Lead Paint Risk in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

77.2%Pre-1978 Housing

466,580Pre-1978 Units

604,558Total Housing Units

394Census 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

466,580 housing units in Allegheny County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 77.2%, compared with the state rate of 67.8%.
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 394 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 2701	1,302	1,302	100.0%	18	38	86	266	894
Census Tract 4301	1,003	1,003	100.0%	145	186	194	87	391
Census Tract 9805	14	14	100.0%	0	0	5	0	9
Census Tract 9806	4	4	100.0%	4	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 2607	812	815	99.6%	6	49	51	66	640
Census Tract 2022	1,333	1,340	99.5%	39	158	384	64	688
Census Tract 3206	1,076	1,081	99.5%	35	120	400	241	280
Census Tract 2815	644	649	99.2%	24	126	67	48	379
Census Tract 1018	1,302	1,315	99.0%	25	85	352	281	559
Census Tract 1412	1,913	1,934	98.9%	37	146	213	94	1,423
Census Tract 903	974	986	98.8%	18	56	80	28	792
Census Tract 3001	1,750	1,771	98.8%	151	52	146	275	1,126
Census Tract 4810	1,671	1,694	98.6%	65	130	119	350	1,007
Census Tract 1517	2,547	2,585	98.5%	110	183	518	127	1,609
Census Tract 4724	811	825	98.3%	4	52	92	51	612
Census Tract 4801.02	1,232	1,254	98.2%	65	141	812	133	81
Census Tract 5231	1,759	1,792	98.2%	74	569	573	210	333
Census Tract 5605	1,512	1,539	98.2%	71	68	384	113	876
Census Tract 1404	924	942	98.1%	26	74	80	120	624
Census Tract 3207	790	805	98.1%	34	134	242	97	283
Census Tract 4722	1,204	1,229	98.0%	46	81	101	81	895
Census Tract 4013	1,204	1,233	97.6%	54	100	462	167	421
Census Tract 4324	1,417	1,452	97.6%	124	344	165	75	709
Census Tract 4480	601	616	97.6%	29	17	82	167	306
Census Tract 1106	1,082	1,111	97.4%	40	32	122	16	872
Census Tract 2716	2,231	2,291	97.4%	74	10	290	270	1,587
Census Tract 4850	607	623	97.4%	0	95	238	63	211
Census Tract 4929	1,178	1,210	97.4%	46	36	483	267	346
Census Tract 4571	743	764	97.3%	156	91	143	25	328
Census Tract 1919	1,065	1,097	97.1%	76	50	135	235	569
Census Tract 1916	1,926	1,989	96.8%	21	154	533	170	1,048
Census Tract 5235.01	1,936	2,001	96.8%	341	731	523	260	81
Census Tract 4340	818	846	96.7%	50	36	113	14	605
Census Tract 4845	2,713	2,806	96.7%	97	413	776	475	952
Census Tract 4890.02	1,572	1,626	96.7%	62	455	668	295	92
Census Tract 1610	1,290	1,338	96.4%	60	212	142	309	567
Census Tract 5120	1,191	1,236	96.4%	40	225	342	212	372
Census Tract 1411	591	614	96.3%	13	73	195	60	250
Census Tract 3204	917	954	96.1%	0	105	305	155	352
Census Tract 806	1,170	1,219	96.0%	57	9	53	129	922
Census Tract 1516	1,346	1,402	96.0%	31	137	214	44	920
Census Tract 5513	1,086	1,131	96.0%	120	249	215	242	260
Census Tract 4980	1,102	1,150	95.8%	79	113	578	214	118
Census Tract 4772	1,982	2,073	95.6%	316	441	702	337	186
Census Tract 4782	2,579	2,697	95.6%	474	141	786	342	836
Census Tract 5233	1,822	1,905	95.6%	87	467	967	122	179
Census Tract 1014	1,581	1,656	95.5%	7	81	99	114	1,280
Census Tract 4940	617	646	95.5%	14	90	91	72	350
Census Tract 5161	722	756	95.5%	18	110	89	53	452
Census Tract 4592.02	481	504	95.4%	378	75	17	0	11
Census Tract 4927	1,007	1,056	95.4%	27	78	72	129	701
Census Tract 5641	395	414	95.4%	9	53	159	30	144
Census Tract 4643	1,532	1,608	95.3%	38	162	329	117	886
Census Tract 5162	825	866	95.3%	18	131	43	84	549
Census Tract 5154.01	1,022	1,073	95.2%	36	61	41	190	694
Census Tract 5647	1,633	1,718	95.1%	148	229	66	149	1,041
Census Tract 4881	931	980	95.0%	75	129	287	119	321
Census Tract 5190	1,286	1,354	95.0%	172	414	386	130	184
Census Tract 1403	1,422	1,498	94.9%	127	138	109	45	1,003
Census Tract 5200.01	1,553	1,637	94.9%	371	401	573	124	84
Census Tract 605	803	847	94.8%	41	74	38	42	608
Census Tract 4658	1,787	1,888	94.7%	71	161	242	209	1,104
Census Tract 4689	2,092	2,209	94.7%	178	334	481	470	629
Census Tract 4882	1,405	1,483	94.7%	35	140	766	230	234
Census Tract 5153	1,049	1,108	94.7%	102	58	93	115	681
Census Tract 1102	2,210	2,335	94.6%	63	240	145	260	1,502
Census Tract 2620	1,233	1,304	94.6%	182	138	189	44	680
Census Tract 4721	1,209	1,278	94.6%	64	94	174	78	799
Census Tract 5170	911	963	94.6%	327	104	308	31	141
Census Tract 2602	980	1,037	94.5%	13	59	86	163	659
Census Tract 4704	1,334	1,412	94.5%	8	140	915	241	30
Census Tract 5030.02	2,842	3,006	94.5%	544	249	915	533	601
Census Tract 5648	1,131	1,198	94.4%	34	75	162	101	759
Census Tract 1405	1,189	1,261	94.3%	54	47	104	207	777
Census Tract 4846	1,021	1,083	94.3%	77	279	184	80	401
Census Tract 4868	783	830	94.3%	9	55	108	78	533
Census Tract 1917	1,544	1,639	94.2%	57	116	517	134	720
Census Tract 1920	1,628	1,728	94.2%	178	52	362	159	877
Census Tract 3102	1,472	1,562	94.2%	73	95	509	200	595
Census Tract 4281	567	602	94.2%	86	52	103	32	294
Census Tract 4180	814	866	94.0%	113	102	336	111	152
Census Tract 4870	912	970	94.0%	36	127	203	342	204
Census Tract 5094	2,317	2,465	94.0%	143	114	467	549	1,044
Census Tract 703	1,169	1,245	93.9%	140	149	103	146	631
Census Tract 2613	1,027	1,094	93.9%	56	251	423	93	204
Census Tract 5010	809	864	93.6%	135	190	100	115	269
Census Tract 1903	1,174	1,256	93.5%	88	155	113	77	741
Census Tract 4781	1,956	2,092	93.5%	272	285	295	539	565
Census Tract 1807	1,050	1,124	93.4%	117	98	99	64	672
Census Tract 4610	567	607	93.4%	45	58	147	112	205
Census Tract 4735	1,265	1,355	93.4%	91	101	316	187	570
Census Tract 4970	412	441	93.4%	57	33	125	129	68
Census Tract 4994	1,243	1,331	93.4%	98	64	394	146	541
Census Tract 5200.02	1,583	1,695	93.4%	409	235	479	285	175
Census Tract 5628	783	841	93.1%	140	74	175	60	334
Census Tract 4869	758	815	93.0%	35	82	153	172	316
Census Tract 802	979	1,054	92.9%	26	37	141	23	752
Census Tract 1803	1,200	1,292	92.9%	9	88	185	132	786
Census Tract 4706	1,406	1,513	92.9%	141	138	209	331	587
Census Tract 5003	1,713	1,846	92.8%	30	121	727	404	431