Lead Paint Risk in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

62.2%Pre-1978 Housing

217,063Pre-1978 Units

348,696Total Housing Units

219Census 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

217,063 housing units in Montgomery County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 62.2%, 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 219 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 2016.04	1,312	1,329	98.7%	0	624	495	182	11
Census Tract 2003.09	883	898	98.3%	76	101	457	152	97
Census Tract 2105	1,626	1,664	97.7%	59	132	396	215	824
Census Tract 2009.07	971	1,002	96.9%	62	64	266	172	407
Census Tract 2022.01	1,694	1,754	96.6%	139	340	359	99	757
Census Tract 2017.03	1,080	1,122	96.3%	64	170	600	140	106
Census Tract 2016.05	1,111	1,156	96.1%	55	169	515	250	122
Census Tract 2016.07	1,273	1,325	96.1%	21	211	483	203	355
Census Tract 2055.03	1,998	2,079	96.1%	116	463	554	400	465
Census Tract 2089.04	1,532	1,594	96.1%	124	250	30	156	972
Census Tract 2090	693	721	96.1%	17	69	332	25	250
Census Tract 2020	1,098	1,144	96.0%	121	168	277	72	460
Census Tract 2089.05	1,151	1,200	95.9%	20	89	564	260	218
Census Tract 2022.02	927	969	95.7%	81	80	565	176	25
Census Tract 2021	2,112	2,219	95.2%	104	373	203	234	1,198
Census Tract 2088.02	1,457	1,532	95.1%	118	160	538	86	555
Census Tract 2024.02	1,793	1,889	94.9%	35	216	532	282	728
Census Tract 2089.03	1,125	1,192	94.4%	168	53	173	230	501
Census Tract 2026.04	762	819	93.0%	136	90	268	156	112
Census Tract 2036.02	1,346	1,448	93.0%	134	56	356	207	593
Census Tract 2019.01	1,772	1,915	92.5%	79	314	848	224	307
Census Tract 2038.04	1,156	1,253	92.3%	42	63	321	50	680
Census Tract 2055.02	1,260	1,366	92.2%	86	51	485	418	220
Census Tract 2018	1,409	1,532	92.0%	242	227	330	78	532
Census Tract 2089.06	1,773	1,933	91.7%	133	109	294	137	1,100
Census Tract 2046	1,531	1,672	91.6%	157	104	394	342	534
Census Tract 2017.05	1,614	1,765	91.4%	83	75	232	225	999
Census Tract 2026.03	1,036	1,133	91.4%	38	55	261	94	588
Census Tract 2013.02	1,219	1,335	91.3%	92	66	364	126	571
Census Tract 2045	1,431	1,567	91.3%	23	199	55	179	975
Census Tract 2056	1,821	2,003	90.9%	85	131	112	183	1,310
Census Tract 2009.06	778	860	90.5%	144	305	271	36	22
Census Tract 2003.10	1,099	1,219	90.2%	115	214	617	47	106
Census Tract 2050	778	863	90.2%	77	32	160	114	395
Census Tract 2009.02	543	603	90.0%	14	59	101	21	348
Census Tract 2017.04	1,107	1,234	89.7%	87	129	237	195	459
Census Tract 2003.08	1,781	1,987	89.6%	495	220	523	150	393
Census Tract 2017.06	1,838	2,052	89.6%	258	274	593	233	480
Census Tract 2092.02	849	948	89.6%	80	124	101	143	401
Census Tract 2102	1,009	1,131	89.2%	68	82	609	212	38
Census Tract 2062.01	1,049	1,179	89.0%	185	191	177	69	427
Census Tract 2026.02	902	1,016	88.8%	6	109	246	94	447
Census Tract 2039.01	1,155	1,300	88.8%	167	93	49	124	722
Census Tract 2052	1,137	1,285	88.5%	156	112	183	92	594
Census Tract 2003.05	794	902	88.0%	44	93	469	147	41
Census Tract 2038.03	2,212	2,524	87.6%	266	561	334	64	987
Census Tract 2047.01	1,073	1,226	87.5%	186	691	76	16	104
Census Tract 2038.01	1,134	1,297	87.4%	128	286	296	48	376
Census Tract 2023.02	961	1,101	87.3%	103	151	192	106	409
Census Tract 2003.07	1,177	1,352	87.1%	403	212	285	52	225
Census Tract 2055.01	1,873	2,154	87.0%	99	158	235	239	1,142
Census Tract 2016.08	1,696	1,952	86.9%	95	109	688	375	429
Census Tract 2015.02	597	691	86.4%	27	195	261	19	95
Census Tract 2016.03	1,629	1,886	86.4%	261	410	746	87	125
Census Tract 2040.10	932	1,086	85.8%	58	444	250	170	10
Census Tract 2047.02	1,141	1,330	85.8%	54	143	348	201	395
Census Tract 2051	619	723	85.6%	84	119	148	33	235
Census Tract 2034.01	2,651	3,102	85.5%	921	272	860	153	445
Census Tract 2044	1,019	1,193	85.4%	90	95	89	178	567
Census Tract 2101	1,428	1,682	84.9%	89	132	602	512	93
Census Tract 2011	1,163	1,372	84.8%	43	58	288	161	613
Census Tract 2001.05	902	1,065	84.7%	231	176	313	60	122
Census Tract 2013.01	1,261	1,500	84.1%	190	261	339	67	404
Census Tract 2003.01	2,560	3,052	83.9%	732	688	813	156	171
Census Tract 2035	2,408	2,872	83.8%	791	492	564	43	518
Census Tract 2014.07	751	902	83.3%	40	67	285	179	180
Census Tract 2009.03	1,722	2,077	82.9%	199	668	397	107	351
Census Tract 2005.01	1,054	1,274	82.7%	76	383	480	88	27
Census Tract 2014.11	896	1,094	81.9%	87	82	266	54	407
Census Tract 2041.01	1,873	2,294	81.6%	190	98	389	176	1,020
Census Tract 2004.02	1,356	1,664	81.5%	346	28	364	243	375
Census Tract 2004.01	1,346	1,667	80.7%	220	196	333	97	500
Census Tract 2057	1,801	2,234	80.6%	284	374	155	150	838
Census Tract 2005.02	2,038	2,536	80.4%	682	458	465	216	217
Census Tract 2058.09	797	991	80.4%	83	213	430	23	48
Census Tract 2088.01	609	758	80.3%	131	35	65	25	353
Census Tract 2106	1,369	1,722	79.5%	138	316	685	180	50
Census Tract 2092.01	550	695	79.1%	115	99	198	74	64
Census Tract 2054.02	1,702	2,170	78.4%	217	306	262	165	752
Census Tract 2001.04	1,068	1,369	78.0%	176	338	479	41	34
Census Tract 2058.05	994	1,283	77.5%	73	163	714	18	26
Census Tract 2081	999	1,293	77.3%	218	89	100	37	555
Census Tract 2024.01	1,480	1,919	77.1%	187	215	288	451	339
Census Tract 2073	721	936	77.0%	24	92	253	101	251
Census Tract 2016.06	653	854	76.5%	72	89	168	159	165
Census Tract 2066	521	683	76.3%	189	78	107	35	112
Census Tract 2072.01	802	1,052	76.2%	60	92	129	118	403
Census Tract 2012.04	821	1,083	75.8%	155	237	225	119	85
Census Tract 2039.02	1,561	2,059	75.8%	297	93	250	61	860
Census Tract 2069.06	1,014	1,337	75.8%	477	321	181	23	12
Census Tract 2037.01	343	453	75.7%	37	90	158	5	53
Census Tract 2031.04	1,505	1,999	75.3%	292	207	578	314	114
Census Tract 2072.02	1,420	1,891	75.1%	239	287	286	128	480
Census Tract 2104	1,417	1,887	75.1%	149	206	587	215	260
Census Tract 2053	831	1,120	74.2%	116	41	38	62	574
Census Tract 2001.03	1,036	1,399	74.1%	263	593	86	0	94
Census Tract 2014.06	1,316	1,779	74.0%	128	772	316	78	22
Census Tract 2060.04	1,317	1,780	74.0%	663	270	195	39	150
Census Tract 2058.07	1,072	1,465	73.2%	168	388	455	22	39
Census Tract 2009.01	1,240	1,707	72.6%	88	198	356	92	506