Lead Paint Risk in Shelby County, Tennessee

55.3%Pre-1978 Housing

222,752Pre-1978 Units

403,144Total Housing Units

249Census 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

222,752 housing units in Shelby County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 55.3%, 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 249 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 11	1,211	1,211	100.0%	114	230	404	211	252
Census Tract 88	2,504	2,526	99.1%	129	142	1,478	681	74
Census Tract 220.24	1,099	1,117	98.4%	197	397	505	0	0
Census Tract 56	1,745	1,781	98.0%	54	200	1,127	289	75
Census Tract 94	1,687	1,727	97.7%	167	200	1,286	34	0
Census Tract 69	1,206	1,242	97.1%	103	131	439	457	76
Census Tract 62	959	989	97.0%	47	108	232	222	350
Census Tract 75	713	735	97.0%	57	76	277	251	52
Census Tract 16	998	1,033	96.6%	11	250	32	126	579
Census Tract 87	1,996	2,071	96.4%	170	85	1,295	375	71
Census Tract 221.32	1,300	1,351	96.2%	264	641	187	195	13
Census Tract 97	970	1,012	95.8%	144	238	562	0	26
Census Tract 9	1,072	1,122	95.5%	80	102	283	444	163
Census Tract 64	765	802	95.4%	16	72	227	129	321
Census Tract 79	2,540	2,669	95.2%	84	520	1,346	426	164
Census Tract 34	1,466	1,544	94.9%	99	74	208	451	634
Census Tract 35	1,641	1,730	94.9%	294	75	227	72	973
Census Tract 95.01	1,296	1,368	94.7%	261	159	834	34	8
Census Tract 107.10	1,352	1,427	94.7%	250	901	179	22	0
Census Tract 17	2,033	2,149	94.6%	61	178	404	179	1,211
Census Tract 57	994	1,054	94.3%	89	14	457	356	78
Census Tract 223.22	1,439	1,529	94.1%	281	485	601	55	17
Census Tract 223.30	1,761	1,871	94.1%	328	683	616	34	100
Census Tract 221.11	2,342	2,497	93.8%	790	721	504	287	40
Census Tract 78.10	1,334	1,425	93.6%	107	174	673	380	0
Census Tract 55	1,228	1,315	93.4%	83	184	548	333	80
Census Tract 7	2,196	2,356	93.2%	302	497	577	450	370
Census Tract 13	1,233	1,332	92.6%	72	153	127	396	485
Census Tract 86	2,389	2,582	92.5%	327	398	1,429	53	182
Census Tract 80	1,904	2,062	92.3%	270	337	899	398	0
Census Tract 92.01	1,394	1,511	92.3%	78	62	1,187	41	26
Census Tract 213.31	1,233	1,337	92.2%	543	635	30	8	17
Census Tract 12	1,263	1,372	92.1%	157	139	178	610	179
Census Tract 59	797	866	92.0%	61	26	325	208	177
Census Tract 14	648	705	91.9%	76	152	109	154	157
Census Tract 60	766	834	91.8%	9	98	403	250	6
Census Tract 81.20	2,176	2,382	91.4%	334	521	903	275	143
Census Tract 118	1,950	2,138	91.2%	113	360	1,172	219	86
Census Tract 81.10	1,144	1,256	91.1%	24	90	885	145	0
Census Tract 115	1,018	1,119	91.0%	86	58	366	321	187
Census Tract 222.10	1,678	1,843	91.0%	585	556	202	314	21
Census Tract 82	1,690	1,861	90.8%	149	256	757	438	90
Census Tract 101.21	1,236	1,361	90.8%	265	356	437	99	79
Census Tract 53	1,510	1,665	90.7%	67	43	783	540	77
Census Tract 6	824	909	90.6%	88	135	273	236	92
Census Tract 78.21	2,396	2,658	90.1%	213	586	759	803	35
Census Tract 112	618	689	89.7%	144	32	111	167	164
Census Tract 71	1,106	1,234	89.6%	65	19	511	204	307
Census Tract 58	436	489	89.2%	26	37	202	138	33
Census Tract 27	749	843	88.8%	112	40	70	112	415
Census Tract 8	978	1,102	88.7%	68	351	232	103	224
Census Tract 221.31	1,108	1,249	88.7%	148	353	412	141	54
Census Tract 117	480	542	88.6%	72	186	97	48	77
Census Tract 68	908	1,026	88.5%	83	106	392	226	101
Census Tract 65	1,012	1,148	88.2%	71	87	467	268	119
Census Tract 78.22	601	682	88.1%	34	62	357	129	19
Census Tract 213.20	2,062	2,344	88.0%	1,686	360	16	0	0
Census Tract 222.20	1,741	1,979	88.0%	237	164	1,043	240	57
Census Tract 33	1,071	1,219	87.9%	15	113	49	19	875
Census Tract 98	1,038	1,181	87.9%	0	208	769	59	2
Census Tract 100.02	1,227	1,405	87.3%	54	454	668	51	0
Census Tract 31	1,655	1,898	87.2%	60	309	389	393	504
Census Tract 63	1,135	1,305	87.0%	10	35	155	110	825
Census Tract 25	1,329	1,530	86.9%	7	82	217	24	999
Census Tract 106.10	2,110	2,437	86.6%	713	768	378	0	251
Census Tract 99.01	1,128	1,307	86.3%	177	210	577	149	15
Census Tract 99.02	1,086	1,260	86.2%	256	255	390	139	46
Census Tract 91	859	1,000	85.9%	87	317	421	34	0
Census Tract 66	1,226	1,431	85.7%	45	85	244	204	648
Census Tract 226	1,467	1,714	85.6%	940	297	140	12	78
Census Tract 74	1,352	1,586	85.2%	158	219	250	435	290
Census Tract 220.23	1,391	1,632	85.2%	423	602	267	92	7
Census Tract 19	594	699	85.0%	45	97	150	31	271
Census Tract 89	1,356	1,599	84.8%	383	334	222	280	137
Census Tract 108.20	1,473	1,741	84.6%	771	615	35	30	22
Census Tract 29	2,108	2,499	84.4%	241	74	732	1,030	31
Census Tract 206.51	2,030	2,410	84.2%	1,217	441	269	63	40
Census Tract 107.20	1,301	1,551	83.9%	633	619	49	0	0
Census Tract 227	2,602	3,104	83.8%	924	686	601	355	36
Census Tract 38	466	557	83.7%	135	149	109	40	33
Census Tract 220.26	749	898	83.4%	120	440	189	0	0
Census Tract 36	916	1,100	83.3%	54	250	265	45	302
Census Tract 28	1,443	1,741	82.9%	469	498	152	282	42
Census Tract 219	1,720	2,074	82.9%	1,418	239	63	0	0
Census Tract 67	1,257	1,532	82.0%	126	208	624	133	166
Census Tract 102.20	2,083	2,540	82.0%	497	900	528	112	46
Census Tract 225	1,551	1,892	82.0%	276	668	393	89	125
Census Tract 108.10	1,866	2,286	81.6%	584	929	321	13	19
Census Tract 221.22	1,603	1,973	81.2%	573	471	488	71	0
Census Tract 206.35	805	1,000	80.5%	691	68	40	0	6
Census Tract 101.20	1,777	2,213	80.3%	325	576	494	193	189
Census Tract 93	1,728	2,158	80.1%	330	156	1,228	14	0
Census Tract 102.10	1,879	2,349	80.0%	264	953	547	99	16
Census Tract 214.10	1,035	1,293	80.0%	667	356	12	0	0
Census Tract 15	727	917	79.3%	73	18	87	167	382
Census Tract 205.11	725	920	78.8%	199	221	300	5	0
Census Tract 205.41	1,458	1,857	78.5%	580	648	181	0	49
Census Tract 205.24	1,427	1,819	78.4%	1,017	271	39	100	0
Census Tract 101.22	1,032	1,322	78.1%	349	204	326	121	32
Census Tract 221.30	1,802	2,309	78.0%	487	741	499	75	0