Lead Paint Risk in Dallas County, Texas

45.9%Pre-1978 Housing

483,651Pre-1978 Units

1,053,471Total Housing Units

645Census 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

483,651 housing units in Dallas County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 45.9%, 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 645 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 192.15	935	935	100.0%	64	489	382	0	0
Census Tract 127.02	1,039	1,047	99.2%	17	125	817	72	8
Census Tract 65.02	1,042	1,053	99.0%	25	96	565	305	51
Census Tract 60.01	1,184	1,199	98.7%	46	164	930	22	22
Census Tract 64.01	888	900	98.7%	49	38	375	346	80
Census Tract 110.02	1,419	1,444	98.3%	208	373	700	25	113
Census Tract 183	2,199	2,249	97.8%	89	734	1,284	92	0
Census Tract 53	2,077	2,133	97.4%	54	111	220	718	974
Census Tract 176.04	1,053	1,083	97.2%	281	473	295	0	4
Census Tract 91.04	1,054	1,086	97.1%	107	104	841	2	0
Census Tract 125.02	1,110	1,145	96.9%	15	168	924	3	0
Census Tract 125.01	1,158	1,196	96.8%	18	189	949	0	2
Census Tract 141.54	1,083	1,119	96.8%	276	793	14	0	0
Census Tract 186	1,396	1,446	96.5%	53	135	1,114	94	0
Census Tract 84.01	1,661	1,723	96.4%	9	43	1,187	414	8
Census Tract 185.01	1,282	1,339	95.7%	150	505	627	0	0
Census Tract 122.13	972	1,022	95.1%	99	502	371	0	0
Census Tract 128.02	2,073	2,188	94.7%	151	649	1,132	107	34
Census Tract 55	1,486	1,570	94.6%	122	239	306	558	261
Census Tract 141.53	1,335	1,412	94.5%	585	603	87	60	0
Census Tract 181.27	855	906	94.4%	300	522	33	0	0
Census Tract 143.16	1,200	1,275	94.1%	29	515	656	0	0
Census Tract 124	2,102	2,236	94.0%	43	700	1,321	38	0
Census Tract 181.05	1,710	1,821	93.9%	726	884	87	0	13
Census Tract 92.04	783	835	93.8%	0	139	606	25	13
Census Tract 88.02	1,802	1,924	93.7%	93	475	700	454	80
Census Tract 123.01	1,560	1,665	93.7%	295	461	786	18	0
Census Tract 44	1,599	1,710	93.5%	125	181	284	169	840
Census Tract 63.02	1,445	1,547	93.4%	0	32	556	301	556
Census Tract 131.02	867	928	93.4%	379	441	41	0	6
Census Tract 136.05	1,767	1,905	92.8%	1,019	638	43	8	59
Census Tract 184.02	1,348	1,454	92.7%	376	731	206	0	35
Census Tract 192.03	1,525	1,645	92.7%	60	791	674	0	0
Census Tract 98.03	691	749	92.3%	80	301	291	19	0
Census Tract 138.04	1,030	1,119	92.0%	163	629	225	13	0
Census Tract 127.01	1,968	2,147	91.7%	297	257	1,309	105	0
Census Tract 51	734	801	91.6%	15	41	100	114	464
Census Tract 143.06	1,824	1,995	91.4%	262	1,376	150	36	0
Census Tract 192.16	1,508	1,649	91.4%	426	1,060	22	0	0
Census Tract 54	1,727	1,891	91.3%	150	390	342	294	551
Census Tract 108.06	1,182	1,303	90.7%	69	549	539	14	11
Census Tract 85	1,086	1,199	90.6%	110	76	740	109	51
Census Tract 130.12	1,051	1,161	90.5%	93	299	646	13	0
Census Tract 12.03	460	509	90.4%	14	3	17	43	383
Census Tract 45	1,797	1,987	90.4%	21	78	562	577	559
Census Tract 50	1,111	1,230	90.3%	68	95	94	151	703
Census Tract 37	1,214	1,346	90.2%	33	269	134	401	377
Census Tract 179	1,450	1,607	90.2%	165	416	804	65	0
Census Tract 192.10	1,400	1,553	90.1%	435	957	8	0	0
Census Tract 156	1,442	1,603	90.0%	220	148	632	442	0
Census Tract 93.03	945	1,051	89.9%	155	80	659	0	51
Census Tract 182.06	1,117	1,242	89.9%	177	429	450	28	33
Census Tract 63.01	1,666	1,861	89.5%	17	55	1,095	436	63
Census Tract 4.10	1,378	1,543	89.3%	145	214	263	363	393
Census Tract 190.33	1,144	1,281	89.3%	192	800	152	0	0
Census Tract 96.07	1,227	1,376	89.2%	11	742	474	0	0
Census Tract 96.08	1,020	1,143	89.2%	176	748	89	7	0
Census Tract 84.02	1,139	1,279	89.1%	35	89	784	231	0
Census Tract 97.02	1,144	1,284	89.1%	112	354	665	7	6
Census Tract 126.03	576	647	89.0%	15	136	403	11	11
Census Tract 199	1,147	1,292	88.8%	139	148	388	129	343
Census Tract 137.18	1,095	1,234	88.7%	469	404	222	0	0
Census Tract 64.02	1,307	1,475	88.6%	190	208	391	518	0
Census Tract 202	1,465	1,654	88.6%	447	604	299	115	0
Census Tract 136.09	1,061	1,200	88.4%	396	599	10	0	56
Census Tract 187	1,861	2,105	88.4%	159	341	1,098	199	64
Census Tract 129	1,944	2,208	88.0%	202	278	1,192	233	39
Census Tract 78.24	707	806	87.7%	517	100	90	0	0
Census Tract 122.12	1,355	1,545	87.7%	125	847	371	12	0
Census Tract 184.01	1,518	1,731	87.7%	617	708	193	0	0
Census Tract 137.28	1,266	1,455	87.0%	153	896	147	70	0
Census Tract 59.01	1,712	1,971	86.9%	120	466	749	364	13
Census Tract 96.05	1,111	1,281	86.7%	129	927	55	0	0
Census Tract 165.36	639	737	86.7%	59	514	32	34	0
Census Tract 111.04	1,369	1,580	86.6%	85	435	725	124	0
Census Tract 190.24	1,194	1,378	86.6%	1,086	85	0	23	0
Census Tract 136.07	1,254	1,450	86.5%	480	733	41	0	0
Census Tract 52	1,326	1,538	86.2%	0	51	51	190	1,034
Census Tract 82	1,547	1,795	86.2%	224	349	560	405	9
Census Tract 191.02	1,500	1,742	86.1%	274	445	698	24	59
Census Tract 91.01	1,724	2,007	85.9%	283	160	1,281	0	0
Census Tract 61	1,397	1,628	85.8%	310	576	471	20	20
Census Tract 88.01	1,040	1,212	85.8%	146	45	620	200	29
Census Tract 108.09	1,649	1,929	85.5%	518	818	137	12	164
Census Tract 111.03	1,007	1,191	84.6%	66	287	206	287	161
Census Tract 160.01	1,155	1,366	84.6%	62	304	605	127	57
Census Tract 192.02	1,624	1,930	84.1%	164	713	741	6	0
Census Tract 128.01	869	1,034	84.0%	240	404	169	56	0
Census Tract 130.09	1,534	1,829	83.9%	596	871	18	49	0
Census Tract 112.02	835	997	83.8%	268	201	339	27	0
Census Tract 91.05	920	1,103	83.4%	140	70	689	0	21
Census Tract 139.02	1,198	1,436	83.4%	107	576	507	8	0
Census Tract 190.49	1,073	1,290	83.2%	886	181	6	0	0
Census Tract 139.01	922	1,109	83.1%	23	144	722	24	9
Census Tract 138.07	839	1,011	83.0%	114	421	304	0	0
Census Tract 96.09	1,001	1,216	82.3%	179	481	312	29	0
Census Tract 122.09	970	1,179	82.3%	167	539	237	10	17
Census Tract 145.01	1,163	1,418	82.0%	144	448	554	17	0
Census Tract 152.08	1,062	1,295	82.0%	291	537	234	0	0
Census Tract 190.13	1,252	1,527	82.0%	313	748	173	18	0