Lead Paint Risk in Pierce County, Washington

43.0%Pre-1978 Housing

157,292Pre-1978 Units

365,748Total Housing Units

193Census 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

157,292 housing units in Pierce County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 43.0%, compared with the state rate of 44.4%.
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 193 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 613	2,105	2,203	95.6%	336	88	270	154	1,257
Census Tract 607	2,240	2,451	91.4%	154	130	73	156	1,727
Census Tract 604	1,743	1,916	91.0%	68	104	331	244	996
Census Tract 625.01	1,669	1,865	89.5%	177	153	108	222	1,009
Census Tract 612	2,209	2,487	88.8%	200	161	172	347	1,329
Census Tract 629.02	1,507	1,713	88.0%	61	86	171	285	904
Census Tract 620	1,690	1,936	87.3%	161	164	227	174	964
Census Tract 715.04	1,481	1,705	86.9%	231	469	444	250	87
Census Tract 609.06	759	874	86.8%	125	278	331	0	25
Census Tract 605	1,502	1,737	86.5%	43	24	69	225	1,141
Census Tract 625.02	1,149	1,330	86.4%	61	13	121	342	612
Census Tract 632	1,874	2,177	86.1%	73	311	441	466	583
Census Tract 606	2,462	2,951	83.4%	238	224	83	93	1,824
Census Tract 618	1,054	1,276	82.6%	158	30	138	97	631
Census Tract 631	1,534	1,864	82.3%	95	296	384	191	568
Census Tract 723.05	2,260	2,782	81.2%	428	757	817	130	128
Census Tract 719.02	1,889	2,372	79.6%	99	448	804	226	312
Census Tract 723.07	1,618	2,054	78.8%	799	498	233	0	88
Census Tract 630	1,187	1,524	77.9%	153	131	210	259	434
Census Tract 718.08	1,399	1,795	77.9%	640	322	86	308	43
Census Tract 609.08	1,010	1,298	77.8%	495	317	107	0	91
Census Tract 615.02	1,685	2,166	77.8%	162	177	153	170	1,023
Census Tract 723.15	787	1,025	76.8%	583	161	0	32	11
Census Tract 611	2,280	3,007	75.8%	345	251	395	377	912
Census Tract 624	1,853	2,462	75.3%	9	72	314	361	1,097
Census Tract 721.07	1,486	1,981	75.0%	226	671	538	32	19
Census Tract 616.01	1,141	1,533	74.4%	199	96	120	57	669
Census Tract 718.05	1,276	1,731	73.7%	234	153	824	33	32
Census Tract 608	2,047	2,800	73.1%	80	195	329	902	541
Census Tract 614	1,326	1,831	72.4%	174	190	53	162	747
Census Tract 734.08	1,258	1,758	71.6%	298	348	173	124	315
Census Tract 717.06	608	858	70.9%	228	237	82	16	45
Census Tract 623	1,626	2,301	70.7%	314	139	221	183	769
Census Tract 610.02	1,816	2,572	70.6%	701	516	222	277	100
Census Tract 635.01	1,191	1,700	70.1%	416	417	188	22	148
Census Tract 721.08	1,553	2,230	69.6%	289	561	426	204	73
Census Tract 711	781	1,132	69.0%	262	121	113	105	180
Census Tract 721.11	763	1,119	68.2%	360	151	180	53	19
Census Tract 717.07	742	1,108	67.0%	64	110	272	236	60
Census Tract 714.09	1,232	1,842	66.9%	770	280	59	37	86
Census Tract 720	1,688	2,524	66.9%	1,067	351	84	109	77
Census Tract 9400.07	790	1,183	66.8%	93	68	142	83	404
Census Tract 734.07	1,008	1,542	65.4%	214	130	151	136	377
Census Tract 734.04	1,608	2,473	65.0%	325	339	366	117	461
Census Tract 615.01	1,265	1,949	64.9%	220	170	155	71	649
Census Tract 719.01	1,599	2,471	64.7%	245	478	545	212	119
Census Tract 609.04	1,627	2,520	64.6%	518	442	450	14	203
Census Tract 634.01	1,203	1,881	64.0%	318	41	144	329	371
Census Tract 715.05	1,370	2,142	64.0%	459	576	180	24	131
Census Tract 628.02	1,024	1,604	63.8%	205	129	106	188	396
Census Tract 633.01	868	1,369	63.4%	184	490	76	35	83
Census Tract 609.07	1,242	1,978	62.8%	684	172	302	55	29
Census Tract 9400.04	1,615	2,611	61.9%	388	519	251	219	238
Census Tract 729.08	1,285	2,136	60.2%	375	405	222	111	172
Census Tract 721.12	1,210	2,051	59.0%	515	564	97	10	24
Census Tract 721.06	1,734	2,944	58.9%	797	687	161	34	55
Census Tract 619	549	938	58.5%	60	32	14	3	440
Census Tract 634.02	792	1,367	57.9%	166	188	284	33	121
Census Tract 633.02	852	1,478	57.6%	184	130	314	53	171
Census Tract 617	1,375	2,390	57.5%	194	124	79	75	903
Census Tract 717.05	872	1,548	56.3%	142	171	158	183	218
Census Tract 714.03	830	1,485	55.9%	334	229	50	84	133
Census Tract 610.01	1,111	2,032	54.7%	228	320	221	288	54
Census Tract 609.03	823	1,546	53.2%	452	300	50	21	0
Census Tract 628.01	1,775	3,373	52.6%	576	296	117	68	718
Census Tract 721.09	894	1,719	52.0%	498	114	51	60	171
Census Tract 715.03	1,116	2,172	51.4%	520	407	76	38	75
Census Tract 723.10	871	1,712	50.9%	143	232	283	157	56
Census Tract 712.09	712	1,422	50.1%	648	20	9	24	11
Census Tract 735.02	849	1,707	49.7%	394	184	91	118	62
Census Tract 9400.01	584	1,176	49.7%	58	58	131	67	270
Census Tract 723.09	1,261	2,592	48.6%	177	139	581	160	204
Census Tract 733.02	973	2,028	48.0%	128	145	249	91	360
Census Tract 703.14	545	1,142	47.7%	323	200	10	12	0
Census Tract 635.02	843	1,828	46.1%	347	220	165	56	55
Census Tract 721.05	959	2,081	46.1%	541	410	0	0	8
Census Tract 718.06	988	2,184	45.2%	366	395	98	66	63
Census Tract 723.12	1,155	2,562	45.1%	718	282	116	20	19
Census Tract 603	1,267	2,844	44.5%	293	290	124	93	467
Census Tract 716.01	776	1,744	44.5%	228	97	126	144	181
Census Tract 713.05	693	1,583	43.8%	120	206	110	45	212
Census Tract 724.05	702	1,617	43.4%	338	202	74	21	67
Census Tract 731.10	624	1,437	43.4%	519	99	0	0	6
Census Tract 626	964	2,226	43.3%	253	127	149	150	285
Census Tract 9400.09	671	1,576	42.6%	283	257	42	27	62
Census Tract 712.05	770	1,824	42.2%	288	219	185	21	57
Census Tract 725.07	723	1,728	41.8%	324	155	84	35	125
Census Tract 718.03	1,128	2,715	41.5%	461	476	110	61	20
Census Tract 723.11	1,062	2,561	41.5%	542	342	155	15	8
Census Tract 732	1,210	2,936	41.2%	425	331	117	107	230
Census Tract 707.03	1,012	2,477	40.9%	310	145	350	92	115
Census Tract 725.03	774	1,892	40.9%	529	124	7	48	66
Census Tract 734.05	706	1,732	40.8%	204	324	58	80	40
Census Tract 726.02	904	2,275	39.7%	318	374	127	0	85
Census Tract 9400.02	577	1,459	39.5%	151	101	85	101	139
Census Tract 712.06	1,070	2,770	38.6%	465	291	142	39	133
Census Tract 713.06	999	2,586	38.6%	381	319	83	63	153
Census Tract 729.01	350	909	38.5%	98	107	98	30	17
Census Tract 702.07	923	2,405	38.4%	127	384	60	38	314
Census Tract 718.07	677	1,766	38.3%	207	45	344	47	34