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