Lead Paint Risk in El Paso County, Texas

39.5%Pre-1978 Housing

126,807Pre-1978 Units

320,812Total Housing Units

188Census 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

126,807 housing units in El Paso County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 39.5%, 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 188 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 43.18	1,375	1,399	98.3%	711	427	196	41	0
Census Tract 3.02	1,969	2,005	98.2%	181	131	1,380	66	211
Census Tract 17	381	388	98.2%	18	56	36	6	265
Census Tract 18	437	448	97.5%	1	75	21	87	253
Census Tract 16	2,333	2,397	97.3%	52	211	765	301	1,004
Census Tract 23	1,787	1,879	95.1%	164	154	312	355	802
Census Tract 10.01	1,188	1,253	94.8%	70	82	403	75	558
Census Tract 10.02	1,443	1,522	94.8%	232	128	320	311	452
Census Tract 1.09	1,145	1,214	94.3%	165	582	393	0	5
Census Tract 15.02	1,044	1,109	94.1%	77	151	94	144	578
Census Tract 33	2,134	2,268	94.1%	98	454	1,251	288	43
Census Tract 26	1,081	1,152	93.8%	54	60	305	258	404
Census Tract 41.07	419	452	92.7%	90	142	148	32	7
Census Tract 9.01	1,661	1,797	92.4%	74	102	768	491	226
Census Tract 25	2,123	2,340	90.7%	191	87	477	563	805
Census Tract 2.06	1,585	1,755	90.3%	163	223	1,178	14	7
Census Tract 42.01	1,828	2,075	88.1%	230	218	1,172	199	9
Census Tract 24	1,267	1,447	87.6%	13	61	355	64	774
Census Tract 43.03	1,725	1,978	87.2%	250	947	528	0	0
Census Tract 22.01	1,041	1,214	85.7%	183	317	193	43	305
Census Tract 36.01	1,153	1,368	84.3%	219	287	472	17	158
Census Tract 36.02	1,027	1,222	84.0%	280	166	244	305	32
Census Tract 1.12	1,450	1,734	83.6%	360	737	336	17	0
Census Tract 37.02	1,460	1,753	83.3%	268	319	844	9	20
Census Tract 1.13	1,027	1,238	83.0%	65	540	382	40	0
Census Tract 1.10	1,111	1,344	82.7%	450	371	201	55	34
Census Tract 31	865	1,055	82.0%	84	116	584	53	28
Census Tract 21	1,054	1,289	81.8%	54	287	194	217	302
Census Tract 37.01	1,297	1,590	81.6%	250	436	465	127	19
Census Tract 42.02	1,832	2,247	81.5%	373	334	1,101	13	11
Census Tract 15.01	1,891	2,339	80.8%	495	536	581	87	192
Census Tract 22.02	1,770	2,204	80.3%	189	49	178	157	1,197
Census Tract 41.05	1,006	1,258	80.0%	342	223	239	105	97
Census Tract 43.11	1,446	1,831	79.0%	233	977	200	12	24
Census Tract 6	1,408	1,794	78.5%	181	431	559	168	69
Census Tract 38.01	1,484	1,904	77.9%	668	610	180	26	0
Census Tract 34.04	2,070	2,677	77.3%	272	1,449	349	0	0
Census Tract 103.16	1,086	1,437	75.6%	953	125	0	0	8
Census Tract 11.18	1,034	1,390	74.4%	488	518	28	0	0
Census Tract 14	858	1,157	74.2%	437	273	12	97	39
Census Tract 41.06	1,318	1,776	74.2%	329	391	490	78	30
Census Tract 1.07	1,400	1,895	73.9%	860	297	97	76	70
Census Tract 11.19	1,357	1,842	73.7%	857	424	31	0	45
Census Tract 8	1,743	2,374	73.4%	602	403	598	128	12
Census Tract 2.04	1,402	1,920	73.0%	372	671	286	10	63
Census Tract 43.12	1,642	2,274	72.2%	1,224	298	37	83	0
Census Tract 28	1,360	1,919	70.9%	79	266	257	378	380
Census Tract 39.01	852	1,230	69.3%	139	314	244	84	71
Census Tract 30	1,017	1,474	69.0%	62	126	562	136	131
Census Tract 29	435	631	68.9%	35	68	40	51	241
Census Tract 3.01	1,782	2,603	68.5%	486	347	855	67	27
Census Tract 32	754	1,103	68.4%	8	152	358	166	70
Census Tract 103.07	1,456	2,141	68.0%	1,254	153	49	0	0
Census Tract 43.13	991	1,461	67.8%	926	46	19	0	0
Census Tract 34.03	1,578	2,337	67.5%	284	574	668	52	0
Census Tract 39.02	702	1,049	66.9%	174	102	292	81	53
Census Tract 34.02	1,729	2,591	66.7%	297	640	709	66	17
Census Tract 103.03	1,020	1,551	65.8%	951	33	14	22	0
Census Tract 41.04	1,528	2,327	65.7%	870	297	236	69	56
Census Tract 19	720	1,104	65.2%	40	0	174	113	393
Census Tract 20	608	958	63.5%	70	52	22	133	331
Census Tract 35.02	1,019	1,625	62.7%	102	267	215	270	165
Census Tract 13.01	860	1,385	62.1%	691	71	53	38	7
Census Tract 43.07	1,381	2,259	61.1%	1,363	0	18	0	0
Census Tract 2.05	1,290	2,127	60.6%	279	391	494	126	0
Census Tract 38.03	558	937	59.6%	127	70	260	96	5
Census Tract 4.03	884	1,507	58.7%	399	158	317	0	10
Census Tract 1.06	1,258	2,148	58.6%	1,117	72	69	0	0
Census Tract 38.04	660	1,138	58.0%	135	102	211	198	14
Census Tract 4.01	1,490	2,573	57.9%	733	442	300	15	0
Census Tract 43.10	1,114	1,929	57.8%	420	517	170	0	7
Census Tract 13.02	1,489	2,604	57.2%	818	190	182	202	97
Census Tract 11.17	1,409	2,542	55.4%	325	718	354	12	0
Census Tract 35.01	722	1,309	55.2%	80	136	282	189	35
Census Tract 103.12	729	1,321	55.2%	623	36	29	0	41
Census Tract 40.04	1,024	1,882	54.4%	828	113	0	0	83
Census Tract 1.11	689	1,307	52.7%	410	255	15	9	0
Census Tract 11.10	1,145	2,182	52.5%	610	494	41	0	0
Census Tract 103.60	705	1,352	52.1%	663	29	13	0	0
Census Tract 101.02	252	489	51.5%	82	32	123	0	15
Census Tract 39.05	488	952	51.3%	256	39	112	25	56
Census Tract 4.04	845	1,665	50.8%	308	181	226	130	0
Census Tract 9.02	894	1,797	49.7%	109	307	404	65	9
Census Tract 105.02	357	725	49.2%	270	0	21	0	66
Census Tract 12.04	1,095	2,230	49.1%	766	280	34	15	0
Census Tract 103.17	631	1,295	48.7%	510	121	0	0	0
Census Tract 11.11	1,426	3,052	46.7%	908	345	102	71	0
Census Tract 11.12	817	1,765	46.3%	729	56	32	0	0
Census Tract 11.14	1,038	2,344	44.3%	527	304	168	15	24
Census Tract 102.22	305	711	42.9%	217	10	67	8	3
Census Tract 102.03	452	1,073	42.1%	259	34	95	35	29
Census Tract 43.17	879	2,155	40.8%	539	100	134	43	63
Census Tract 2.07	707	1,756	40.3%	551	90	48	18	0
Census Tract 11.09	827	2,181	37.9%	548	211	47	9	12
Census Tract 40.05	725	1,945	37.3%	375	124	91	19	116
Census Tract 103.11	793	2,197	36.1%	745	30	0	0	18
Census Tract 11.16	427	1,257	34.0%	325	53	49	0	0
Census Tract 11.15	703	2,106	33.4%	333	241	113	16	0
Census Tract 103.56	503	1,526	33.0%	473	0	30	0	0
Census Tract 105.05	321	980	32.8%	161	0	48	33	79