Lead Paint Risk in Multnomah County, Oregon

61.0%Pre-1978 Housing

224,475Pre-1978 Units

367,704Total Housing Units

197Census 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

224,475 housing units in Multnomah County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 61.0%, compared with the state rate of 49.7%.
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 197 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 24.01	1,225	1,248	98.2%	30	7	92	5	1,091
Census Tract 25.01	1,747	1,803	96.9%	13	33	7	73	1,621
Census Tract 28.01	1,196	1,251	95.6%	0	18	31	89	1,058
Census Tract 19	1,954	2,051	95.3%	9	49	128	179	1,589
Census Tract 28.02	1,240	1,318	94.1%	83	49	134	137	837
Census Tract 39.02	1,304	1,414	92.2%	48	9	78	287	882
Census Tract 73	212	230	92.2%	0	13	52	74	73
Census Tract 29.02	2,658	2,885	92.1%	145	248	516	771	978
Census Tract 17.03	1,809	1,971	91.8%	304	316	236	117	836
Census Tract 27.01	1,112	1,223	90.9%	8	0	31	34	1,039
Census Tract 36.02	2,630	2,917	90.2%	164	152	372	585	1,357
Census Tract 26	1,072	1,198	89.5%	48	7	44	24	949
Census Tract 36.03	588	658	89.4%	29	89	158	167	145
Census Tract 30	1,982	2,222	89.2%	191	25	187	607	972
Census Tract 80.02	1,024	1,164	88.0%	78	207	527	145	67
Census Tract 11.02	663	759	87.4%	43	16	11	34	559
Census Tract 17.04	1,146	1,318	86.9%	43	72	62	256	713
Census Tract 32	1,664	1,928	86.3%	90	82	104	158	1,230
Census Tract 3.02	2,390	2,773	86.2%	25	109	690	227	1,339
Census Tract 17.02	1,373	1,595	86.1%	342	158	322	317	234
Census Tract 80.01	1,329	1,547	85.9%	217	237	607	195	73
Census Tract 37.02	963	1,124	85.7%	58	48	55	123	679
Census Tract 4.01	1,343	1,579	85.1%	52	126	512	167	486
Census Tract 39.03	1,187	1,405	84.5%	150	237	176	323	301
Census Tract 48	1,848	2,193	84.3%	165	143	226	114	1,200
Census Tract 29.01	1,765	2,106	83.8%	100	72	220	371	1,002
Census Tract 5.02	1,657	1,998	82.9%	311	184	230	168	764
Census Tract 62	1,176	1,421	82.8%	128	69	288	251	440
Census Tract 31	1,826	2,216	82.4%	69	62	74	120	1,501
Census Tract 9.01	1,634	1,989	82.2%	127	203	112	204	988
Census Tract 40.02	1,513	1,841	82.2%	113	106	264	392	638
Census Tract 47	2,119	2,579	82.2%	107	89	356	104	1,463
Census Tract 60.02	860	1,050	81.9%	111	239	275	93	142
Census Tract 97.01	1,515	1,852	81.8%	467	567	355	106	20
Census Tract 79	1,583	1,941	81.6%	267	422	200	426	268
Census Tract 2.02	1,402	1,724	81.3%	171	355	59	51	766
Census Tract 4.02	1,320	1,623	81.3%	153	154	313	170	530
Census Tract 20.01	1,112	1,370	81.2%	141	37	105	53	776
Census Tract 7.01	1,779	2,198	80.9%	254	250	488	318	469
Census Tract 16.01	2,147	2,659	80.7%	263	180	654	264	786
Census Tract 37.01	1,686	2,090	80.7%	315	58	119	368	826
Census Tract 58	2,084	2,588	80.5%	258	597	297	368	564
Census Tract 18.02	1,389	1,748	79.5%	170	207	243	256	513
Census Tract 106.02	1,102	1,387	79.5%	25	71	78	76	852
Census Tract 68.01	817	1,033	79.1%	235	357	147	45	33
Census Tract 16.02	1,653	2,094	78.9%	215	208	513	377	340
Census Tract 68.02	1,236	1,567	78.9%	352	351	433	28	72
Census Tract 97.04	1,130	1,442	78.4%	388	324	382	22	14
Census Tract 13.02	1,349	1,722	78.3%	46	34	60	115	1,094
Census Tract 98.04	912	1,171	77.9%	219	347	245	93	8
Census Tract 95.02	1,303	1,675	77.8%	462	794	41	0	6
Census Tract 49.02	1,561	2,015	77.5%	84	263	220	67	927
Census Tract 5.01	1,471	1,901	77.4%	117	122	265	123	844
Census Tract 8.02	1,786	2,309	77.3%	350	189	176	185	886
Census Tract 78	626	812	77.1%	25	24	60	262	255
Census Tract 35.01	1,525	1,980	77.0%	28	59	421	177	840
Census Tract 38.01	1,152	1,496	77.0%	44	61	127	126	794
Census Tract 67.02	1,074	1,394	77.0%	323	254	277	52	168
Census Tract 10	2,126	2,765	76.9%	280	317	195	50	1,284
Census Tract 14	2,172	2,825	76.9%	111	49	211	103	1,698
Census Tract 13.01	1,557	2,032	76.6%	239	74	78	73	1,093
Census Tract 38.02	1,234	1,615	76.4%	45	87	90	119	893
Census Tract 2.01	1,250	1,644	76.0%	286	141	61	103	659
Census Tract 29.03	1,480	1,953	75.8%	247	79	505	368	281
Census Tract 88	1,256	1,660	75.7%	264	215	213	179	385
Census Tract 12.02	1,234	1,644	75.1%	84	24	71	179	876
Census Tract 3.01	1,728	2,309	74.8%	704	40	290	165	529
Census Tract 15	1,165	1,559	74.7%	18	37	50	111	949
Census Tract 33.02	1,180	1,584	74.5%	5	47	142	65	921
Census Tract 39.04	1,289	1,734	74.3%	250	77	216	98	648
Census Tract 12.03	1,196	1,614	74.1%	210	46	125	78	737
Census Tract 61	760	1,027	74.0%	75	152	277	219	37
Census Tract 33.01	961	1,306	73.6%	69	57	112	35	688
Census Tract 92.03	972	1,321	73.6%	302	140	387	96	47
Census Tract 8.01	1,706	2,334	73.1%	90	209	291	295	821
Census Tract 77	661	906	73.0%	47	33	168	198	215
Census Tract 20.02	1,929	2,667	72.3%	293	119	107	229	1,181
Census Tract 27.02	1,502	2,078	72.3%	67	558	78	57	742
Census Tract 46.02	660	913	72.3%	18	45	83	35	479
Census Tract 96.03	1,021	1,416	72.1%	345	393	175	78	30
Census Tract 93.01	1,729	2,419	71.5%	712	487	337	160	33
Census Tract 76	1,229	1,724	71.3%	167	168	269	397	228
Census Tract 38.03	1,459	2,049	71.2%	163	112	204	271	709
Census Tract 63	1,306	1,834	71.2%	207	150	291	235	423
Census Tract 41.02	1,684	2,403	70.1%	243	168	303	66	904
Census Tract 91.01	1,539	2,200	70.0%	617	372	405	102	43
Census Tract 18.01	1,602	2,295	69.8%	116	311	362	244	569
Census Tract 85	1,068	1,540	69.4%	207	238	294	85	244
Census Tract 24.02	1,523	2,199	69.3%	280	439	13	79	712
Census Tract 7.02	1,519	2,198	69.1%	294	310	327	110	478
Census Tract 9.02	1,580	2,286	69.1%	552	198	180	78	572
Census Tract 25.02	1,636	2,375	68.9%	228	139	62	47	1,160
Census Tract 6.01	1,630	2,374	68.7%	114	259	452	62	743
Census Tract 105	1,031	1,508	68.4%	401	237	55	110	228
Census Tract 36.01	1,518	2,227	68.2%	214	0	269	277	758
Census Tract 75	1,501	2,200	68.2%	179	78	329	533	382
Census Tract 104.11	908	1,340	67.8%	860	36	0	0	12
Census Tract 60.01	529	783	67.6%	91	98	96	55	189
Census Tract 12.04	1,140	1,690	67.5%	198	155	153	85	549
Census Tract 66.01	887	1,326	66.9%	342	76	220	96	153