Lead Paint Risk in El Paso County, Colorado

36.2%Pre-1978 Housing

107,572Pre-1978 Units

296,753Total Housing Units

167Census 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

107,572 housing units in El Paso County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 36.2%, 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 167 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1.02	1,449	1,458	99.4%	405	714	330	0	0
Census Tract 6	1,313	1,350	97.3%	52	288	964	9	0
Census Tract 5	950	985	96.4%	0	2	453	192	303
Census Tract 45.06	1,923	1,995	96.4%	938	810	175	0	0
Census Tract 10	1,102	1,150	95.8%	49	49	54	66	884
Census Tract 9	1,121	1,179	95.1%	26	69	90	90	846
Census Tract 8	1,350	1,463	92.3%	93	38	729	168	322
Census Tract 18	929	1,022	90.9%	0	47	113	288	481
Census Tract 28.01	1,218	1,350	90.2%	249	449	455	48	17
Census Tract 57	2,255	2,580	87.4%	2,046	209	0	0	0
Census Tract 29.01	2,039	2,335	87.3%	337	546	966	32	158
Census Tract 17	796	920	86.5%	89	98	24	15	570
Census Tract 21.02	1,620	1,884	86.0%	349	1,092	179	0	0
Census Tract 20	2,557	2,986	85.6%	631	1,301	535	90	0
Census Tract 2.02	1,558	1,828	85.2%	949	521	88	0	0
Census Tract 16	980	1,152	85.1%	13	90	58	20	799
Census Tract 66	984	1,156	85.1%	77	298	500	24	85
Census Tract 30.01	750	889	84.4%	105	39	335	177	94
Census Tract 13.01	956	1,134	84.3%	0	121	79	130	626
Census Tract 14	1,676	1,995	84.0%	276	97	183	185	935
Census Tract 11.01	629	752	83.6%	117	89	184	39	200
Census Tract 45.07	908	1,091	83.2%	874	34	0	0	0
Census Tract 4	951	1,165	81.6%	0	373	565	0	13
Census Tract 7	1,165	1,462	79.7%	134	283	726	14	8
Census Tract 67.01	1,235	1,564	79.0%	176	71	317	65	606
Census Tract 58	1,006	1,278	78.7%	969	17	20	0	0
Census Tract 60	2,157	2,745	78.6%	642	1,379	117	19	0
Census Tract 22	1,259	1,603	78.5%	119	191	126	52	771
Census Tract 15	1,023	1,330	76.9%	42	29	67	37	848
Census Tract 3.01	1,068	1,390	76.8%	312	127	622	0	7
Census Tract 67.02	1,064	1,392	76.4%	191	123	91	89	570
Census Tract 29.02	531	697	76.2%	143	29	308	6	45
Census Tract 27	1,329	1,760	75.5%	103	133	314	218	561
Census Tract 38.01	484	658	73.6%	113	153	213	5	0
Census Tract 49.01	1,167	1,592	73.3%	766	353	11	0	37
Census Tract 2.03	1,255	1,715	73.2%	574	272	378	21	10
Census Tract 61	1,345	1,879	71.6%	878	368	89	10	0
Census Tract 48	1,433	2,029	70.6%	1,317	32	67	17	0
Census Tract 25.01	1,108	1,587	69.8%	202	432	319	46	109
Census Tract 38.02	16	23	69.6%	8	0	4	0	4
Census Tract 30.02	1,024	1,478	69.3%	208	115	484	91	126
Census Tract 19.01	755	1,098	68.8%	97	143	60	367	88
Census Tract 1.04	1,036	1,533	67.6%	606	141	218	33	38
Census Tract 80	1,426	2,111	67.6%	850	455	121	0	0
Census Tract 41	1,262	1,875	67.3%	120	265	853	11	13
Census Tract 34.01	917	1,372	66.8%	195	109	136	110	367
Census Tract 25.02	1,401	2,111	66.4%	297	474	512	17	101
Census Tract 45.20	475	730	65.1%	364	54	21	0	36
Census Tract 31	1,301	2,034	64.0%	570	196	236	44	255
Census Tract 45.13	943	1,566	60.2%	471	190	116	72	94
Census Tract 55.02	1,266	2,104	60.2%	967	251	31	0	17
Census Tract 53	1,120	1,864	60.1%	247	841	27	0	5
Census Tract 52.01	1,198	1,997	60.0%	501	635	19	7	36
Census Tract 3.02	1,160	2,003	57.9%	588	447	22	103	0
Census Tract 19.02	712	1,268	56.2%	35	209	413	13	42
Census Tract 33.03	1,423	2,548	55.8%	831	406	63	31	92
Census Tract 42	863	1,562	55.2%	175	118	558	0	12
Census Tract 45.01	860	1,563	55.0%	329	478	53	0	0
Census Tract 50	1,226	2,235	54.9%	921	285	0	0	20
Census Tract 23	677	1,240	54.6%	21	38	38	103	477
Census Tract 59	1,670	3,076	54.3%	767	837	0	35	31
Census Tract 54	1,417	2,624	54.0%	1,013	287	82	15	20
Census Tract 24.01	775	1,437	53.9%	358	203	35	0	179
Census Tract 47.01	1,106	2,090	52.9%	940	125	14	10	17
Census Tract 11.04	925	1,753	52.8%	172	303	357	45	48
Census Tract 75.01	183	357	51.3%	83	40	43	0	17
Census Tract 21.01	1,084	2,120	51.1%	118	274	358	266	68
Census Tract 13.02	1,404	2,815	49.9%	748	258	342	0	56
Census Tract 40.09	403	810	49.8%	353	35	15	0	0
Census Tract 1.03	785	1,634	48.0%	606	165	14	0	0
Census Tract 78.01	350	774	45.2%	344	6	0	0	0
Census Tract 52.02	674	1,516	44.5%	225	357	92	0	0
Census Tract 56.01	617	1,414	43.6%	516	50	41	0	10
Census Tract 56.02	562	1,361	41.3%	525	23	0	0	14
Census Tract 44.06	475	1,153	41.2%	423	24	21	7	0
Census Tract 44.05	525	1,289	40.7%	284	22	153	0	66
Census Tract 45.16	638	1,599	39.9%	116	72	29	0	421
Census Tract 44.02	47	118	39.8%	0	5	5	0	37
Census Tract 77	1,234	3,121	39.5%	1,010	124	56	0	44
Census Tract 43	935	2,391	39.1%	59	530	346	0	0
Census Tract 65.01	439	1,208	36.3%	428	0	11	0	0
Census Tract 62	847	2,379	35.6%	683	142	22	0	0
Census Tract 47.03	850	2,399	35.4%	810	22	0	0	18
Census Tract 39.05	713	2,113	33.7%	410	279	24	0	0
Census Tract 55.01	1,011	3,015	33.5%	867	55	89	0	0
Census Tract 34.02	196	602	32.6%	19	34	67	26	50
Census Tract 51.14	213	682	31.2%	162	11	40	0	0
Census Tract 37.13	596	1,948	30.6%	251	99	40	72	134
Census Tract 33.07	472	1,561	30.2%	364	31	43	11	23
Census Tract 37.02	565	1,881	30.0%	549	8	8	0	0
Census Tract 79	443	1,516	29.2%	321	105	7	10	0
Census Tract 64	723	2,539	28.5%	555	75	58	35	0
Census Tract 37.12	579	2,107	27.5%	300	91	38	58	92
Census Tract 51.23	367	1,357	27.0%	281	0	23	27	36
Census Tract 39.10	270	1,030	26.2%	90	37	23	27	93
Census Tract 45.12	296	1,128	26.2%	236	38	0	0	22
Census Tract 63.01	481	1,854	25.9%	456	25	0	0	0
Census Tract 76.02	331	1,297	25.5%	219	60	15	0	37
Census Tract 74.01	588	2,384	24.7%	416	172	0	0	0
Census Tract 37.06	500	2,034	24.6%	425	75	0	0	0