Lead Paint Risk in Montgomery County, Texas

14.0%Pre-1978 Housing

35,649Pre-1978 Units

253,801Total Housing Units

133Census 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

35,649 housing units in Montgomery County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 14.0%, 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 133 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 6914.01	810	989	81.9%	626	35	15	0	134
Census Tract 6931.03	765	1,115	68.6%	230	244	195	86	10
Census Tract 6935.02	517	758	68.2%	148	226	127	16	0
Census Tract 6918.02	674	1,246	54.1%	435	231	8	0	0
Census Tract 6924.01	778	1,579	49.3%	624	107	38	0	9
Census Tract 6932.02	945	2,066	45.7%	824	111	0	10	0
Census Tract 6939.03	657	1,528	43.0%	91	266	239	31	30
Census Tract 6935.01	319	753	42.4%	171	113	0	6	29
Census Tract 6926.01	761	1,849	41.2%	736	20	0	0	5
Census Tract 6928.04	711	1,842	38.6%	551	107	53	0	0
Census Tract 6916.01	770	2,042	37.7%	741	15	0	8	6
Census Tract 6931.04	269	717	37.5%	253	16	0	0	0
Census Tract 6935.03	420	1,221	34.4%	148	141	41	20	70
Census Tract 6941.04	420	1,234	34.0%	330	66	24	0	0
Census Tract 6933.02	264	793	33.3%	179	27	58	0	0
Census Tract 6903	673	2,041	33.0%	404	115	97	43	14
Census Tract 6915	920	2,808	32.8%	872	43	5	0	0
Census Tract 6933.01	392	1,194	32.8%	333	59	0	0	0
Census Tract 6918.01	789	2,509	31.4%	592	197	0	0	0
Census Tract 6920.07	579	1,932	30.0%	428	47	104	0	0
Census Tract 6922.02	490	1,714	28.6%	280	201	9	0	0
Census Tract 6944.02	446	1,558	28.6%	266	61	27	21	71
Census Tract 6942.09	365	1,290	28.3%	312	34	0	0	19
Census Tract 6934.01	251	896	28.0%	58	10	105	9	69
Census Tract 6942.08	574	2,064	27.8%	443	131	0	0	0
Census Tract 6943.09	477	1,725	27.7%	448	19	10	0	0
Census Tract 6938	524	1,928	27.2%	182	342	0	0	0
Census Tract 6925.01	639	2,407	26.5%	274	249	66	0	50
Census Tract 6927.02	465	1,759	26.4%	378	63	0	0	24
Census Tract 6941.07	413	1,578	26.2%	339	0	26	0	48
Census Tract 6930.02	755	3,015	25.0%	534	148	0	72	1
Census Tract 6940.01	498	2,054	24.2%	323	30	91	0	54
Census Tract 6936	555	2,354	23.6%	242	264	28	0	21
Census Tract 6933.03	378	1,614	23.4%	335	43	0	0	0
Census Tract 6922.01	368	1,613	22.8%	163	205	0	0	0
Census Tract 6943.05	534	2,349	22.7%	360	174	0	0	0
Census Tract 6942.05	162	722	22.4%	111	23	12	0	16
Census Tract 6923.01	321	1,440	22.3%	301	20	0	0	0
Census Tract 6946.01	280	1,263	22.2%	64	8	46	11	151
Census Tract 6907.02	438	2,012	21.8%	438	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6943.07	226	1,078	21.0%	141	3	82	0	0
Census Tract 6904.08	383	1,876	20.4%	188	182	13	0	0
Census Tract 6947	340	1,678	20.3%	295	35	10	0	0
Census Tract 6921.01	511	2,631	19.4%	399	81	31	0	0
Census Tract 6926.05	381	1,968	19.4%	312	34	0	35	0
Census Tract 6902.06	185	978	18.9%	120	55	10	0	0
Census Tract 6901.02	498	2,726	18.3%	379	19	0	21	79
Census Tract 6929	317	1,752	18.1%	153	122	36	6	0
Census Tract 6946.02	135	753	17.9%	60	23	0	0	52
Census Tract 6928.03	355	2,072	17.1%	185	99	30	16	25
Census Tract 6943.06	352	2,178	16.2%	352	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6919	368	2,303	16.0%	224	144	0	0	0
Census Tract 6942.10	161	1,016	15.8%	13	107	13	0	28
Census Tract 6925.02	260	1,685	15.4%	167	64	0	0	29
Census Tract 6944.01	194	1,290	15.0%	181	10	3	0	0
Census Tract 6906.07	290	1,969	14.7%	264	26	0	0	0
Census Tract 6913.02	352	2,440	14.4%	282	44	26	0	0
Census Tract 6923.03	454	3,216	14.1%	20	0	16	168	250
Census Tract 6928.02	526	3,764	14.0%	439	26	0	0	61
Census Tract 6927.01	226	1,649	13.7%	114	112	0	0	0
Census Tract 6939.01	189	1,390	13.6%	159	30	0	0	0
Census Tract 6926.03	254	1,906	13.3%	147	49	0	58	0
Census Tract 6940.02	459	3,464	13.3%	316	143	0	0	0
Census Tract 6941.03	174	1,326	13.1%	123	29	0	22	0
Census Tract 6942.04	315	2,411	13.1%	315	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6902.07	252	2,000	12.6%	195	19	16	22	0
Census Tract 6942.06	244	1,957	12.5%	210	0	0	0	34
Census Tract 6934.02	89	720	12.4%	68	0	0	0	21
Census Tract 6932.01	185	1,574	11.8%	110	23	30	22	0
Census Tract 6902.03	183	1,669	11.0%	183	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6916.02	295	2,672	11.0%	249	28	18	0	0
Census Tract 6923.02	196	1,777	11.0%	196	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6931.02	273	2,474	11.0%	219	30	24	0	0
Census Tract 6944.03	133	1,225	10.9%	129	0	4	0	0
Census Tract 6921.03	237	2,195	10.8%	176	61	0	0	0
Census Tract 6941.05	237	2,217	10.7%	133	39	0	8	57
Census Tract 6939.02	141	1,336	10.6%	90	51	0	0	0
Census Tract 6923.04	341	3,297	10.3%	295	30	0	16	0
Census Tract 6941.06	190	1,889	10.1%	68	92	2	28	0
Census Tract 6945.01	93	930	10.0%	86	7	0	0	0
Census Tract 6930.01	192	1,958	9.8%	74	98	0	20	0
Census Tract 6942.07	50	515	9.7%	34	16	0	0	0
Census Tract 6933.04	83	927	9.0%	83	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6946.03	124	1,762	7.0%	44	28	10	0	42
Census Tract 6906.03	99	1,572	6.3%	42	0	57	0	0
Census Tract 6926.04	195	3,072	6.3%	121	23	0	51	0
Census Tract 6943.08	71	1,124	6.3%	71	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6904.06	84	1,413	5.9%	15	51	0	0	18
Census Tract 6904.05	103	1,789	5.8%	63	32	8	0	0
Census Tract 6921.02	72	1,235	5.8%	29	7	0	0	36
Census Tract 6902.04	115	2,003	5.7%	64	0	7	0	44
Census Tract 6920.03	104	1,811	5.7%	60	0	33	0	11
Census Tract 6906.04	187	3,421	5.5%	0	0	0	0	187
Census Tract 6902.05	83	1,649	5.0%	44	28	0	11	0
Census Tract 6912.02	76	1,556	4.9%	76	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6937.03	155	3,153	4.9%	155	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6906.09	88	1,927	4.6%	88	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6913.01	73	1,647	4.4%	73	0	0	0	0
Census Tract 6942.03	38	881	4.3%	0	18	20	0	0
Census Tract 6937.02	133	3,284	4.0%	52	0	0	7	74