Lead risk in Detroit, building by building.

This is a map of lead-paint risk taken all the way down to individual homes, here on Detroit's East Side. Each dot is a real residential parcel from the City of Detroit's own property records, colored by the decade it was built. Older homes are far more likely to contain lead paint, so the age of a building is a strong first guess at where the hazards are.

4,521

homes mapped in East Side Detroit (ZIP 48214)

93%

built before 1940 (very likely lead paint)

data cost, public records

East Side Detroit (ZIP 48214). Each dot is one home, colored by lead-paint era. Hover any building. Red = built before 1940.

0 / 4,521 parcels

pre-1940 1940-1959 1960-1977 1978+

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Built from the City of Detroit Parcels (Current) open dataset. Lead-paint-by-era rates from the HUD National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing. This is a screening tool that shows where to look first, not a diagnosis of any specific home. Fluoro-Spec Inc. eric@fluorospect.com · 631-461-1838. See Safety & Compliance.