Lead Paint Risk in Bexar County, Texas

37.4%Pre-1978 Housing

301,693Pre-1978 Units

807,160Total Housing Units

375Census 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

301,693 housing units in Bexar County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 37.4%, compared with the state rate of 34.4%.
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 375 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1317	412	417	98.8%	2	19	32	34	325
Census Tract 1809.02	3,013	3,063	98.4%	323	474	2,058	137	21
Census Tract 1404	1,335	1,376	97.0%	119	104	103	316	693
Census Tract 1910.05	812	837	97.0%	6	37	382	356	31
Census Tract 1905.01	1,172	1,211	96.8%	36	15	84	506	531
Census Tract 1801.02	930	966	96.3%	14	74	89	271	482
Census Tract 1801.01	1,917	1,994	96.1%	61	181	606	607	462
Census Tract 1405	1,451	1,517	95.6%	16	139	152	344	800
Census Tract 1810.01	1,271	1,330	95.6%	599	584	51	5	32
Census Tract 1603	2,102	2,203	95.4%	106	150	551	675	620
Census Tract 1706	1,720	1,806	95.2%	84	288	411	790	147
Census Tract 1809.01	1,931	2,038	94.7%	165	295	1,362	109	0
Census Tract 1107	627	665	94.3%	20	111	141	48	307
Census Tract 1905.03	1,400	1,486	94.2%	0	57	152	251	940
Census Tract 1912.02	2,523	2,678	94.2%	1,054	1,332	70	48	19
Census Tract 1912.01	1,198	1,273	94.1%	68	1,068	55	0	7
Census Tract 1909.02	1,553	1,652	94.0%	150	187	1,172	10	34
Census Tract 1906.03	892	953	93.6%	19	104	112	596	61
Census Tract 1901	1,520	1,628	93.4%	106	138	218	94	964
Census Tract 1911.02	1,024	1,097	93.3%	101	734	139	14	36
Census Tract 1409	770	829	92.9%	39	72	69	577	13
Census Tract 1504	1,553	1,675	92.7%	149	26	739	381	258
Census Tract 1402	981	1,064	92.2%	93	38	75	194	581
Census Tract 1910.06	2,232	2,427	92.0%	222	224	1,122	594	70
Census Tract 1602	969	1,064	91.1%	39	37	110	471	312
Census Tract 1507	2,052	2,257	90.9%	107	344	352	845	404
Census Tract 1906.01	1,107	1,222	90.6%	111	50	293	377	276
Census Tract 1909.01	2,648	2,922	90.6%	224	1,182	986	208	48
Census Tract 1701.02	1,200	1,335	89.9%	35	157	153	258	597
Census Tract 1906.04	1,295	1,440	89.9%	19	54	238	788	196
Census Tract 1704.02	1,525	1,700	89.7%	16	230	368	369	542
Census Tract 1212.06	2,367	2,652	89.3%	2,103	128	102	34	0
Census Tract 1604	1,553	1,740	89.3%	36	121	563	769	64
Census Tract 1509	2,248	2,520	89.2%	313	205	591	495	644
Census Tract 1702	1,884	2,127	88.6%	312	433	256	373	510
Census Tract 1401	521	589	88.5%	0	10	30	107	374
Census Tract 1412	2,286	2,596	88.1%	344	388	1,412	132	10
Census Tract 1905.04	966	1,096	88.1%	31	28	197	117	593
Census Tract 1908	906	1,030	88.0%	9	189	44	166	498
Census Tract 1704.01	1,324	1,507	87.9%	53	219	509	309	234
Census Tract 1709	1,153	1,315	87.7%	85	295	516	129	128
Census Tract 1802.01	1,897	2,162	87.7%	297	244	404	656	296
Census Tract 1803	1,347	1,544	87.2%	316	211	436	327	57
Census Tract 1304.01	1,290	1,483	87.0%	87	227	105	220	651
Census Tract 1414.04	1,634	1,878	87.0%	125	738	686	48	37
Census Tract 1605.01	1,214	1,396	87.0%	97	219	703	195	0
Census Tract 1510	1,069	1,231	86.8%	86	335	325	156	167
Census Tract 1902	2,141	2,472	86.6%	342	353	124	365	957
Census Tract 1815.05	1,506	1,744	86.4%	764	707	26	9	0
Census Tract 1609.02	1,327	1,541	86.1%	107	258	513	165	284
Census Tract 1511	1,996	2,323	85.9%	256	577	746	356	61
Census Tract 1407	1,770	2,064	85.8%	377	201	361	435	396
Census Tract 1506	1,314	1,534	85.7%	300	136	404	148	326
Census Tract 1713.02	1,167	1,363	85.6%	112	247	493	315	0
Census Tract 1701.01	1,085	1,273	85.2%	70	113	266	279	357
Census Tract 1408	1,546	1,816	85.1%	93	107	545	578	223
Census Tract 1205.04	2,361	2,790	84.6%	424	1,326	598	13	0
Census Tract 1205.02	1,670	1,989	84.0%	353	390	877	35	15
Census Tract 1303	892	1,064	83.8%	81	9	133	159	510
Census Tract 1705	1,325	1,586	83.5%	16	66	213	408	622
Census Tract 1711	1,115	1,335	83.5%	132	311	413	229	30
Census Tract 1311	882	1,058	83.4%	162	352	200	133	35
Census Tract 1802.02	2,016	2,428	83.0%	479	643	535	274	85
Census Tract 1410	1,285	1,550	82.9%	338	279	189	159	320
Census Tract 1710	1,481	1,787	82.9%	132	370	432	398	149
Census Tract 1606	1,415	1,714	82.6%	155	345	419	349	147
Census Tract 1703	1,503	1,821	82.5%	73	193	313	491	433
Census Tract 1806.02	1,588	1,934	82.1%	426	531	469	162	0
Census Tract 1403	962	1,176	81.8%	40	95	67	339	421
Census Tract 1910.04	1,277	1,563	81.7%	429	377	454	7	10
Census Tract 1616	1,364	1,682	81.1%	422	509	281	144	8
Census Tract 1904	1,127	1,389	81.1%	10	97	108	133	779
Census Tract 1515	782	965	81.0%	73	50	470	133	56
Census Tract 1717	2,212	2,743	80.6%	1,262	934	16	0	0
Census Tract 1808	1,249	1,555	80.3%	630	377	167	75	0
Census Tract 1315.03	1,090	1,370	79.6%	767	243	48	27	5
Census Tract 9801	283	359	78.8%	4	39	127	90	23
Census Tract 1613.03	973	1,236	78.7%	606	220	118	21	8
Census Tract 1313	1,873	2,392	78.3%	234	946	563	71	59
Census Tract 1503	1,249	1,598	78.2%	25	109	364	418	333
Census Tract 1812	1,782	2,279	78.2%	1,002	681	45	0	54
Census Tract 1505.01	1,142	1,466	77.9%	106	222	475	292	47
Census Tract 1206.02	1,698	2,182	77.8%	65	398	426	730	79
Census Tract 1203.01	1,226	1,597	76.8%	134	278	89	347	378
Census Tract 1718.02	1,875	2,446	76.7%	387	1,015	292	72	109
Census Tract 1505.02	929	1,213	76.6%	78	257	430	111	53
Census Tract 1806.04	2,223	2,912	76.3%	443	587	1,180	13	0
Census Tract 1208	2,412	3,181	75.8%	391	540	1,386	95	0
Census Tract 1806.03	631	834	75.7%	362	209	50	0	10
Census Tract 1707	1,109	1,472	75.3%	379	348	318	64	0
Census Tract 1715.02	1,554	2,066	75.2%	339	460	503	211	41
Census Tract 1210	2,288	3,048	75.1%	851	872	474	29	62
Census Tract 1607.01	812	1,087	74.7%	234	280	280	0	18
Census Tract 1713.01	667	894	74.6%	113	130	367	51	6
Census Tract 1203.02	1,478	1,984	74.5%	171	210	109	246	742
Census Tract 1816.01	991	1,335	74.2%	514	431	37	9	0
Census Tract 1305	1,328	1,793	74.1%	101	231	327	261	408
Census Tract 1205.03	1,370	1,857	73.8%	174	554	591	0	51
Census Tract 1217.01	1,323	1,792	73.8%	414	613	284	12	0
Census Tract 1605.02	956	1,306	73.2%	96	158	362	240	100