Lead Paint Risk in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

84.2%Pre-1978 Housing

623,190Pre-1978 Units

739,725Total Housing Units

408Census 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

623,190 housing units in Philadelphia County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 84.2%, 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 408 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 113	1,663	1,663	100.0%	127	13	267	415	841
Census Tract 199	2,041	2,041	100.0%	0	213	322	360	1,146
Census Tract 269	853	853	100.0%	0	7	77	21	748
Census Tract 274.02	2,491	2,491	100.0%	167	149	559	617	999
Census Tract 293	1,423	1,423	100.0%	22	48	76	108	1,169
Census Tract 319	1,937	1,937	100.0%	103	258	521	539	516
Census Tract 323	1,641	1,641	100.0%	106	427	665	171	272
Census Tract 330	3,284	3,284	100.0%	272	334	1,810	449	419
Census Tract 9800.01	5	5	100.0%	0	0	5	0	0
Census Tract 9801	66	66	100.0%	5	0	0	3	58
Census Tract 305.02	1,950	1,951	99.9%	0	231	740	388	591
Census Tract 283	2,984	2,989	99.8%	58	36	411	542	1,937
Census Tract 71.02	2,144	2,153	99.6%	160	89	279	285	1,331
Census Tract 72	2,063	2,074	99.5%	134	25	327	124	1,453
Census Tract 314.01	2,271	2,282	99.5%	308	0	1,337	403	223
Census Tract 380	883	887	99.5%	106	53	136	128	460
Census Tract 289.01	1,271	1,280	99.3%	83	72	112	308	696
Census Tract 101	3,204	3,230	99.2%	0	128	458	466	2,152
Census Tract 264	2,481	2,501	99.2%	134	177	420	1,179	571
Census Tract 71.01	1,068	1,078	99.1%	6	69	110	159	724
Census Tract 266	2,888	2,913	99.1%	97	16	690	652	1,433
Census Tract 267	2,929	2,957	99.1%	0	226	576	495	1,632
Census Tract 82	3,560	3,595	99.0%	118	103	268	687	2,384
Census Tract 258	897	906	99.0%	97	347	338	62	53
Census Tract 260	1,333	1,346	99.0%	14	51	936	284	48
Census Tract 284	1,483	1,498	99.0%	103	11	239	533	597
Census Tract 311.01	1,855	1,875	98.9%	112	31	808	712	192
Census Tract 188.02	1,457	1,475	98.8%	180	14	22	86	1,155
Census Tract 84	2,044	2,071	98.7%	102	236	224	323	1,159
Census Tract 180.02	2,539	2,573	98.7%	123	75	123	373	1,845
Census Tract 115	1,897	1,923	98.6%	44	297	253	249	1,054
Census Tract 198	2,337	2,370	98.6%	88	96	315	186	1,652
Census Tract 273	2,347	2,383	98.5%	50	217	780	610	690
Census Tract 291	1,784	1,811	98.5%	256	59	926	159	384
Census Tract 318	1,863	1,893	98.4%	106	317	662	581	197
Census Tract 272	2,059	2,094	98.3%	312	320	1,095	115	217
Census Tract 40.02	2,418	2,462	98.2%	9	100	47	476	1,786
Census Tract 177.02	1,889	1,924	98.2%	16	195	59	120	1,499
Census Tract 254	2,054	2,093	98.1%	38	316	484	340	876
Census Tract 275	1,799	1,833	98.1%	24	42	246	476	1,011
Census Tract 38	1,706	1,740	98.0%	24	32	218	214	1,218
Census Tract 248	862	880	98.0%	35	24	124	137	542
Census Tract 294	1,285	1,311	98.0%	207	91	37	200	750
Census Tract 334	2,131	2,175	98.0%	302	847	813	92	77
Census Tract 381	343	350	98.0%	59	7	10	30	237
Census Tract 271	1,063	1,086	97.9%	12	342	335	55	319
Census Tract 347.02	1,366	1,395	97.9%	212	375	693	86	0
Census Tract 64	1,751	1,790	97.8%	179	0	328	241	1,003
Census Tract 263.01	1,709	1,747	97.8%	58	88	1,047	339	177
Census Tract 292	1,497	1,534	97.6%	66	86	331	333	681
Census Tract 37.01	2,612	2,680	97.5%	259	96	78	234	1,945
Census Tract 39.02	2,565	2,631	97.5%	72	16	200	545	1,732
Census Tract 65	2,173	2,234	97.3%	67	228	211	302	1,365
Census Tract 178	3,094	3,184	97.2%	208	0	169	183	2,534
Census Tract 311.02	1,448	1,490	97.2%	153	347	386	228	334
Census Tract 252	3,734	3,850	97.0%	211	420	378	525	2,200
Census Tract 362.02	2,350	2,423	97.0%	498	1,135	519	162	36
Census Tract 277	2,717	2,804	96.9%	254	236	716	333	1,178
Census Tract 302	2,859	2,951	96.9%	194	265	674	1,190	536
Census Tract 188.01	1,433	1,480	96.8%	69	26	29	152	1,157
Census Tract 195.02	1,223	1,263	96.8%	6	40	109	117	951
Census Tract 235	599	619	96.8%	92	7	99	159	242
Census Tract 300	2,977	3,074	96.8%	341	279	297	652	1,408
Census Tract 62	1,693	1,753	96.6%	4	211	207	404	867
Census Tract 310	2,318	2,403	96.5%	206	447	1,121	407	137
Census Tract 70	1,674	1,737	96.4%	168	18	335	216	937
Census Tract 279.01	1,611	1,671	96.4%	77	170	397	75	892
Census Tract 382	1,365	1,416	96.4%	58	124	39	154	990
Census Tract 204	1,365	1,417	96.3%	31	0	253	96	985
Census Tract 331.02	1,617	1,679	96.3%	72	344	895	160	146
Census Tract 391	1,183	1,228	96.3%	29	51	551	289	263
Census Tract 112	2,482	2,583	96.1%	133	287	229	154	1,679
Census Tract 184	854	889	96.1%	27	38	136	54	599
Census Tract 372	1,739	1,810	96.1%	20	276	235	267	941
Census Tract 81.01	1,225	1,277	95.9%	40	13	291	105	776
Census Tract 118	2,304	2,403	95.9%	56	0	472	438	1,338
Census Tract 249	1,324	1,382	95.8%	53	18	302	316	635
Census Tract 339	1,517	1,584	95.8%	164	178	797	219	159
Census Tract 347.01	2,691	2,808	95.8%	558	585	1,358	98	92
Census Tract 358	2,293	2,393	95.8%	803	1,136	338	0	16
Census Tract 61	1,190	1,243	95.7%	89	502	120	69	410
Census Tract 93	2,473	2,584	95.7%	178	70	124	227	1,874
Census Tract 203	1,345	1,405	95.7%	0	41	182	247	875
Census Tract 197	2,230	2,333	95.6%	103	155	118	605	1,249
Census Tract 263.02	2,119	2,216	95.6%	0	220	451	729	719
Census Tract 83.01	1,984	2,078	95.5%	85	45	205	644	1,005
Census Tract 231	558	584	95.5%	42	9	41	0	466
Census Tract 81.02	2,462	2,580	95.4%	49	85	172	362	1,794
Census Tract 117	398	417	95.4%	56	4	32	25	281
Census Tract 274.01	1,176	1,233	95.4%	0	119	175	142	740
Census Tract 388	1,952	2,047	95.4%	197	181	80	89	1,405
Census Tract 265	1,789	1,878	95.3%	43	354	569	252	571
Census Tract 308	1,917	2,011	95.3%	82	292	924	317	302
Census Tract 309	1,548	1,624	95.3%	116	370	649	236	177
Census Tract 42.02	2,122	2,228	95.2%	112	119	136	207	1,548
Census Tract 95	1,737	1,825	95.2%	204	0	198	398	937
Census Tract 172.02	1,903	2,004	95.0%	106	68	99	668	962
Census Tract 243	1,975	2,079	95.0%	46	147	314	261	1,207
Census Tract 316	2,141	2,254	95.0%	59	126	1,058	504	394
Census Tract 281	1,833	1,931	94.9%	82	0	284	201	1,266