Lead Paint Risk in Salt Lake County, Utah

44.5%Pre-1978 Housing

195,811Pre-1978 Units

440,166Total Housing Units

251Census 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

195,811 housing units in Salt Lake County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 44.5%, compared with the state rate of 36.6%.
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 251 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1035	1,797	1,861	96.6%	103	92	131	90	1,381
Census Tract 1040	1,158	1,203	96.3%	78	105	730	226	19
Census Tract 1037	1,114	1,161	96.0%	27	26	60	163	838
Census Tract 1038	1,065	1,121	95.0%	74	143	153	356	339
Census Tract 1036	1,088	1,150	94.6%	40	26	77	84	861
Census Tract 1039	1,579	1,669	94.6%	127	136	481	733	102
Census Tract 1012	2,296	2,450	93.7%	291	261	410	202	1,132
Census Tract 1010	1,445	1,549	93.3%	23	127	167	287	841
Census Tract 1044	690	752	91.8%	35	72	389	150	44
Census Tract 1102	1,838	2,013	91.3%	133	218	1,208	199	80
Census Tract 1031	1,767	1,943	90.9%	115	121	191	204	1,136
Census Tract 1034	1,876	2,067	90.8%	113	86	188	190	1,299
Census Tract 1016	1,793	1,978	90.6%	284	532	238	127	612
Census Tract 1011.01	1,147	1,275	90.0%	203	230	60	65	589
Census Tract 1136	1,534	1,713	89.6%	100	118	1,255	56	5
Census Tract 1135.11	1,083	1,217	89.0%	443	408	219	13	0
Census Tract 1047	1,979	2,240	88.3%	139	114	413	782	531
Census Tract 1113.02	1,836	2,123	86.5%	1,019	452	348	17	0
Census Tract 1032	2,122	2,460	86.3%	590	102	310	201	919
Census Tract 1137.02	728	857	84.9%	185	118	396	21	8
Census Tract 1103	1,996	2,362	84.5%	379	239	591	683	104
Census Tract 1109	1,377	1,640	84.0%	339	493	429	73	43
Census Tract 1007	1,484	1,777	83.5%	278	188	145	56	817
Census Tract 1043	1,143	1,386	82.5%	316	182	429	180	36
Census Tract 1048	2,010	2,440	82.4%	86	520	605	383	416
Census Tract 1105	1,851	2,249	82.3%	264	512	968	21	86
Census Tract 1135.32	807	987	81.8%	666	72	5	64	0
Census Tract 1128.12	1,594	1,953	81.6%	1,167	250	109	30	38
Census Tract 1015	1,505	1,849	81.4%	98	175	205	88	939
Census Tract 1014.02	283	349	81.1%	164	80	27	0	12
Census Tract 1135.05	1,614	1,991	81.1%	784	561	258	0	11
Census Tract 1135.37	876	1,087	80.6%	451	318	62	28	17
Census Tract 1106	1,577	1,985	79.4%	141	424	949	37	26
Census Tract 1041	1,012	1,278	79.2%	110	90	118	282	412
Census Tract 1030	1,210	1,532	79.0%	87	119	74	86	844
Census Tract 1026	1,440	1,827	78.8%	161	166	82	192	839
Census Tract 1014.01	247	314	78.7%	104	112	8	0	23
Census Tract 1138.02	1,065	1,354	78.7%	157	77	757	74	0
Census Tract 1005	1,880	2,417	77.8%	174	493	610	526	77
Census Tract 1113.05	1,155	1,487	77.7%	653	415	79	0	8
Census Tract 1147	1,296	1,674	77.4%	37	200	1,020	3	36
Census Tract 1135.38	582	753	77.3%	477	68	19	11	7
Census Tract 1008	1,438	1,863	77.2%	570	393	95	65	315
Census Tract 1119.05	1,451	1,889	76.8%	997	331	84	21	18
Census Tract 1134.06	1,464	1,919	76.3%	764	489	196	6	9
Census Tract 1126.04	1,211	1,593	76.0%	502	243	442	0	24
Census Tract 1126.20	792	1,044	75.9%	580	91	121	0	0
Census Tract 1104.02	1,023	1,351	75.7%	192	330	344	92	65
Census Tract 1138.01	1,268	1,674	75.7%	905	163	151	0	49
Census Tract 1033	1,795	2,382	75.4%	410	231	145	122	887
Census Tract 1123.02	1,060	1,409	75.2%	155	430	393	59	23
Census Tract 1126.19	740	984	75.2%	523	71	138	8	0
Census Tract 1028.01	1,565	2,097	74.6%	207	235	672	212	239
Census Tract 1111.06	1,150	1,548	74.3%	561	358	199	11	21
Census Tract 1112.01	820	1,103	74.3%	275	275	255	15	0
Census Tract 1122.02	1,267	1,710	74.1%	457	335	463	12	0
Census Tract 1124.02	2,003	2,717	73.7%	392	851	388	288	84
Census Tract 1107.02	1,447	1,971	73.4%	196	501	581	104	65
Census Tract 1135.36	881	1,204	73.2%	593	175	75	23	15
Census Tract 1027.01	1,525	2,096	72.8%	299	160	403	121	542
Census Tract 1108	2,022	2,776	72.8%	587	650	467	275	43
Census Tract 1120.01	1,203	1,681	71.6%	425	339	191	150	98
Census Tract 1111.04	790	1,120	70.5%	267	187	305	10	21
Census Tract 1017	1,653	2,348	70.4%	345	419	99	62	728
Census Tract 1101.04	1,571	2,231	70.4%	347	771	426	8	19
Census Tract 1120.02	1,614	2,297	70.3%	1,067	239	90	18	200
Census Tract 1011.02	1,577	2,259	69.8%	285	191	47	266	788
Census Tract 1123.01	1,112	1,592	69.8%	486	209	310	91	16
Census Tract 1129.07	982	1,408	69.7%	828	34	77	21	22
Census Tract 1006	2,021	2,911	69.4%	366	35	420	403	797
Census Tract 1148	903	1,307	69.1%	309	166	215	20	193
Census Tract 1042	2,028	2,945	68.9%	558	775	609	57	29
Census Tract 1135.10	746	1,083	68.9%	345	276	116	0	9
Census Tract 1135.21	1,415	2,056	68.8%	1,188	197	30	0	0
Census Tract 1111.05	1,153	1,683	68.5%	632	428	93	0	0
Census Tract 1137.01	855	1,250	68.4%	617	22	198	18	0
Census Tract 1126.08	1,176	1,721	68.3%	970	162	21	15	8
Census Tract 1119.03	1,272	1,868	68.1%	252	577	372	43	28
Census Tract 1133.08	1,077	1,587	67.9%	324	139	614	0	0
Census Tract 1139.04	1,440	2,134	67.5%	618	313	379	23	107
Census Tract 1028.02	903	1,340	67.4%	341	178	207	37	140
Census Tract 1101.03	1,100	1,632	67.4%	364	306	374	20	36
Census Tract 1020	1,251	1,870	66.9%	169	149	205	30	698
Census Tract 1117.01	1,428	2,168	65.9%	687	211	269	146	115
Census Tract 1135.20	942	1,441	65.4%	768	113	61	0	0
Census Tract 1126.09	1,136	1,742	65.2%	1,119	0	6	11	0
Census Tract 1114	2,148	3,319	64.7%	272	353	719	238	566
Census Tract 1134.13	1,141	1,780	64.1%	422	356	282	23	58
Census Tract 1101.05	537	842	63.8%	464	56	0	7	10
Census Tract 1018	1,383	2,172	63.7%	189	120	121	35	918
Census Tract 1117.02	1,276	2,025	63.0%	476	124	337	146	193
Census Tract 1111.09	998	1,604	62.2%	615	187	133	31	32
Census Tract 1126.14	788	1,271	62.0%	656	103	9	0	20
Census Tract 1127	1,244	2,010	61.9%	496	372	170	51	155
Census Tract 1002	375	611	61.4%	86	117	43	31	98
Census Tract 1027.02	721	1,187	60.7%	218	60	120	176	147
Census Tract 1049	1,000	1,649	60.6%	143	194	138	143	382
Census Tract 1134.08	1,082	1,787	60.5%	799	179	46	13	45
Census Tract 1134.11	445	741	60.1%	180	229	36	0	0
Census Tract 1135.39	687	1,164	59.0%	527	105	47	8	0