Lead Paint Risk in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

68.8%Pre-1978 Housing

285,900Pre-1978 Units

415,269Total Housing Units

249Census 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

285,900 housing units in Capitol Planning Region were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 68.8%, compared with the state rate of 67.7%.
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 100 of 249 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 4173	5	5	100.0%	0	5	0	0	0
Census Tract 5040	1,313	1,334	98.4%	0	157	365	202	589
Census Tract 5048	1,797	1,836	97.9%	55	130	615	176	821
Census Tract 4921	1,466	1,500	97.7%	154	220	248	116	728
Census Tract 4965	1,188	1,226	96.9%	132	103	163	159	631
Census Tract 5149	1,129	1,168	96.7%	131	54	571	162	211
Census Tract 4712	1,391	1,440	96.6%	227	303	670	131	60
Census Tract 4964	1,068	1,106	96.6%	141	195	415	149	168
Census Tract 5245.01	1,693	1,752	96.6%	73	121	378	54	1,067
Census Tract 4970	1,655	1,717	96.4%	22	159	297	225	952
Census Tract 5109	1,446	1,500	96.4%	132	492	757	19	46
Census Tract 5023	2,223	2,309	96.3%	36	389	239	246	1,313
Census Tract 4974	1,432	1,501	95.4%	190	313	520	280	129
Census Tract 5101	964	1,011	95.4%	85	165	220	88	406
Census Tract 4168	1,350	1,416	95.3%	73	286	251	243	497
Census Tract 4158	1,157	1,217	95.1%	0	199	153	165	640
Census Tract 5049	1,931	2,033	95.0%	67	90	281	251	1,242
Census Tract 4807	763	813	93.8%	58	122	257	33	293
Census Tract 4156	1,803	1,927	93.6%	163	398	280	156	806
Census Tract 5045	1,404	1,500	93.6%	63	224	296	183	638
Census Tract 4968	1,435	1,538	93.3%	80	122	475	323	435
Census Tract 4976	894	958	93.3%	23	88	221	50	512
Census Tract 5145	1,840	1,974	93.2%	288	344	506	591	111
Census Tract 5301	1,051	1,129	93.1%	47	187	280	67	470
Census Tract 4806	1,935	2,080	93.0%	292	417	294	180	752
Census Tract 4153	989	1,065	92.9%	26	49	150	73	691
Census Tract 5039	1,696	1,827	92.8%	67	428	624	215	362
Census Tract 4737	2,124	2,295	92.5%	144	139	952	279	610
Census Tract 4967	1,724	1,864	92.5%	270	311	130	117	896
Census Tract 4922	1,654	1,792	92.3%	179	121	275	296	783
Census Tract 5041	668	727	91.9%	120	73	9	136	330
Census Tract 5111	1,425	1,558	91.5%	90	539	494	233	69
Census Tract 4155	1,230	1,351	91.0%	136	310	170	119	495
Census Tract 4157	1,438	1,581	91.0%	13	148	70	156	1,051
Census Tract 5147	1,951	2,148	90.8%	45	118	271	285	1,232
Census Tract 4803	855	945	90.5%	46	26	666	58	59
Census Tract 5148	1,180	1,313	89.9%	189	163	253	175	400
Census Tract 4163	1,633	1,821	89.7%	313	560	204	113	443
Census Tract 4166	1,144	1,277	89.6%	103	121	234	81	605
Census Tract 5113	1,324	1,481	89.4%	354	234	155	294	287
Census Tract 4809	808	906	89.2%	77	179	510	13	29
Census Tract 4943	1,427	1,602	89.1%	8	402	667	61	289
Census Tract 5030	1,297	1,460	88.8%	282	131	220	190	474
Census Tract 4762	968	1,091	88.7%	28	326	345	64	205
Census Tract 4944	1,814	2,047	88.6%	87	148	776	526	277
Census Tract 4804	1,184	1,340	88.4%	239	577	305	40	23
Census Tract 5143	1,647	1,865	88.3%	67	218	411	432	519
Census Tract 4303.02	1,008	1,144	88.1%	177	123	631	27	50
Census Tract 5002	773	878	88.0%	66	143	78	23	463
Census Tract 5026	1,359	1,545	88.0%	111	51	218	165	814
Census Tract 4945	1,585	1,804	87.9%	240	598	317	265	165
Census Tract 5037	944	1,077	87.7%	88	86	166	117	487
Census Tract 5031.02	1,769	2,021	87.5%	205	573	234	39	718
Census Tract 5302	2,620	2,993	87.5%	329	506	154	96	1,535
Census Tract 5107	1,741	1,995	87.3%	47	306	623	686	79
Census Tract 4924	1,004	1,155	86.9%	80	121	605	64	134
Census Tract 5245.02	1,103	1,270	86.9%	49	166	119	23	746
Census Tract 5042	2,685	3,101	86.6%	351	339	329	388	1,278
Census Tract 5246	1,643	1,909	86.1%	0	238	153	194	1,058
Census Tract 4160	1,934	2,250	86.0%	208	186	500	124	916
Census Tract 4711	1,133	1,326	85.4%	39	133	718	67	176
Census Tract 5015	1,408	1,651	85.3%	180	145	259	326	498
Census Tract 5025	804	946	85.0%	107	235	137	149	176
Census Tract 5103	1,539	1,810	85.0%	213	503	309	49	465
Census Tract 4942.01	1,567	1,867	83.9%	429	754	332	39	13
Census Tract 4962	1,681	2,009	83.7%	188	279	883	103	228
Census Tract 4971	1,837	2,198	83.6%	167	244	235	357	834
Census Tract 5024	2,092	2,502	83.6%	117	200	333	71	1,371
Census Tract 4154	2,220	2,658	83.5%	670	531	352	166	501
Census Tract 4171	932	1,118	83.4%	96	164	44	49	579
Census Tract 4977	1,401	1,680	83.4%	216	521	427	54	183
Census Tract 5108	1,258	1,508	83.4%	162	586	81	290	139
Census Tract 4969	2,616	3,151	83.0%	209	289	401	179	1,538
Census Tract 4175	1,615	1,948	82.9%	478	211	782	96	48
Census Tract 4963	1,270	1,534	82.8%	89	49	297	581	254
Census Tract 5012	979	1,183	82.8%	355	143	147	155	179
Census Tract 5150	1,001	1,213	82.5%	117	171	335	146	232
Census Tract 5033	1,214	1,473	82.4%	247	241	274	209	243
Census Tract 5027	1,236	1,501	82.3%	151	351	35	156	543
Census Tract 4811	1,306	1,592	82.0%	156	268	782	63	37
Census Tract 5102	839	1,024	81.9%	126	297	53	63	300
Census Tract 5028	1,163	1,425	81.6%	83	109	134	90	747
Census Tract 4973	1,451	1,785	81.3%	109	202	923	72	145
Census Tract 4738	579	714	81.1%	0	40	198	34	307
Census Tract 5146	2,226	2,746	81.1%	178	249	265	550	984
Census Tract 5035	544	672	81.0%	21	51	98	51	323
Census Tract 5114	659	814	81.0%	188	217	186	10	58
Census Tract 4731	1,737	2,148	80.9%	798	353	409	34	143
Census Tract 4161	1,671	2,068	80.8%	214	35	392	189	841
Census Tract 5043	739	915	80.8%	115	104	125	160	235
Census Tract 4003	2,457	3,043	80.7%	578	542	897	85	355
Census Tract 4961	1,042	1,291	80.7%	97	350	132	31	432
Census Tract 4975	1,408	1,750	80.5%	183	350	853	14	8
Census Tract 4662.02	1,077	1,341	80.3%	546	227	95	33	176
Census Tract 5144	1,704	2,123	80.3%	310	110	232	244	808
Census Tract 4159	574	721	79.6%	22	63	63	6	420
Census Tract 5104	1,974	2,500	79.0%	365	684	350	13	562
Census Tract 4663	1,360	1,724	78.9%	325	462	287	162	124
Census Tract 4926	2,417	3,068	78.8%	507	1,071	602	34	203
Census Tract 4805	1,095	1,393	78.6%	66	131	464	178	256