Lead Paint Risk in Bristol County, Massachusetts

68.4%Pre-1978 Housing

166,890Pre-1978 Units

244,166Total Housing Units

131Census 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

166,890 housing units in Bristol County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 68.4%, compared with the state rate of 68.2%.
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 131 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 6525	1,322	1,322	100.0%	123	89	72	251	787
Census Tract 6521	1,326	1,345	98.6%	10	66	105	66	1,079
Census Tract 6513	1,036	1,067	97.1%	86	54	56	15	825
Census Tract 6520	1,281	1,328	96.5%	25	34	10	19	1,193
Census Tract 6409.01	2,156	2,242	96.2%	179	192	126	121	1,538
Census Tract 6410	1,412	1,478	95.5%	252	248	66	45	801
Census Tract 6505	1,764	1,849	95.4%	181	22	267	145	1,149
Census Tract 6519	897	941	95.3%	68	49	31	105	644
Census Tract 6423	835	878	95.1%	11	16	211	129	468
Census Tract 6553	1,503	1,589	94.6%	177	42	206	60	1,018
Census Tract 6508	1,642	1,738	94.5%	200	70	105	107	1,160
Census Tract 6502.02	795	848	93.8%	46	153	202	186	208
Census Tract 6511	1,898	2,026	93.7%	62	98	126	218	1,394
Census Tract 6402.01	1,086	1,164	93.3%	81	82	31	323	569
Census Tract 6514	1,361	1,459	93.3%	8	24	154	49	1,126
Census Tract 6516	1,493	1,612	92.6%	0	168	91	128	1,106
Census Tract 6419	1,185	1,281	92.5%	17	136	210	32	790
Census Tract 6528	1,431	1,563	91.6%	89	113	360	114	755
Census Tract 6506	1,514	1,660	91.2%	19	0	271	76	1,148
Census Tract 6441.01	2,447	2,692	90.9%	326	755	692	195	479
Census Tract 6526	1,141	1,263	90.3%	109	82	155	56	739
Census Tract 6140	1,899	2,108	90.1%	227	220	341	156	955
Census Tract 6503	1,292	1,445	89.4%	54	160	169	114	795
Census Tract 6542	1,291	1,445	89.3%	105	377	299	83	427
Census Tract 6414	1,562	1,756	89.0%	183	166	69	250	894
Census Tract 6451.01	1,898	2,151	88.2%	138	147	379	198	1,036
Census Tract 6522	1,051	1,200	87.6%	41	42	120	73	775
Census Tract 6136	1,591	1,829	87.0%	59	191	122	99	1,120
Census Tract 6523	1,134	1,304	87.0%	30	139	396	77	492
Census Tract 6139.01	1,183	1,362	86.9%	111	95	101	113	763
Census Tract 6507	1,078	1,241	86.9%	39	39	94	15	891
Census Tract 6416	962	1,108	86.8%	30	70	235	116	511
Census Tract 6512	881	1,015	86.8%	47	84	38	15	697
Census Tract 6504	1,587	1,830	86.7%	51	95	52	84	1,305
Census Tract 6415	1,147	1,327	86.4%	102	34	198	80	733
Census Tract 6417	2,010	2,330	86.3%	224	283	323	145	1,035
Census Tract 6301.01	1,513	1,776	85.2%	195	62	229	27	1,000
Census Tract 6527	1,449	1,700	85.2%	261	161	145	20	862
Census Tract 6411.01	972	1,144	85.0%	221	33	18	49	651
Census Tract 6406	1,935	2,282	84.8%	150	81	278	275	1,151
Census Tract 6418	847	1,000	84.7%	75	35	37	46	654
Census Tract 6554	1,813	2,140	84.7%	152	169	415	234	843
Census Tract 6311.01	1,255	1,491	84.2%	382	175	192	156	350
Census Tract 6314	1,311	1,559	84.1%	140	111	32	78	950
Census Tract 6404	1,267	1,516	83.6%	55	99	74	78	961
Census Tract 6442	2,497	2,995	83.4%	294	475	812	419	497
Census Tract 6405	2,236	2,692	83.1%	299	137	402	157	1,241
Census Tract 6552	2,042	2,463	82.9%	182	236	405	189	1,030
Census Tract 6424	1,144	1,382	82.8%	152	185	219	44	544
Census Tract 6412	1,352	1,637	82.6%	96	62	194	161	839
Census Tract 6137	1,762	2,171	81.2%	122	214	229	59	1,138
Census Tract 6316	1,360	1,676	81.1%	53	164	105	54	984
Census Tract 6515	1,208	1,519	79.5%	133	85	98	93	799
Census Tract 6524	970	1,228	79.0%	67	83	133	108	579
Census Tract 6402.02	1,554	1,972	78.8%	188	320	207	117	722
Census Tract 6502.01	1,003	1,273	78.8%	152	120	338	57	336
Census Tract 6510.02	1,251	1,598	78.3%	297	228	219	130	377
Census Tract 6407	1,006	1,311	76.7%	106	40	164	171	525
Census Tract 6517	813	1,060	76.7%	114	179	10	2	508
Census Tract 6413	1,993	2,602	76.6%	100	119	280	165	1,329
Census Tract 6532.03	1,554	2,066	75.2%	201	187	582	112	472
Census Tract 6420	1,393	1,856	75.1%	77	76	33	158	1,049
Census Tract 6518	1,074	1,441	74.5%	415	175	31	11	442
Census Tract 6422	1,187	1,595	74.4%	236	32	169	117	633
Census Tract 6138	1,808	2,452	73.7%	101	77	286	113	1,231
Census Tract 6303.02	954	1,296	73.6%	84	69	352	80	369
Census Tract 6461.01	2,451	3,333	73.5%	629	499	450	159	714
Census Tract 6321	2,007	2,740	73.2%	286	549	495	104	573
Census Tract 6101	1,881	2,616	71.9%	257	113	301	273	937
Census Tract 6533.01	1,736	2,428	71.5%	374	188	340	123	711
Census Tract 6451.02	1,546	2,284	67.7%	488	264	333	107	354
Census Tract 6131	1,908	2,842	67.1%	298	166	433	45	966
Census Tract 6171.02	1,048	1,568	66.8%	362	260	157	36	233
Census Tract 6122.01	1,057	1,614	65.5%	387	266	239	81	84
Census Tract 6532.04	850	1,307	65.0%	533	82	96	61	78
Census Tract 6315	865	1,333	64.9%	113	97	55	58	542
Census Tract 6322	2,324	3,584	64.8%	465	622	290	117	830
Census Tract 6313	1,592	2,459	64.7%	339	261	363	64	565
Census Tract 6403	1,110	1,718	64.6%	142	125	222	300	321
Census Tract 6509	725	1,123	64.6%	13	67	232	96	317
Census Tract 6002.02	1,530	2,381	64.3%	809	182	204	26	309
Census Tract 6531.01	1,882	2,960	63.6%	432	616	247	84	503
Census Tract 6541	1,726	2,716	63.5%	607	430	254	205	230
Census Tract 6551	1,004	1,585	63.3%	191	277	205	95	236
Census Tract 6408	1,012	1,610	62.9%	32	65	137	92	686
Census Tract 6441.02	1,193	1,900	62.8%	390	279	104	132	288
Census Tract 6451.03	1,449	2,345	61.8%	747	233	268	146	55
Census Tract 6401	1,308	2,125	61.6%	211	247	62	73	715
Census Tract 6461.04	1,183	1,921	61.6%	167	157	270	52	537
Census Tract 6001	1,231	2,009	61.3%	97	187	330	23	594
Census Tract 6421	1,357	2,248	60.4%	307	61	102	109	778
Census Tract 6301.02	1,450	2,472	58.7%	220	120	187	66	857
Census Tract 6302.01	702	1,201	58.5%	246	256	96	95	9
Census Tract 6331	1,322	2,286	57.8%	310	405	158	21	428
Census Tract 6317	1,481	2,580	57.4%	186	509	345	54	387
Census Tract 6302.02	1,144	1,998	57.3%	127	109	588	47	273
Census Tract 6318	1,878	3,321	56.5%	810	292	219	213	344
Census Tract 6510.01	656	1,178	55.7%	318	154	88	30	66
Census Tract 6171.01	991	1,781	55.6%	515	140	84	12	240
Census Tract 6533.04	968	1,748	55.4%	285	107	158	19	399