Lead Paint Risk in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

71.0%Pre-1978 Housing

175,532Pre-1978 Units

247,217Total Housing Units

136Census 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

175,532 housing units in South Central Connecticut Planning Region were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 71.0%, 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 136 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 1707	1,065	1,116	95.4%	15	98	80	75	797
Census Tract 1652	1,076	1,132	95.1%	78	128	214	277	379
Census Tract 1415	2,651	2,797	94.8%	223	194	344	429	1,461
Census Tract 1428	2,171	2,289	94.8%	118	816	269	143	825
Census Tract 1409	2,073	2,206	94.0%	76	101	327	205	1,364
Census Tract 1414	1,994	2,137	93.3%	199	173	373	322	927
Census Tract 1751	1,298	1,392	93.2%	95	87	247	102	767
Census Tract 1410	1,765	1,901	92.8%	76	72	336	94	1,187
Census Tract 1422	1,101	1,190	92.5%	30	144	57	45	825
Census Tract 1419	2,855	3,113	91.7%	65	34	248	26	2,482
Census Tract 1541.01	904	994	90.9%	215	61	93	62	473
Census Tract 1426.05	2,199	2,430	90.5%	632	688	523	289	67
Census Tract 1656	2,231	2,509	88.9%	54	178	640	532	827
Census Tract 1411	1,060	1,209	87.7%	166	125	512	83	174
Census Tract 1714	852	972	87.7%	27	91	81	143	510
Census Tract 3614.01	1,547	1,764	87.7%	232	557	253	162	343
Census Tract 3614.02	170	194	87.6%	9	27	63	8	63
Census Tract 1709	1,386	1,592	87.1%	368	116	198	176	528
Census Tract 1802	2,038	2,342	87.0%	534	356	377	202	569
Census Tract 1713	1,418	1,631	86.9%	23	144	165	203	883
Census Tract 1806.01	1,079	1,242	86.9%	43	109	803	30	94
Census Tract 1550	1,987	2,293	86.7%	67	253	289	235	1,143
Census Tract 1420	1,676	1,937	86.5%	158	177	50	25	1,266
Census Tract 1572	1,126	1,303	86.4%	154	397	524	24	27
Census Tract 1546	1,480	1,721	86.0%	205	343	345	95	492
Census Tract 1412	1,673	1,947	85.9%	88	189	465	354	577
Census Tract 1574	1,357	1,590	85.3%	69	284	655	96	253
Census Tract 1405	1,174	1,383	84.9%	33	117	37	228	759
Census Tract 1551	1,443	1,700	84.9%	310	194	217	45	677
Census Tract 1502	1,290	1,528	84.4%	122	166	136	403	463
Census Tract 1706	886	1,053	84.1%	260	57	330	62	177
Census Tract 1653	998	1,201	83.1%	139	19	31	43	766
Census Tract 1418	1,727	2,083	82.9%	140	205	213	76	1,093
Census Tract 1651	1,344	1,624	82.8%	67	271	628	183	195
Census Tract 1402	342	414	82.6%	136	85	7	21	93
Census Tract 1548	1,814	2,196	82.6%	129	314	747	265	359
Census Tract 1703	794	967	82.1%	72	135	66	104	417
Census Tract 1424	1,874	2,286	82.0%	203	319	178	294	880
Census Tract 1545	1,664	2,030	82.0%	161	174	252	269	808
Census Tract 1702	667	813	82.0%	22	49	107	29	460
Census Tract 1408	1,459	1,789	81.6%	175	275	217	196	596
Census Tract 1715	1,217	1,501	81.1%	70	138	0	420	589
Census Tract 1660.03	905	1,117	81.0%	158	351	235	137	24
Census Tract 1503	1,418	1,757	80.7%	258	149	464	165	382
Census Tract 1504	1,613	2,009	80.3%	493	329	245	187	359
Census Tract 1427	2,408	3,001	80.2%	94	800	438	44	1,032
Census Tract 1671.02	1,444	1,803	80.1%	68	182	563	349	282
Census Tract 1510	1,661	2,076	80.0%	307	360	291	145	558
Census Tract 1708	2,089	2,613	79.9%	482	159	449	191	808
Census Tract 1549	1,478	1,851	79.8%	419	130	212	146	571
Census Tract 1655	1,513	1,914	79.0%	138	216	185	309	665
Census Tract 1505	1,221	1,557	78.4%	64	72	169	535	381
Census Tract 1941.02	1,452	1,861	78.0%	260	235	215	191	551
Census Tract 1601	988	1,272	77.7%	94	207	383	105	199
Census Tract 1672.02	1,466	1,886	77.7%	382	376	403	243	62
Census Tract 1705	1,597	2,058	77.6%	467	363	483	109	175
Census Tract 1845	822	1,062	77.4%	142	350	254	35	41
Census Tract 1801.02	1,487	1,923	77.3%	297	193	233	297	467
Census Tract 1547	1,875	2,435	77.0%	432	278	910	140	115
Census Tract 1753	1,411	1,832	77.0%	125	455	399	193	239
Census Tract 1710	696	906	76.8%	57	167	102	20	350
Census Tract 1425	1,760	2,298	76.6%	230	18	446	36	1,030
Census Tract 1803	787	1,027	76.6%	139	73	118	140	317
Census Tract 1717	1,346	1,774	75.9%	463	187	457	60	179
Census Tract 1509	1,220	1,616	75.5%	121	118	664	160	157
Census Tract 1426.04	930	1,236	75.2%	89	261	86	14	480
Census Tract 1416	1,457	1,940	75.1%	250	138	107	56	906
Census Tract 1657	1,311	1,746	75.1%	40	112	370	572	217
Census Tract 1941.01	1,050	1,402	74.9%	396	134	217	92	211
Census Tract 1902	1,498	2,008	74.6%	240	358	414	151	335
Census Tract 1756	1,677	2,259	74.2%	371	249	849	75	133
Census Tract 1671.01	1,225	1,656	74.0%	347	411	202	113	152
Census Tract 1901	1,242	1,682	73.8%	190	331	186	57	478
Census Tract 1712.02	1,058	1,438	73.6%	218	188	520	64	68
Census Tract 1658.02	1,164	1,587	73.3%	83	430	472	112	67
Census Tract 1421	549	751	73.1%	20	7	62	13	447
Census Tract 1701	517	712	72.6%	46	127	59	31	254
Census Tract 1426.01	1,810	2,504	72.3%	520	455	396	281	158
Census Tract 1511	2,225	3,146	70.7%	388	468	762	43	564
Census Tract 1654	2,116	2,997	70.6%	317	191	445	293	870
Census Tract 1672.01	1,292	1,829	70.6%	73	364	580	74	201
Census Tract 1403	688	979	70.3%	49	169	43	0	427
Census Tract 1423	1,860	2,646	70.3%	357	269	66	67	1,101
Census Tract 1704	513	730	70.3%	42	47	93	66	265
Census Tract 1542	1,852	2,662	69.6%	730	493	407	146	76
Census Tract 3615	1,237	1,803	68.6%	291	253	312	85	296
Census Tract 1660.02	1,488	2,173	68.5%	179	325	675	134	175
Census Tract 1843	1,494	2,237	66.8%	407	211	213	87	576
Census Tract 1673.01	1,797	2,718	66.1%	198	534	464	254	347
Census Tract 1711	1,833	2,830	64.8%	574	90	574	246	349
Census Tract 1752	893	1,383	64.6%	104	103	88	43	555
Census Tract 1401.01	555	864	64.2%	26	31	24	0	474
Census Tract 1841.01	1,862	2,903	64.1%	363	439	284	160	616
Census Tract 1501	1,765	2,759	64.0%	113	135	135	118	1,264
Census Tract 1407	1,461	2,285	63.9%	264	254	162	0	781
Census Tract 1508	1,084	1,712	63.3%	488	265	229	35	67
Census Tract 1844	1,212	1,921	63.1%	105	92	158	106	751
Census Tract 1846	899	1,426	63.0%	173	65	8	40	613
Census Tract 1512	852	1,360	62.6%	188	350	235	11	68
Census Tract 1759	1,573	2,516	62.5%	178	243	458	132	562