 | 87.7% | 211 | 388 | 754 | 421 | 485 |
| Census Tract 18 | 753 | 860 | 87.6% | 10 | 10 | 32 | 105 | 596 |
| Census Tract 214.01 | 1,995 | 2,283 | 87.4% | 591 | 460 | 553 | 187 | 204 |
| Census Tract 233 | 1,351 | 1,549 | 87.2% | 113 | 437 | 462 | 150 | 189 |
| Census Tract 219 | 554 | 638 | 86.8% | 198 | 65 | 202 | 70 | 19 |
| Census Tract 101 | 2,296 | 2,648 | 86.7% | 422 | 681 | 148 | 253 | 792 |
| Census Tract 256 | 1,329 | 1,533 | 86.7% | 81 | 154 | 20 | 114 | 960 |
| Census Tract 10 | 1,082 | 1,249 | 86.6% | 30 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 865 |
| Census Tract 65.01 | 524 | 606 | 86.5% | 30 | 0 | 123 | 12 | 359 |
| Census Tract 214.22 | 1,113 | 1,286 | 86.5% | 575 | 355 | 131 | 29 | 23 |
| Census Tract 61 | 1,019 | 1,181 | 86.3% | 0 | 0 | 86 | 224 | 709 |
| Census Tract 86.01 | 980 | 1,136 | 86.3% | 111 | 72 | 50 | 64 | 683 |
| Census Tract 98 | 948 | 1,100 | 86.2% | 309 | 290 | 62 | 126 | 161 |
| Census Tract 207.62 | 1,191 | 1,382 | 86.2% | 190 | 250 | 603 | 51 | 97 |
| Census Tract 249.01 | 407 | 473 | 86.0% | 44 | 69 | 114 | 37 | 143 |
| Census Tract 57.02 | 1,771 | 2,068 | 85.6% | 53 | 117 | 86 | 355 | 1,160 |
| Census Tract 83 | 2,072 | 2,424 | 85.5% | 393 | 606 | 713 | 188 | 172 |
| Census Tract 17 | 830 | 972 | 85.4% | 53 | 16 | 0 | 77 | 684 |
| Census Tract 270 | 1,441 | 1,687 | 85.4% | 92 | 196 | 168 | 175 | 810 |
| Census Tract 254.02 | 1,418 | 1,663 | 85.3% | 53 | 106 | 135 | 60 | 1,064 |
| Census Tract 73 | 847 | 997 | 85.0% | 8 | 113 | 136 | 50 | 540 |
| Census Tract 216.04 | 1,322 | 1,556 | 85.0% | 12 | 523 | 703 | 11 | 73 |
| Census Tract 258 | 1,739 | 2,049 | 84.9% | 246 | 180 | 263 | 215 | 835 |
| Census Tract 213.04 | 1,521 | 1,797 | 84.6% | 334 | 627 | 494 | 25 | 41 |
| Census Tract 240.01 | 2,204 | 2,620 | 84.1% | 481 | 531 | 522 | 405 | 265 |
| Census Tract 66 | 910 | 1,083 | 84.0% | 29 | 137 | 166 | 83 | 495 |
| Census Tract 267 | 852 | 1,017 | 83.8% | 133 | 14 | 73 | 127 | 505 |
| Census Tract 72 | 1,204 | 1,441 | 83.6% | 120 | 324 | 16 | 68 | 676 |