Lead Paint Risk in Tarrant County, Texas

33.8%Pre-1978 Housing

279,440Pre-1978 Units

827,874Total Housing Units

449Census 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

279,440 housing units in Tarrant County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 33.8%, 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 449 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1047.01	1,421	1,465	97.0%	221	156	481	132	431
Census Tract 1229.01	912	949	96.1%	109	123	672	8	0
Census Tract 1009	738	778	94.9%	73	92	55	101	417
Census Tract 1042.03	231	245	94.3%	51	21	21	0	138
Census Tract 1056	1,807	1,920	94.1%	80	227	1,313	159	28
Census Tract 1004.01	545	580	94.0%	66	47	48	161	223
Census Tract 1062.01	1,134	1,206	94.0%	30	415	595	94	0
Census Tract 1054.04	1,511	1,642	92.0%	251	686	559	0	15
Census Tract 1060.05	1,321	1,440	91.7%	227	996	98	0	0
Census Tract 1041	1,476	1,634	90.3%	76	58	64	71	1,207
Census Tract 1048.04	892	988	90.3%	57	125	250	308	152
Census Tract 1001.01	1,678	1,860	90.2%	157	229	516	479	297
Census Tract 1014.03	1,792	1,986	90.2%	432	359	611	111	279
Census Tract 1042.02	1,411	1,571	89.8%	90	168	441	604	108
Census Tract 1134.08	2,291	2,555	89.7%	484	460	1,347	0	0
Census Tract 1035	1,474	1,646	89.6%	149	131	643	155	396
Census Tract 1134.03	921	1,029	89.5%	171	569	181	0	0
Census Tract 1015	1,565	1,755	89.2%	66	166	535	449	349
Census Tract 1026.02	1,430	1,605	89.1%	48	122	286	708	266
Census Tract 1133.01	1,342	1,507	89.1%	85	143	1,022	92	0
Census Tract 1004.02	1,184	1,331	89.0%	16	6	319	146	697
Census Tract 1046.01	1,291	1,460	88.4%	218	132	567	142	232
Census Tract 1221	1,888	2,136	88.4%	305	60	1,489	15	19
Census Tract 1045.02	977	1,110	88.0%	127	35	142	188	485
Census Tract 1014.02	1,234	1,407	87.7%	34	24	292	495	389
Census Tract 1135.09	1,524	1,740	87.6%	215	783	461	65	0
Census Tract 1115.05	1,612	1,849	87.2%	368	1,188	17	0	39
Census Tract 1055.02	2,207	2,539	86.9%	662	805	708	14	18
Census Tract 1111.03	1,091	1,256	86.9%	287	569	183	36	16
Census Tract 1103.02	1,763	2,031	86.8%	397	288	705	221	152
Census Tract 1105	2,100	2,427	86.5%	117	258	691	869	165
Census Tract 1037.02	965	1,118	86.3%	179	212	360	142	72
Census Tract 1044	1,910	2,218	86.1%	59	154	234	265	1,198
Census Tract 1229.02	753	878	85.8%	85	330	225	113	0
Census Tract 1042.04	946	1,110	85.2%	8	59	184	281	414
Census Tract 1058	1,293	1,520	85.1%	305	230	671	62	25
Census Tract 1008	1,519	1,789	84.9%	61	131	106	221	1,000
Census Tract 1133.02	1,542	1,817	84.9%	275	455	795	12	5
Census Tract 1036.02	825	978	84.4%	43	211	516	55	0
Census Tract 1012.02	1,688	2,005	84.2%	226	185	283	411	583
Census Tract 1220.01	911	1,084	84.0%	138	348	376	49	0
Census Tract 1023.02	1,923	2,295	83.8%	153	199	1,004	567	0
Census Tract 1006.02	1,059	1,265	83.7%	315	51	300	257	136
Census Tract 1049	941	1,126	83.6%	95	95	638	89	24
Census Tract 1216.05	1,165	1,395	83.5%	264	451	327	115	8
Census Tract 1134.04	1,943	2,330	83.4%	412	872	618	41	0
Census Tract 1022.01	1,383	1,666	83.0%	281	115	487	118	382
Census Tract 1102.02	1,101	1,328	82.9%	105	237	439	237	83
Census Tract 1013.01	1,635	1,995	82.0%	216	163	1,061	80	115
Census Tract 1017	436	533	81.8%	5	6	93	96	236
Census Tract 1046.05	1,481	1,817	81.5%	414	300	508	149	110
Census Tract 1057.01	1,220	1,505	81.1%	225	577	418	0	0
Census Tract 1103.01	1,072	1,323	81.0%	330	204	202	185	151
Census Tract 1111.04	885	1,095	80.8%	215	305	246	45	74
Census Tract 1013.02	840	1,043	80.5%	123	92	313	190	122
Census Tract 1112.02	1,865	2,320	80.4%	661	543	606	55	0
Census Tract 1002.02	1,176	1,465	80.3%	158	151	200	459	208
Census Tract 1025	1,380	1,727	79.9%	303	171	484	329	93
Census Tract 1065.02	1,098	1,375	79.9%	305	445	328	20	0
Census Tract 1132.13	1,115	1,407	79.2%	107	449	506	53	0
Census Tract 1226	1,251	1,582	79.1%	366	441	388	9	47
Census Tract 1021.02	1,347	1,718	78.4%	323	277	206	495	46
Census Tract 1024.02	1,488	1,917	77.6%	99	381	995	13	0
Census Tract 1047.02	767	993	77.2%	94	192	192	126	163
Census Tract 1045.05	1,585	2,058	77.0%	208	188	419	436	334
Census Tract 1101.02	1,224	1,590	77.0%	138	199	655	223	9
Census Tract 1027	1,430	1,863	76.8%	43	107	129	297	854
Census Tract 1228.02	1,464	1,929	75.9%	504	583	326	40	11
Census Tract 1036.01	713	943	75.6%	103	137	267	148	58
Census Tract 1115.22	1,636	2,163	75.6%	988	438	40	170	0
Census Tract 1216.15	1,318	1,746	75.5%	639	570	109	0	0
Census Tract 1216.13	1,537	2,041	75.3%	910	386	241	0	0
Census Tract 1014.01	1,656	2,207	75.0%	115	496	719	272	54
Census Tract 1023.01	1,236	1,653	74.8%	237	283	606	110	0
Census Tract 1046.03	913	1,222	74.7%	88	129	387	205	104
Census Tract 1220.02	1,242	1,669	74.4%	304	128	722	88	0
Census Tract 1048.02	1,114	1,501	74.2%	220	188	390	198	118
Census Tract 1055.12	1,303	1,759	74.1%	1,208	82	13	0	0
Census Tract 1136.07	1,495	2,045	73.1%	264	648	556	27	0
Census Tract 1001.02	1,476	2,039	72.4%	75	65	189	435	712
Census Tract 1037.01	1,034	1,428	72.4%	90	196	308	153	287
Census Tract 1061.01	400	554	72.2%	149	194	14	18	25
Census Tract 1219.04	1,217	1,702	71.5%	465	479	273	0	0
Census Tract 1045.03	638	902	70.7%	55	44	138	256	145
Census Tract 1060.02	941	1,340	70.2%	414	171	356	0	0
Census Tract 1109.06	1,346	1,929	69.8%	383	428	477	50	8
Census Tract 1136.13	1,234	1,769	69.8%	620	544	62	8	0
Census Tract 1052.03	859	1,244	69.1%	75	250	439	95	0
Census Tract 1052.07	1,204	1,744	69.0%	434	370	377	0	23
Census Tract 1135.16	1,119	1,624	68.9%	540	516	63	0	0
Census Tract 1002.01	977	1,437	68.0%	88	300	170	295	124
Census Tract 1136.18	1,624	2,397	67.8%	590	918	116	0	0
Census Tract 1050.09	1,404	2,076	67.6%	319	182	767	99	37
Census Tract 1216.08	1,527	2,260	67.6%	1,457	13	24	20	13
Census Tract 1022.02	1,101	1,639	67.2%	108	265	110	110	508
Census Tract 1135.14	1,469	2,190	67.1%	388	765	306	0	10
Census Tract 1217.04	774	1,154	67.1%	164	127	446	37	0
Census Tract 1045.04	750	1,122	66.8%	217	150	317	0	66
Census Tract 1130.04	859	1,286	66.8%	623	200	36	0	0
Census Tract 1046.02	934	1,403	66.6%	166	249	393	45	81