Lead Paint Risk in Lucas County, Ohio

73.2%Pre-1978 Housing

146,866Pre-1978 Units

200,764Total Housing Units

169Census 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

146,866 housing units in Lucas County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 73.2%, 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 169 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 6.02	431	432	99.8%	0	35	26	44	326
Census Tract 39.01	1,414	1,421	99.5%	101	135	214	117	847
Census Tract 21	1,648	1,659	99.3%	130	35	78	222	1,183
Census Tract 44.01	552	557	99.1%	36	51	64	30	371
Census Tract 44.02	842	850	99.1%	0	223	106	119	394
Census Tract 61	1,367	1,379	99.1%	10	199	635	312	211
Census Tract 49	1,347	1,360	99.0%	23	52	22	29	1,221
Census Tract 27	733	741	98.9%	81	70	103	174	305
Census Tract 45.01	1,249	1,263	98.9%	19	31	91	57	1,051
Census Tract 50	739	748	98.8%	25	130	87	21	476
Census Tract 58.03	791	801	98.8%	68	192	226	112	193
Census Tract 55.02	1,526	1,548	98.6%	98	82	663	158	525
Census Tract 4	1,560	1,583	98.5%	137	89	363	462	509
Census Tract 16.02	702	713	98.5%	0	0	19	20	663
Census Tract 3.02	1,077	1,098	98.1%	46	130	38	177	686
Census Tract 7.03	407	415	98.1%	34	65	31	128	149
Census Tract 2.02	731	747	97.9%	48	110	127	126	320
Census Tract 72.07	1,104	1,128	97.9%	47	189	771	31	66
Census Tract 2.01	954	975	97.8%	85	44	114	343	368
Census Tract 51.01	1,417	1,451	97.7%	9	72	35	132	1,169
Census Tract 82.04	1,021	1,052	97.1%	155	132	320	147	267
Census Tract 10.01	733	756	97.0%	29	42	47	28	587
Census Tract 63	1,398	1,443	96.9%	90	11	380	459	458
Census Tract 45.03	1,262	1,305	96.7%	237	244	472	198	111
Census Tract 13.01	1,147	1,187	96.6%	29	58	361	192	507
Census Tract 3.01	1,272	1,318	96.5%	63	203	467	283	256
Census Tract 32	599	621	96.5%	86	44	99	63	307
Census Tract 78.01	856	887	96.5%	0	306	445	92	13
Census Tract 18	930	965	96.4%	103	137	136	75	479
Census Tract 35	523	543	96.3%	0	59	69	16	379
Census Tract 40	828	863	95.9%	20	63	91	227	427
Census Tract 28	797	833	95.7%	53	199	69	60	416
Census Tract 45.04	1,411	1,481	95.3%	46	147	480	357	381
Census Tract 11	1,016	1,067	95.2%	42	199	235	141	399
Census Tract 55.03	885	930	95.2%	187	174	358	110	56
Census Tract 64	1,095	1,152	95.1%	31	31	238	237	558
Census Tract 72.06	721	758	95.1%	271	314	105	0	31
Census Tract 19	820	863	95.0%	14	205	164	0	437
Census Tract 42	803	848	94.7%	7	11	19	6	760
Census Tract 7.02	925	979	94.5%	68	0	136	125	596
Census Tract 82.10	711	752	94.5%	297	341	32	34	7
Census Tract 69	1,254	1,328	94.4%	16	136	781	218	103
Census Tract 7.01	742	787	94.3%	13	0	88	101	540
Census Tract 31	463	491	94.3%	25	63	54	58	263
Census Tract 48	1,261	1,339	94.2%	22	16	99	100	1,024
Census Tract 53	776	824	94.2%	66	72	28	33	577
Census Tract 46	1,018	1,085	93.8%	19	74	201	98	626
Census Tract 103	697	743	93.8%	36	4	37	27	593
Census Tract 60	981	1,047	93.7%	116	303	442	79	41
Census Tract 15	790	846	93.4%	12	102	134	99	443
Census Tract 47.01	1,305	1,397	93.4%	110	203	223	55	714
Census Tract 55.01	1,315	1,413	93.1%	71	120	306	208	610
Census Tract 59.01	1,023	1,099	93.1%	124	413	287	102	97
Census Tract 59.02	1,866	2,004	93.1%	434	406	858	63	105
Census Tract 39.02	863	928	93.0%	18	76	278	171	320
Census Tract 57.03	1,070	1,152	92.9%	87	93	360	322	208
Census Tract 70.04	790	851	92.8%	47	259	407	34	43
Census Tract 24.02	578	628	92.0%	32	31	79	33	403
Census Tract 6.01	1,464	1,593	91.9%	112	38	146	226	942
Census Tract 17	603	657	91.8%	20	32	41	8	502
Census Tract 83.02	692	757	91.4%	50	329	235	14	64
Census Tract 70.02	743	814	91.3%	69	154	293	104	123
Census Tract 16.01	686	752	91.2%	1	63	12	59	551
Census Tract 20	706	774	91.2%	78	32	6	42	548
Census Tract 52	1,234	1,355	91.1%	24	60	153	224	773
Census Tract 71.02	1,479	1,625	91.0%	151	283	193	126	726
Census Tract 79.01	816	899	90.8%	88	208	235	137	148
Census Tract 66	948	1,045	90.7%	80	140	227	284	217
Census Tract 70.03	791	874	90.5%	33	230	424	40	64
Census Tract 25	884	981	90.1%	10	55	37	263	519
Census Tract 8	704	798	88.2%	50	36	90	15	513
Census Tract 33	620	704	88.1%	130	0	41	43	406
Census Tract 101	1,549	1,763	87.9%	426	243	455	158	267
Census Tract 57.05	941	1,072	87.8%	28	63	707	63	80
Census Tract 47.02	1,440	1,659	86.8%	153	66	124	272	825
Census Tract 29	1,187	1,371	86.6%	314	228	100	42	503
Census Tract 65	1,250	1,454	86.0%	375	289	265	207	114
Census Tract 10.02	873	1,016	85.9%	22	149	139	206	357
Census Tract 56.01	1,794	2,092	85.8%	826	665	142	119	42
Census Tract 24.01	1,429	1,670	85.6%	113	80	208	49	979
Census Tract 62	1,004	1,174	85.5%	125	78	279	247	275
Census Tract 12.02	862	1,009	85.4%	119	289	15	37	402
Census Tract 72.08	1,217	1,425	85.4%	517	431	150	97	22
Census Tract 81	1,314	1,540	85.3%	395	170	364	151	234
Census Tract 100.02	1,256	1,475	85.2%	344	336	270	95	211
Census Tract 13.03	1,272	1,497	85.0%	100	53	268	300	551
Census Tract 9	874	1,031	84.8%	8	128	91	29	618
Census Tract 57.04	1,041	1,234	84.4%	172	251	384	96	138
Census Tract 79.03	1,044	1,237	84.4%	310	299	252	114	69
Census Tract 87.02	764	920	83.0%	128	358	189	48	41
Census Tract 26	514	623	82.5%	0	0	55	33	426
Census Tract 76	1,525	1,853	82.3%	98	254	472	155	546
Census Tract 14	748	920	81.3%	0	114	166	12	456
Census Tract 85.01	1,061	1,306	81.2%	124	267	378	96	196
Census Tract 58.04	1,123	1,388	80.9%	326	522	128	17	130
Census Tract 77	1,467	1,815	80.8%	129	180	1,079	64	15
Census Tract 105	1,258	1,568	80.2%	262	136	0	66	794
Census Tract 36	474	594	79.8%	0	62	84	51	277
Census Tract 12.01	754	950	79.4%	243	157	178	42	134
Census Tract 100.01	1,377	1,741	79.1%	779	407	133	32	26