Lead Paint Risk in Travis County, Texas

25.1%Pre-1978 Housing

149,268Pre-1978 Units

594,638Total Housing Units

290Census 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

149,268 housing units in Travis County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 25.1%, 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 290 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 21.06	1,216	1,385	87.8%	133	650	433	0	0
Census Tract 21.04	1,087	1,245	87.3%	61	251	701	64	10
Census Tract 3.07	799	918	87.0%	42	44	301	401	11
Census Tract 21.13	1,221	1,409	86.7%	401	762	49	9	0
Census Tract 15.01	2,175	2,590	84.0%	180	1,184	727	84	0
Census Tract 16.05	2,112	2,552	82.8%	159	183	272	690	808
Census Tract 432	1,167	1,433	81.4%	789	292	49	24	13
Census Tract 408	1,731	2,172	79.7%	1,558	158	0	15	0
Census Tract 5	1,948	2,510	77.6%	490	287	268	147	756
Census Tract 405	1,951	2,584	75.5%	314	1,267	361	9	0
Census Tract 20.02	1,074	1,424	75.4%	60	218	726	70	0
Census Tract 323	2,174	2,918	74.5%	1,811	115	182	0	66
Census Tract 7	650	895	72.6%	106	295	94	83	72
Census Tract 21.07	1,300	1,793	72.5%	224	966	110	0	0
Census Tract 303	1,487	2,075	71.7%	514	778	184	11	0
Census Tract 2.06	1,419	1,982	71.6%	341	274	335	312	157
Census Tract 3.02	2,573	3,603	71.4%	769	329	239	356	880
Census Tract 411	554	778	71.2%	121	296	137	0	0
Census Tract 10	1,177	1,671	70.4%	127	117	37	402	494
Census Tract 302	1,972	2,802	70.4%	1,356	543	73	0	0
Census Tract 1.02	797	1,135	70.2%	163	150	444	30	10
Census Tract 400	2,069	2,991	69.2%	540	752	777	0	0
Census Tract 3.04	1,149	1,667	68.9%	257	381	131	183	197
Census Tract 337	761	1,104	68.9%	706	39	9	0	7
Census Tract 24.44	1,388	2,029	68.4%	630	693	9	45	11
Census Tract 14.02	1,058	1,559	67.9%	359	144	86	200	269
Census Tract 401	1,345	1,990	67.6%	780	532	33	0	0
Census Tract 16.03	1,302	1,957	66.5%	25	59	235	593	390
Census Tract 404	1,471	2,234	65.8%	420	999	52	0	0
Census Tract 3.05	1,327	2,021	65.7%	452	243	186	241	205
Census Tract 21.05	1,577	2,438	64.7%	697	465	290	57	68
Census Tract 16.04	1,146	1,791	64.0%	191	198	294	258	205
Census Tract 20.03	1,041	1,635	63.7%	351	143	388	96	63
Census Tract 15.05	1,546	2,450	63.1%	59	425	727	259	76
Census Tract 19.23	1,265	2,011	62.9%	717	440	101	0	7
Census Tract 8.04	797	1,291	61.7%	108	179	32	113	365
Census Tract 409	1,503	2,463	61.0%	1,361	43	99	0	0
Census Tract 322	564	931	60.6%	298	250	16	0	0
Census Tract 24.24	1,019	1,743	58.5%	470	258	226	22	43
Census Tract 327	1,112	1,904	58.4%	1,040	46	9	0	17
Census Tract 406	829	1,426	58.1%	457	296	20	0	56
Census Tract 24.12	866	1,494	58.0%	828	26	0	0	12
Census Tract 24.09	898	1,563	57.5%	795	103	0	0	0
Census Tract 415	724	1,264	57.3%	455	179	90	0	0
Census Tract 2.04	917	1,609	57.0%	125	73	123	213	383
Census Tract 416	1,906	3,379	56.4%	1,034	577	295	0	0
Census Tract 1.01	1,481	2,641	56.1%	83	203	1,056	110	29
Census Tract 23.23	927	1,669	55.5%	267	491	89	16	64
Census Tract 13.11	638	1,162	54.9%	353	212	5	0	68
Census Tract 13.08	994	1,845	53.9%	304	371	155	140	24
Census Tract 24.03	707	1,334	53.0%	353	248	11	10	85
Census Tract 19.19	677	1,282	52.8%	322	259	84	12	0
Census Tract 306	1,873	3,547	52.8%	1,240	389	244	0	0
Census Tract 325	1,226	2,328	52.7%	1,110	88	21	7	0
Census Tract 16.02	871	1,678	51.9%	151	406	142	134	38
Census Tract 301	1,008	1,958	51.5%	874	102	21	0	11
Census Tract 21.08	1,128	2,244	50.3%	582	546	0	0	0
Census Tract 2.05	1,367	2,723	50.2%	443	313	371	188	52
Census Tract 4.01	1,198	2,390	50.1%	214	130	268	445	141
Census Tract 11.01	478	967	49.4%	86	200	36	20	136
Census Tract 21.10	805	1,644	49.0%	193	219	239	78	76
Census Tract 410	1,327	2,720	48.8%	693	612	22	0	0
Census Tract 24.22	1,881	3,865	48.7%	1,371	487	23	0	0
Census Tract 304	1,156	2,377	48.6%	729	331	55	23	18
Census Tract 14.01	903	1,863	48.5%	259	93	51	23	477
Census Tract 407	1,635	3,431	47.7%	929	676	17	13	0
Census Tract 21.12	1,157	2,440	47.4%	240	499	352	60	6
Census Tract 14.03	413	884	46.7%	137	215	43	14	4
Census Tract 22.14	390	837	46.6%	317	58	0	0	15
Census Tract 21.09	855	1,843	46.4%	134	403	187	81	50
Census Tract 8.01	483	1,064	45.4%	23	103	163	29	165
Census Tract 4.02	832	1,855	44.9%	132	111	285	203	101
Census Tract 24.10	850	1,906	44.6%	663	108	79	0	0
Census Tract 417	488	1,103	44.2%	441	28	19	0	0
Census Tract 15.03	1,429	3,262	43.8%	276	451	497	177	28
Census Tract 22.01	373	851	43.8%	347	0	26	0	0
Census Tract 8.02	691	1,608	43.0%	89	206	186	163	47
Census Tract 316	437	1,046	41.8%	281	138	10	0	8
Census Tract 23.16	1,062	2,549	41.7%	790	175	76	0	21
Census Tract 403	1,060	2,547	41.6%	814	221	25	0	0
Census Tract 15.04	1,392	3,361	41.4%	163	130	907	192	0
Census Tract 6.05	726	1,798	40.4%	218	54	181	25	248
Census Tract 300	900	2,240	40.2%	398	447	55	0	0
Census Tract 8.03	837	2,085	40.1%	0	48	152	143	494
Census Tract 24.11	646	1,636	39.5%	611	35	0	0	0
Census Tract 20.06	587	1,489	39.4%	358	133	35	48	13
Census Tract 334	515	1,356	38.0%	372	143	0	0	0
Census Tract 13.07	936	2,491	37.6%	278	200	287	40	131
Census Tract 21.11	926	2,496	37.1%	310	280	95	84	157
Census Tract 420	466	1,258	37.0%	404	57	0	0	5
Census Tract 434	884	2,397	36.9%	671	63	150	0	0
Census Tract 22.21	359	977	36.7%	185	0	174	0	0
Census Tract 13.12	945	2,582	36.6%	70	281	84	200	310
Census Tract 431	421	1,152	36.5%	173	125	62	61	0
Census Tract 19.18	376	1,044	36.0%	206	139	31	0	0
Census Tract 19.22	531	1,479	35.9%	395	25	67	12	32
Census Tract 23.22	535	1,515	35.3%	465	70	0	0	0
Census Tract 331	853	2,419	35.3%	668	114	0	49	22
Census Tract 402	542	1,539	35.2%	360	182	0	0	0
Census Tract 23.15	575	1,637	35.1%	425	150	0	0	0