Lead Paint Risk in Arapahoe County, Colorado

38.9%Pre-1978 Housing

103,363Pre-1978 Units

265,980Total Housing Units

161Census 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

103,363 housing units in Arapahoe County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 38.9%, compared with the state rate of 40.6%.
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 161 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 63	1,163	1,217	95.6%	63	100	551	288	161
Census Tract 74	1,560	1,641	95.1%	130	212	1,184	9	25
Census Tract 825	772	813	95.0%	750	0	22	0	0
Census Tract 809	1,253	1,335	93.9%	425	746	72	0	10
Census Tract 75	772	833	92.7%	28	71	615	27	31
Census Tract 72.02	1,232	1,347	91.5%	232	266	579	91	64
Census Tract 67.11	1,390	1,520	91.4%	1,121	209	4	0	56
Census Tract 58	1,148	1,267	90.6%	72	40	638	64	334
Census Tract 56.11	1,867	2,108	88.6%	199	1,091	464	0	113
Census Tract 56.19	1,537	1,736	88.5%	566	526	396	23	26
Census Tract 66.03	1,114	1,260	88.4%	241	391	429	45	8
Census Tract 56.27	1,570	1,794	87.5%	899	609	62	0	0
Census Tract 151	878	1,006	87.3%	68	383	409	18	0
Census Tract 72.01	1,243	1,447	85.9%	276	531	409	0	27
Census Tract 66.04	1,646	1,937	85.0%	545	188	852	55	6
Census Tract 67.07	1,700	2,004	84.8%	1,279	396	14	11	0
Census Tract 807	1,805	2,159	83.6%	1,630	86	82	0	7
Census Tract 56.26	1,377	1,659	83.0%	1,038	319	20	0	0
Census Tract 60	1,157	1,438	80.5%	301	262	292	79	223
Census Tract 65.02	1,471	1,847	79.6%	292	148	601	138	292
Census Tract 56.14	1,042	1,328	78.5%	60	759	223	0	0
Census Tract 56.28	1,744	2,245	77.7%	950	715	79	0	0
Census Tract 55.53	1,138	1,508	75.5%	367	311	393	34	33
Census Tract 62	1,198	1,600	74.9%	172	80	708	133	105
Census Tract 804	1,543	2,096	73.6%	1,407	87	49	0	0
Census Tract 61	1,322	1,800	73.4%	332	184	173	333	300
Census Tract 76	1,008	1,398	72.1%	133	115	746	9	5
Census Tract 66.01	2,030	2,818	72.0%	575	359	504	188	404
Census Tract 64	1,081	1,523	71.0%	161	185	528	81	126
Census Tract 818	1,210	1,742	69.5%	606	542	14	48	0
Census Tract 816	1,282	1,865	68.7%	1,111	122	37	12	0
Census Tract 802	1,637	2,392	68.4%	1,210	386	14	21	6
Census Tract 808	771	1,129	68.3%	462	290	19	0	0
Census Tract 59.51	2,035	2,995	67.9%	597	365	426	392	255
Census Tract 800	1,125	1,690	66.6%	773	333	12	0	7
Census Tract 56.24	539	818	65.9%	158	294	87	0	0
Census Tract 73.02	1,341	2,042	65.7%	304	297	422	203	115
Census Tract 56.12	934	1,452	64.3%	386	201	237	36	74
Census Tract 56.21	755	1,176	64.2%	533	178	18	0	26
Census Tract 819	1,588	2,488	63.8%	1,225	168	60	113	22
Census Tract 55.52	771	1,217	63.4%	304	188	196	25	58
Census Tract 815	1,454	2,294	63.4%	1,330	121	0	3	0
Census Tract 840	538	849	63.4%	531	7	0	0	0
Census Tract 77.02	931	1,475	63.1%	320	437	174	0	0
Census Tract 847	1,124	1,809	62.1%	1,080	32	12	0	0
Census Tract 55.51	661	1,101	60.0%	174	204	86	121	76
Census Tract 823	852	1,437	59.3%	798	0	38	0	16
Census Tract 49.51	594	1,015	58.5%	438	122	34	0	0
Census Tract 56.35	1,153	1,978	58.3%	1,119	22	12	0	0
Census Tract 56.25	1,162	1,998	58.2%	539	456	123	0	44
Census Tract 57.01	549	956	57.4%	100	74	85	42	248
Census Tract 805	1,075	1,881	57.2%	981	82	9	0	3
Census Tract 871	811	1,463	55.4%	703	62	18	28	0
Census Tract 873.01	1,264	2,283	55.4%	1,155	17	74	0	18
Census Tract 824	875	1,584	55.2%	788	27	28	32	0
Census Tract 67.04	899	1,649	54.5%	350	379	152	18	0
Census Tract 813	586	1,083	54.1%	425	157	0	0	4
Census Tract 846	1,084	2,013	53.8%	987	55	42	0	0
Census Tract 67.09	1,320	2,492	53.0%	1,300	20	0	0	0
Census Tract 68.08	1,025	1,934	53.0%	993	14	0	9	9
Census Tract 77.04	1,150	2,210	52.0%	1,029	81	0	0	40
Census Tract 827	641	1,255	51.1%	605	36	0	0	0
Census Tract 56.31	650	1,280	50.8%	266	384	0	0	0
Census Tract 77.03	944	1,928	49.0%	333	423	150	10	28
Census Tract 803	1,115	2,276	49.0%	831	220	59	0	5
Census Tract 67.05	353	734	48.1%	57	132	63	52	49
Census Tract 801	884	1,859	47.6%	640	168	58	0	18
Census Tract 9800	18	38	47.4%	14	4	0	0	0
Census Tract 812	928	2,027	45.8%	815	33	69	11	0
Census Tract 56.23	766	1,724	44.4%	351	299	103	0	13
Census Tract 67.06	1,001	2,307	43.4%	987	0	14	0	0
Census Tract 821	1,146	2,707	42.3%	1,006	18	0	0	122
Census Tract 810.02	671	1,675	40.1%	514	77	0	0	80
Census Tract 828	742	1,880	39.5%	667	35	40	0	0
Census Tract 56.30	848	2,169	39.1%	805	19	0	0	24
Census Tract 49.52	720	1,851	38.9%	366	241	89	13	11
Census Tract 57.02	502	1,298	38.7%	41	70	238	48	105
Census Tract 59.52	759	1,967	38.6%	216	43	475	0	25
Census Tract 806	752	1,993	37.7%	649	63	40	0	0
Census Tract 814	843	2,250	37.5%	836	0	0	0	7
Census Tract 838	473	1,278	37.0%	458	15	0	0	0
Census Tract 811.02	421	1,147	36.7%	187	79	150	0	5
Census Tract 842	515	1,411	36.5%	433	59	23	0	0
Census Tract 68.15	765	2,197	34.8%	750	0	15	0	0
Census Tract 73.01	610	1,764	34.6%	307	32	271	0	0
Census Tract 56.22	451	1,358	33.2%	205	172	70	0	4
Census Tract 67.12	212	642	33.0%	108	91	13	0	0
Census Tract 68.54	451	1,377	32.8%	203	248	0	0	0
Census Tract 845	444	1,356	32.7%	436	8	0	0	0
Census Tract 868.02	424	1,333	31.8%	299	79	0	29	17
Census Tract 67.08	615	2,060	29.9%	574	10	21	10	0
Census Tract 841	436	1,456	29.9%	399	31	0	0	6
Census Tract 71.01	659	2,348	28.1%	195	60	75	132	197
Census Tract 868.01	557	1,988	28.0%	542	15	0	0	0
Census Tract 68.60	253	944	26.8%	247	0	0	0	6
Census Tract 71.11	261	975	26.8%	115	44	102	0	0
Census Tract 835	566	2,167	26.1%	551	0	0	0	15
Census Tract 836	479	1,871	25.6%	381	40	0	58	0
Census Tract 71.03	155	633	24.5%	78	18	17	17	25
Census Tract 833	458	1,941	23.6%	453	4	1	0	0