Lead Paint Risk in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

58.4%Pre-1978 Housing

149,702Pre-1978 Units

256,416Total Housing Units

147Census 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

149,702 housing units in Bucks County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 58.4%, 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 147 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1058.12	595	595	100.0%	35	65	454	33	8
Census Tract 1008.03	1,868	1,930	96.8%	93	164	1,556	43	12
Census Tract 1058.09	1,455	1,506	96.6%	97	253	1,037	45	23
Census Tract 1008.05	2,112	2,190	96.4%	146	288	1,635	0	43
Census Tract 1047.03	913	960	95.1%	122	337	229	68	157
Census Tract 1004.02	2,374	2,499	95.0%	139	402	1,717	64	52
Census Tract 1004.04	2,090	2,228	93.8%	394	229	1,338	43	86
Census Tract 1007	1,296	1,400	92.6%	320	87	308	129	452
Census Tract 1004.08	2,148	2,347	91.5%	88	235	1,691	77	57
Census Tract 1001.05	1,130	1,246	90.7%	134	239	387	178	192
Census Tract 1057.02	1,199	1,322	90.7%	52	183	325	153	486
Census Tract 1031.02	687	758	90.6%	39	76	72	103	397
Census Tract 1005	1,003	1,114	90.0%	15	6	113	189	680
Census Tract 1008.04	1,027	1,141	90.0%	4	40	959	16	8
Census Tract 1004.03	841	940	89.5%	99	68	220	120	334
Census Tract 1058.10	790	884	89.4%	15	44	715	12	4
Census Tract 1047.02	1,290	1,444	89.3%	80	22	61	87	1,040
Census Tract 1062.01	1,195	1,354	88.3%	341	629	188	9	28
Census Tract 1003.06	1,599	1,814	88.1%	184	187	1,063	38	127
Census Tract 1059	849	964	88.1%	123	48	562	27	89
Census Tract 1004.07	446	507	88.0%	27	10	362	39	8
Census Tract 1015.06	1,862	2,117	88.0%	180	569	853	127	133
Census Tract 1058.11	1,933	2,199	87.9%	152	178	1,547	25	31
Census Tract 1003.02	1,646	1,880	87.6%	229	167	525	231	494
Census Tract 1055.05	1,326	1,513	87.6%	168	114	539	289	216
Census Tract 1061	790	914	86.4%	25	47	154	67	497
Census Tract 1057.04	2,646	3,079	85.9%	354	388	900	189	815
Census Tract 1006	1,515	1,765	85.8%	26	77	116	144	1,152
Census Tract 1016.03	1,017	1,187	85.7%	173	406	265	11	162
Census Tract 1031.01	791	925	85.5%	199	43	93	67	389
Census Tract 1002.08	2,265	2,669	84.9%	196	909	911	151	98
Census Tract 1053	814	961	84.7%	103	19	71	62	559
Census Tract 1003.07	1,740	2,067	84.2%	755	142	611	178	54
Census Tract 1016.10	1,398	1,664	84.0%	381	725	234	23	35
Census Tract 1014.05	2,116	2,555	82.8%	499	534	746	140	197
Census Tract 1004.01	1,870	2,267	82.5%	47	229	1,476	78	40
Census Tract 1011	863	1,061	81.3%	62	215	284	110	192
Census Tract 1058.08	1,116	1,380	80.9%	93	169	781	34	39
Census Tract 1016.09	1,282	1,595	80.4%	549	557	106	13	57
Census Tract 1058.07	1,244	1,548	80.4%	166	425	627	11	15
Census Tract 1001.03	877	1,099	79.8%	191	175	200	79	232
Census Tract 1003.04	1,148	1,438	79.8%	305	376	181	102	184
Census Tract 1060	1,376	1,777	77.4%	649	247	238	44	198
Census Tract 1066	683	888	76.9%	74	47	106	49	407
Census Tract 1003.03	1,456	1,898	76.7%	462	120	594	153	127
Census Tract 1050.12	723	951	76.0%	167	236	234	12	74
Census Tract 1038	507	668	75.9%	79	68	29	45	286
Census Tract 1002.11	2,429	3,204	75.8%	1,987	265	67	45	65
Census Tract 1046.01	1,223	1,622	75.4%	504	390	175	44	110
Census Tract 1056	910	1,237	73.6%	170	177	152	74	337
Census Tract 1015.05	875	1,196	73.2%	185	280	267	45	98
Census Tract 1015.04	953	1,309	72.8%	549	222	132	23	27
Census Tract 1001.02	1,078	1,498	72.0%	313	471	66	78	150
Census Tract 1058.01	1,710	2,376	72.0%	616	421	651	0	22
Census Tract 1016.11	1,922	2,717	70.7%	115	852	854	75	26
Census Tract 1050.03	1,353	1,913	70.7%	773	387	176	0	17
Census Tract 1034	1,635	2,342	69.8%	398	297	281	40	619
Census Tract 1048	531	762	69.7%	162	155	122	24	68
Census Tract 1021.02	891	1,284	69.4%	157	296	106	58	274
Census Tract 1037	999	1,451	68.8%	197	144	170	90	398
Census Tract 1015.03	1,173	1,707	68.7%	151	589	377	40	16
Census Tract 1024.01	1,106	1,621	68.2%	165	98	179	122	542
Census Tract 1008.11	1,453	2,138	68.0%	850	296	277	0	30
Census Tract 1002.12	901	1,331	67.7%	628	77	149	22	25
Census Tract 1014.01	1,311	1,949	67.3%	32	185	786	126	182
Census Tract 1058.05	1,895	2,814	67.3%	1,400	194	205	0	96
Census Tract 1004.06	1,125	1,673	67.2%	653	380	55	27	10
Census Tract 1018.07	998	1,492	66.9%	415	359	107	18	99
Census Tract 1039	1,345	2,016	66.7%	338	202	133	65	607
Census Tract 1031.03	1,313	1,977	66.4%	552	236	214	96	215
Census Tract 1044	975	1,477	66.0%	518	20	36	16	385
Census Tract 1014.04	805	1,241	64.9%	136	149	419	89	12
Census Tract 1041	667	1,031	64.7%	219	81	46	14	307
Census Tract 1055.07	1,767	2,744	64.4%	551	662	440	77	37
Census Tract 1050.04	1,303	2,033	64.1%	623	366	223	8	83
Census Tract 1047.01	1,166	1,832	63.6%	448	377	162	75	104
Census Tract 1021.04	1,416	2,276	62.2%	739	128	126	88	335
Census Tract 1002.07	1,315	2,123	61.9%	739	362	137	21	56
Census Tract 1055.09	1,019	1,653	61.6%	219	387	340	21	52
Census Tract 1001.04	1,252	2,056	60.9%	642	145	197	57	211
Census Tract 1002.14	923	1,528	60.4%	184	562	80	23	74
Census Tract 1009	1,609	2,674	60.2%	608	120	435	140	306
Census Tract 1043.01	697	1,159	60.1%	243	98	63	21	272
Census Tract 1016.05	1,300	2,182	59.6%	202	238	285	352	223
Census Tract 1050.06	1,077	1,811	59.5%	456	378	111	50	82
Census Tract 1051	708	1,192	59.4%	103	135	174	36	260
Census Tract 1002.13	1,254	2,153	58.2%	748	192	183	85	46
Census Tract 1002.01	1,122	1,948	57.6%	329	91	283	109	310
Census Tract 1054.02	972	1,699	57.2%	422	236	75	103	136
Census Tract 1025	1,126	1,999	56.3%	157	148	99	105	617
Census Tract 1046.04	1,554	2,805	55.4%	1,067	426	61	0	0
Census Tract 1050.13	1,157	2,134	54.2%	716	179	206	11	45
Census Tract 1024.02	1,108	2,060	53.8%	309	166	87	63	483
Census Tract 1020.03	772	1,439	53.6%	309	234	147	8	74
Census Tract 1016.07	1,102	2,060	53.5%	163	611	288	21	19
Census Tract 1014.03	1,311	2,457	53.4%	617	214	182	88	210
Census Tract 1019	898	1,690	53.1%	153	284	218	124	119
Census Tract 1018.08	755	1,457	51.8%	186	337	193	28	11
Census Tract 1033	494	956	51.7%	165	82	52	16	179
Census Tract 1027	1,279	2,525	50.7%	443	196	118	69	453