Lead Paint Risk in Davidson County, Tennessee

42.5%Pre-1978 Housing

146,489Pre-1978 Units

345,026Total Housing Units

174Census 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

146,489 housing units in Davidson County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 42.5%, compared with the state rate of 41.7%.
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 174 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 189.02	1,411	1,484	95.1%	105	942	331	18	15
Census Tract 132.01	1,386	1,491	93.0%	426	571	382	0	7
Census Tract 157	584	648	90.1%	131	181	256	16	0
Census Tract 151	1,667	1,912	87.2%	100	431	959	80	97
Census Tract 182.01	1,374	1,575	87.2%	86	406	801	73	8
Census Tract 126	659	762	86.5%	94	177	58	80	250
Census Tract 175	1,226	1,438	85.3%	254	37	167	489	279
Census Tract 152	1,106	1,298	85.2%	13	253	779	25	36
Census Tract 189.01	1,516	1,819	83.3%	414	814	281	0	7
Census Tract 115	1,557	1,880	82.8%	208	280	835	209	25
Census Tract 111	1,490	1,803	82.6%	18	79	649	405	339
Census Tract 174.01	814	987	82.5%	157	183	322	132	20
Census Tract 107.02	1,654	2,016	82.0%	471	509	409	224	41
Census Tract 112	1,999	2,446	81.7%	92	244	711	307	645
Census Tract 154.04	1,216	1,498	81.2%	522	571	89	16	18
Census Tract 158.05	1,057	1,301	81.2%	259	336	444	17	1
Census Tract 121	1,032	1,273	81.1%	44	24	105	250	609
Census Tract 148	416	525	79.2%	0	61	161	97	97
Census Tract 181.02	1,660	2,117	78.4%	458	371	695	119	17
Census Tract 186.02	1,360	1,734	78.4%	440	547	306	37	30
Census Tract 128.02	1,107	1,424	77.7%	402	459	137	67	42
Census Tract 191.10	992	1,282	77.4%	764	182	46	0	0
Census Tract 156.13	1,264	1,647	76.7%	563	454	93	106	48
Census Tract 127.01	2,089	2,786	75.0%	871	728	99	69	322
Census Tract 104.04	735	988	74.4%	145	204	262	44	80
Census Tract 159	1,077	1,455	74.0%	451	289	275	36	26
Census Tract 107.01	1,581	2,141	73.8%	294	303	385	389	210
Census Tract 190.03	1,361	1,847	73.7%	610	539	107	19	86
Census Tract 191.08	1,005	1,369	73.4%	511	135	258	96	5
Census Tract 155.02	1,703	2,360	72.2%	86	451	1,157	9	0
Census Tract 109.04	1,077	1,494	72.1%	196	561	296	24	0
Census Tract 177.01	732	1,022	71.6%	7	64	520	64	77
Census Tract 103.02	641	914	70.1%	147	52	321	36	85
Census Tract 191.09	1,259	1,803	69.8%	1,032	184	8	35	0
Census Tract 110.01	2,242	3,225	69.5%	924	432	741	64	81
Census Tract 117	1,995	2,887	69.1%	175	179	214	563	864
Census Tract 158.06	1,647	2,388	69.0%	814	538	263	32	0
Census Tract 105.01	1,971	2,884	68.3%	450	162	494	93	772
Census Tract 116	1,637	2,401	68.2%	77	348	926	154	132
Census Tract 169	1,725	2,537	68.0%	173	96	251	85	1,120
Census Tract 168	1,749	2,585	67.7%	236	320	268	96	829
Census Tract 156.17	793	1,173	67.6%	785	8	0	0	0
Census Tract 185	1,316	1,949	67.5%	53	421	233	137	472
Census Tract 122	808	1,212	66.7%	74	35	197	58	444
Census Tract 154.02	1,409	2,111	66.7%	296	1,032	71	0	10
Census Tract 189.04	1,004	1,517	66.2%	302	342	231	129	0
Census Tract 190.07	698	1,055	66.2%	261	341	84	8	4
Census Tract 101.05	1,441	2,182	66.0%	747	335	65	194	100
Census Tract 170	915	1,391	65.8%	41	60	70	245	499
Census Tract 177.02	1,173	1,783	65.8%	212	147	383	170	261
Census Tract 182.03	399	613	65.1%	13	59	312	15	0
Census Tract 158.04	1,556	2,414	64.5%	864	271	328	44	49
Census Tract 191.05	1,593	2,468	64.5%	1,109	480	4	0	0
Census Tract 196	1,343	2,088	64.3%	282	630	369	43	19
Census Tract 174.02	1,791	2,808	63.8%	428	332	819	149	63
Census Tract 190.08	1,267	1,991	63.6%	729	304	127	17	90
Census Tract 180	1,864	2,945	63.3%	505	339	105	294	621
Census Tract 108.01	1,679	2,655	63.2%	430	579	531	64	75
Census Tract 190.04	985	1,578	62.4%	337	179	462	7	0
Census Tract 188.01	1,492	2,407	62.0%	104	513	806	14	55
Census Tract 142	569	923	61.6%	180	103	109	48	129
Census Tract 134	1,382	2,249	61.4%	95	136	100	336	715
Census Tract 173	840	1,379	60.9%	132	49	121	296	242
Census Tract 118	822	1,371	60.0%	319	104	22	24	353
Census Tract 156.15	1,042	1,741	59.9%	797	138	84	8	15
Census Tract 187	848	1,415	59.9%	107	268	336	66	71
Census Tract 143	605	1,013	59.7%	124	84	172	89	136
Census Tract 192	1,068	1,791	59.6%	172	127	123	81	565
Census Tract 110.02	811	1,364	59.5%	102	154	409	48	98
Census Tract 108.02	1,145	1,950	58.7%	166	445	346	48	140
Census Tract 178	1,794	3,215	55.8%	323	428	347	458	238
Census Tract 109.01	884	1,598	55.3%	42	409	424	9	0
Census Tract 139	433	789	54.9%	23	30	66	129	185
Census Tract 104.03	1,147	2,106	54.5%	506	497	0	76	68
Census Tract 138	416	789	52.7%	0	110	162	68	76
Census Tract 167	1,597	3,046	52.4%	236	175	168	159	859
Census Tract 128.01	1,276	2,442	52.3%	671	351	203	31	20
Census Tract 102.02	955	1,830	52.2%	433	266	124	72	60
Census Tract 160	820	1,588	51.6%	120	195	74	9	422
Census Tract 136	1,002	1,984	50.5%	195	471	42	66	228
Census Tract 106.02	690	1,374	50.2%	332	130	120	76	32
Census Tract 102.01	986	1,968	50.1%	261	601	94	7	23
Census Tract 156.18	1,449	2,917	49.7%	822	555	72	0	0
Census Tract 113	1,392	2,805	49.6%	181	320	119	462	310
Census Tract 137.01	1,019	2,058	49.5%	35	244	226	57	457
Census Tract 186.01	418	849	49.2%	48	76	218	24	52
Census Tract 131	500	1,034	48.4%	163	34	202	45	56
Census Tract 179.01	1,383	2,891	47.8%	278	511	370	162	62
Census Tract 154.05	962	2,035	47.3%	696	139	12	0	115
Census Tract 132.02	819	1,770	46.3%	235	67	296	116	105
Census Tract 101.03	496	1,093	45.4%	212	88	63	95	38
Census Tract 193	893	2,006	44.5%	181	270	230	72	140
Census Tract 184.10	835	1,880	44.4%	729	30	4	0	72
Census Tract 184.12	1,082	2,453	44.1%	675	226	181	0	0
Census Tract 153	1,200	2,791	43.0%	60	339	758	0	43
Census Tract 162	867	2,018	43.0%	168	492	21	7	179
Census Tract 172	436	1,057	41.2%	47	153	47	118	71
Census Tract 163	749	1,836	40.8%	117	97	215	28	292
Census Tract 184.05	812	2,059	39.4%	340	440	26	0	6
Census Tract 181.01	1,013	2,635	38.4%	235	370	273	102	33