Lead Paint Risk in Denver County, Colorado

57.4%Pre-1978 Housing

202,333Pre-1978 Units

352,593Total Housing Units

178Census 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

202,333 housing units in Denver County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 57.4%, 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 178 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 46.01	1,929	1,963	98.3%	17	91	1,669	61	91
Census Tract 14.02	1,449	1,490	97.2%	214	368	751	87	29
Census Tract 48.01	1,175	1,217	96.5%	28	143	1,004	0	0
Census Tract 32.03	1,412	1,488	94.9%	9	19	36	72	1,276
Census Tract 13.02	1,397	1,475	94.7%	106	36	808	96	351
Census Tract 42.01	1,921	2,028	94.7%	14	0	110	216	1,581
Census Tract 52	1,407	1,486	94.7%	162	363	822	14	46
Census Tract 41.03	2,307	2,440	94.5%	44	53	250	394	1,566
Census Tract 43.10	1,085	1,149	94.4%	33	0	366	531	155
Census Tract 4.01	1,566	1,664	94.1%	38	139	192	141	1,056
Census Tract 46.03	1,816	1,929	94.1%	48	82	1,278	391	17
Census Tract 32.04	1,321	1,411	93.6%	224	188	34	313	562
Census Tract 40.04	825	881	93.6%	81	458	280	0	6
Census Tract 83.05	1,029	1,103	93.3%	797	154	78	0	0
Census Tract 41.02	1,403	1,508	93.0%	114	45	1,064	160	20
Census Tract 41.04	1,920	2,067	92.9%	52	83	667	970	148
Census Tract 40.02	1,329	1,440	92.3%	207	163	904	0	55
Census Tract 9.03	1,874	2,035	92.1%	160	54	720	250	690
Census Tract 9.05	1,226	1,331	92.1%	148	71	261	333	413
Census Tract 43.02	1,202	1,305	92.1%	127	91	303	363	318
Census Tract 70.91	2,711	2,965	91.4%	578	1,591	477	0	65
Census Tract 51.02	1,625	1,780	91.3%	139	242	1,148	74	22
Census Tract 29.02	1,923	2,126	90.5%	93	29	239	12	1,550
Census Tract 55.03	1,698	1,878	90.4%	813	401	414	21	49
Census Tract 10	1,438	1,592	90.3%	129	449	399	300	161
Census Tract 9.02	1,763	1,961	89.9%	119	234	1,125	111	174
Census Tract 13.01	1,588	1,770	89.7%	49	104	981	400	54
Census Tract 23	2,100	2,345	89.6%	71	227	318	31	1,453
Census Tract 50.01	973	1,086	89.6%	171	363	315	79	45
Census Tract 83.06	1,818	2,040	89.1%	975	758	85	0	0
Census Tract 42.02	1,552	1,745	88.9%	57	19	154	453	869
Census Tract 37.02	2,698	3,048	88.5%	258	737	237	15	1,451
Census Tract 44.03	1,949	2,202	88.5%	262	286	510	518	373
Census Tract 27.07	1,961	2,223	88.2%	401	697	330	59	474
Census Tract 27.08	1,840	2,090	88.0%	301	454	124	84	877
Census Tract 35.02	835	951	87.8%	33	9	380	169	244
Census Tract 50.03	1,137	1,302	87.3%	645	292	200	0	0
Census Tract 83.04	835	958	87.2%	271	535	7	0	22
Census Tract 51.04	1,593	1,837	86.7%	578	396	606	0	13
Census Tract 30.04	2,271	2,625	86.5%	201	353	790	600	327
Census Tract 69.03	1,026	1,192	86.1%	512	268	71	137	38
Census Tract 27.09	1,646	1,917	85.9%	224	447	277	107	591
Census Tract 24.04	830	967	85.8%	27	49	65	0	689
Census Tract 47	2,078	2,424	85.7%	341	330	1,365	23	19
Census Tract 69.02	1,471	1,734	84.8%	727	520	160	37	27
Census Tract 5.01	828	979	84.6%	36	42	271	196	283
Census Tract 37.03	1,571	1,858	84.6%	87	582	149	39	714
Census Tract 30.03	971	1,150	84.4%	60	161	72	71	607
Census Tract 14.01	1,885	2,235	84.3%	442	116	1,167	109	51
Census Tract 36.01	1,589	1,896	83.8%	40	26	105	112	1,306
Census Tract 36.03	1,468	1,751	83.8%	70	50	497	306	545
Census Tract 2.01	1,517	1,821	83.3%	43	126	312	883	153
Census Tract 27.05	1,759	2,137	82.3%	65	486	354	229	625
Census Tract 40.03	1,777	2,159	82.3%	13	256	1,390	118	0
Census Tract 27.04	1,549	1,895	81.7%	178	202	164	116	889
Census Tract 68.18	2,218	2,719	81.6%	1,562	371	197	0	88
Census Tract 45.06	847	1,047	80.9%	99	152	344	37	215
Census Tract 34.01	1,329	1,647	80.7%	566	26	111	34	592
Census Tract 9.04	1,504	1,875	80.2%	308	377	484	246	89
Census Tract 34.02	1,665	2,076	80.2%	43	29	247	58	1,288
Census Tract 2.02	1,664	2,077	80.1%	222	100	322	321	699
Census Tract 119.03	756	958	78.9%	446	282	6	22	0
Census Tract 33	1,200	1,525	78.7%	52	16	71	17	1,044
Census Tract 32.05	1,783	2,275	78.4%	403	426	214	17	723
Census Tract 154	1,414	1,807	78.3%	141	199	337	71	666
Census Tract 5.03	1,120	1,436	78.0%	503	152	213	74	178
Census Tract 68.14	1,691	2,183	77.5%	985	701	5	0	0
Census Tract 28.02	2,529	3,290	76.9%	227	682	505	62	1,053
Census Tract 1.02	1,333	1,747	76.3%	89	125	209	204	706
Census Tract 30.02	1,115	1,462	76.3%	46	196	238	229	406
Census Tract 32.02	1,820	2,387	76.2%	399	618	204	17	582
Census Tract 45.04	951	1,250	76.1%	47	164	591	87	62
Census Tract 9802	54	71	76.1%	0	6	5	0	43
Census Tract 31.01	685	904	75.8%	44	77	38	5	521
Census Tract 36.02	1,381	1,824	75.7%	102	54	425	202	598
Census Tract 50.04	1,947	2,601	74.9%	1,356	506	85	0	0
Census Tract 68.17	677	905	74.8%	473	190	5	0	9
Census Tract 46.02	1,701	2,281	74.6%	516	152	1,010	23	0
Census Tract 7.04	1,020	1,369	74.5%	50	117	309	263	281
Census Tract 45.05	967	1,301	74.3%	167	93	252	197	258
Census Tract 30.06	1,346	1,814	74.2%	0	0	220	47	1,079
Census Tract 3.03	2,310	3,121	74.0%	0	162	180	79	1,889
Census Tract 68.12	1,815	2,459	73.8%	1,090	616	76	0	33
Census Tract 28.01	1,460	2,004	72.9%	118	307	120	116	799
Census Tract 29.01	1,604	2,202	72.8%	63	114	158	136	1,133
Census Tract 5.04	1,367	1,884	72.6%	9	113	156	88	1,001
Census Tract 68.10	2,034	2,800	72.6%	814	1,192	28	0	0
Census Tract 3.02	1,906	2,658	71.7%	202	41	350	341	972
Census Tract 44.04	1,776	2,508	70.8%	386	247	434	402	307
Census Tract 43.07	905	1,283	70.5%	5	61	178	262	399
Census Tract 43.09	1,444	2,051	70.4%	164	117	315	600	248
Census Tract 27.06	1,716	2,472	69.4%	278	208	691	81	458
Census Tract 119.02	2,077	3,013	68.9%	1,038	960	56	0	23
Census Tract 24.02	637	928	68.6%	20	34	10	5	568
Census Tract 157	1,635	2,392	68.4%	555	136	763	94	87
Census Tract 39.02	1,245	1,835	67.8%	35	48	382	429	351
Census Tract 26.04	1,122	1,677	66.9%	118	114	47	29	814
Census Tract 68.15	729	1,095	66.6%	206	427	90	0	6
Census Tract 35.01	746	1,125	66.3%	36	95	192	107	316
Census Tract 30.05	1,049	1,623	64.6%	0	93	116	13	827