Lead Paint Risk in Butte County, California

49.4%Pre-1978 Housing

45,008Pre-1978 Units

91,176Total Housing Units

54Census 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

45,008 housing units in Butte County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 49.4%, compared with the state rate of 56.7%.
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 54 of 54 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 30.01	995	1,144	87.0%	215	137	184	87	372
Census Tract 34	991	1,235	80.2%	357	131	299	139	65
Census Tract 8	2,257	2,841	79.4%	803	515	785	154	0
Census Tract 10	2,124	2,711	78.3%	158	414	189	336	1,027
Census Tract 28	1,534	2,037	75.3%	190	255	188	412	489
Census Tract 7	1,969	2,639	74.6%	289	247	543	550	340
Census Tract 6.03	933	1,259	74.1%	168	160	176	133	296
Census Tract 27	1,799	2,511	71.6%	249	546	563	185	256
Census Tract 30.02	893	1,273	70.1%	341	177	218	59	98
Census Tract 15	1,401	2,138	65.5%	478	433	333	60	97
Census Tract 29	636	980	64.9%	235	170	97	50	84
Census Tract 13	1,050	1,626	64.6%	266	55	173	162	394
Census Tract 36	868	1,357	64.0%	289	249	137	105	88
Census Tract 2.02	1,132	1,773	63.8%	574	201	256	101	0
Census Tract 11	1,299	2,088	62.2%	650	151	179	110	209
Census Tract 32	1,148	1,851	62.0%	421	171	234	192	130
Census Tract 1.02	1,047	1,697	61.7%	402	267	350	16	12
Census Tract 37	1,212	2,004	60.5%	383	372	98	110	249
Census Tract 25	1,040	1,726	60.3%	454	121	288	128	49
Census Tract 35.02	978	1,635	59.8%	211	110	332	142	183
Census Tract 12	1,043	1,749	59.6%	180	102	102	197	462
Census Tract 17.04	866	1,478	58.6%	534	37	90	52	153
Census Tract 3	1,122	1,952	57.5%	620	123	298	73	8
Census Tract 35.01	782	1,365	57.3%	97	149	244	116	176
Census Tract 20	471	827	57.0%	139	332	0	0	0
Census Tract 26.01	621	1,089	57.0%	269	168	150	16	18
Census Tract 6.04	1,113	1,970	56.5%	520	256	203	49	85
Census Tract 19	299	543	55.1%	233	31	14	0	21
Census Tract 31	952	1,739	54.7%	308	241	295	94	14
Census Tract 26.02	992	1,971	50.3%	745	130	79	38	0
Census Tract 17.03	396	807	49.1%	270	10	68	48	0
Census Tract 1.04	1,118	2,402	46.5%	462	405	231	20	0
Census Tract 2.01	987	2,137	46.2%	672	241	28	37	9
Census Tract 24.02	708	1,573	45.0%	403	93	23	121	68
Census Tract 4.03	655	1,568	41.8%	245	285	89	0	36
Census Tract 23	331	800	41.4%	215	61	7	0	48
Census Tract 33	801	1,988	40.3%	424	64	132	86	95
Census Tract 6.01	540	1,452	37.2%	78	164	130	121	47
Census Tract 17.02	608	1,756	34.6%	442	124	27	0	15
Census Tract 21	215	644	33.4%	127	18	67	3	0
Census Tract 14	791	2,470	32.0%	481	157	52	37	64
Census Tract 24.01	152	532	28.6%	54	45	4	0	49
Census Tract 9.04	776	2,840	27.3%	294	85	379	18	0
Census Tract 5.01	409	1,660	24.6%	174	103	51	12	69
Census Tract 4.04	362	1,483	24.4%	197	26	58	0	81
Census Tract 18	154	666	23.1%	88	46	6	6	8
Census Tract 16.01	260	1,141	22.8%	79	68	62	0	51
Census Tract 5.02	583	2,603	22.4%	301	121	120	0	41
Census Tract 9.03	671	3,041	22.1%	510	94	23	17	27
Census Tract 16.02	283	1,602	17.7%	204	49	15	0	15
Census Tract 22	201	1,171	17.2%	161	0	26	0	14
Census Tract 4.01	205	2,101	9.8%	53	122	12	6	12
Census Tract 9.01	83	1,232	6.7%	10	36	11	26	0
Census Tract 1.03	152	2,299	6.6%	7	59	33	53	0