Lead Paint Risk in Worcester County, Massachusetts

64.7%Pre-1978 Housing

228,572Pre-1978 Units

353,405Total Housing Units

191Census 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

228,572 housing units in Worcester County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 64.7%, 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 191 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 7312.04	954	960	99.4%	34	14	14	55	837
Census Tract 7104	904	963	93.9%	7	154	298	172	273
Census Tract 7573	1,371	1,460	93.9%	77	66	128	75	1,025
Census Tract 7308.02	865	922	93.8%	18	4	41	51	751
Census Tract 7072	978	1,050	93.1%	44	50	27	116	741
Census Tract 7303	2,142	2,307	92.8%	17	197	508	351	1,069
Census Tract 7331.02	926	999	92.7%	34	61	63	127	641
Census Tract 7314	1,978	2,170	91.2%	210	121	83	108	1,456
Census Tract 7443	1,662	1,826	91.0%	71	178	109	63	1,241
Census Tract 7315	2,257	2,486	90.8%	408	319	37	210	1,283
Census Tract 7108	1,775	1,963	90.4%	224	87	137	101	1,226
Census Tract 7110	1,199	1,327	90.4%	0	193	139	86	781
Census Tract 7304.01	2,514	2,795	89.9%	591	378	522	260	763
Census Tract 7097.02	1,026	1,142	89.8%	204	93	166	37	526
Census Tract 7423	1,829	2,040	89.7%	132	160	399	377	761
Census Tract 7163	1,593	1,777	89.6%	78	223	111	186	995
Census Tract 7309.02	1,034	1,154	89.6%	68	119	175	318	354
Census Tract 7101	1,414	1,586	89.2%	65	117	177	111	944
Census Tract 7372	825	926	89.1%	24	79	71	100	551
Census Tract 7106.01	1,238	1,399	88.5%	23	76	43	110	986
Census Tract 7309.01	1,521	1,720	88.4%	27	80	182	127	1,105
Census Tract 7107	938	1,062	88.3%	188	76	69	61	544
Census Tract 7327	1,830	2,077	88.1%	135	294	83	245	1,073
Census Tract 7311.02	1,270	1,444	88.0%	112	121	129	239	669
Census Tract 7094	1,960	2,237	87.6%	207	234	434	80	1,005
Census Tract 7097.01	2,184	2,498	87.4%	569	289	606	373	347
Census Tract 7105	1,289	1,474	87.4%	247	179	313	99	451
Census Tract 7262	2,753	3,153	87.3%	423	553	172	45	1,560
Census Tract 7543	1,404	1,613	87.0%	93	191	177	202	741
Census Tract 7363	877	1,015	86.4%	64	53	286	73	401
Census Tract 7316.02	439	509	86.2%	24	56	33	40	286
Census Tract 7308.01	1,421	1,652	86.0%	127	265	267	124	638
Census Tract 7313	1,589	1,848	86.0%	64	3	62	231	1,229
Census Tract 7311.01	1,426	1,668	85.5%	194	45	289	162	736
Census Tract 7316.01	2,133	2,497	85.4%	374	112	159	428	1,060
Census Tract 7574	930	1,092	85.2%	25	62	208	171	464
Census Tract 7532	1,944	2,284	85.1%	278	176	584	250	656
Census Tract 7312.03	2,136	2,514	85.0%	245	255	335	215	1,086
Census Tract 7330	1,394	1,640	85.0%	87	51	149	0	1,107
Census Tract 7326	2,027	2,387	84.9%	155	127	237	197	1,311
Census Tract 7322.02	1,394	1,644	84.8%	114	167	430	90	593
Census Tract 7096	955	1,130	84.5%	85	61	203	24	582
Census Tract 7073	1,899	2,253	84.3%	442	84	234	145	994
Census Tract 7292	1,000	1,194	83.8%	78	165	403	110	244
Census Tract 7282	1,216	1,452	83.7%	276	159	506	195	80
Census Tract 7362	1,247	1,490	83.7%	152	97	366	127	505
Census Tract 7572	892	1,082	82.4%	93	111	191	97	400
Census Tract 7444	1,309	1,601	81.8%	120	188	349	36	616
Census Tract 7320.01	1,077	1,318	81.7%	85	253	439	196	104
Census Tract 7324	2,322	2,845	81.6%	385	0	144	404	1,389
Census Tract 7613	1,158	1,420	81.5%	173	233	461	7	284
Census Tract 7329.01	2,674	3,336	80.2%	500	109	305	198	1,562
Census Tract 7032	1,265	1,587	79.7%	83	98	412	166	506
Census Tract 7551	1,337	1,679	79.6%	133	143	418	67	576
Census Tract 7302	2,290	2,911	78.7%	173	251	514	280	1,072
Census Tract 7322.01	1,177	1,501	78.4%	86	208	171	157	555
Census Tract 7305	1,302	1,662	78.3%	47	175	286	103	691
Census Tract 7325	927	1,191	77.8%	43	27	39	27	791
Census Tract 7393	1,346	1,746	77.1%	395	150	483	123	195
Census Tract 7162	1,108	1,439	77.0%	169	94	159	107	579
Census Tract 7392.01	1,317	1,718	76.7%	407	39	318	187	366
Census Tract 7323.02	1,544	2,023	76.3%	83	114	304	203	840
Census Tract 7304.02	526	690	76.2%	37	38	94	31	326
Census Tract 7031	1,416	1,860	76.1%	82	141	89	198	906
Census Tract 7103	1,094	1,455	75.2%	76	92	126	275	525
Census Tract 7318.02	1,421	1,890	75.2%	388	174	29	82	748
Census Tract 7106.02	1,399	1,871	74.8%	214	221	108	41	815
Census Tract 7571	1,451	1,957	74.1%	306	24	276	267	578
Census Tract 7074	1,593	2,180	73.1%	46	224	224	119	980
Census Tract 7319	1,974	2,701	73.1%	317	49	119	12	1,477
Census Tract 7071	1,278	1,767	72.3%	109	160	228	178	603
Census Tract 7544	1,214	1,690	71.8%	70	146	179	134	685
Census Tract 7402	919	1,297	70.9%	310	95	111	40	363
Census Tract 7441.02	1,410	1,988	70.9%	558	447	248	94	63
Census Tract 7371	1,477	2,085	70.8%	376	271	196	94	540
Census Tract 7251	1,511	2,163	69.9%	179	134	198	26	974
Census Tract 7542	1,198	1,720	69.7%	95	145	396	153	409
Census Tract 7364	938	1,352	69.4%	255	131	343	84	125
Census Tract 7318.01	1,135	1,639	69.2%	131	0	157	20	827
Census Tract 7283	1,300	1,882	69.1%	154	379	359	107	301
Census Tract 7323.01	1,527	2,222	68.7%	38	186	305	317	681
Census Tract 7011.02	1,006	1,471	68.4%	67	28	117	47	747
Census Tract 7271	1,179	1,727	68.3%	165	356	325	143	190
Census Tract 7161.02	1,396	2,063	67.7%	227	72	302	77	718
Census Tract 7591	686	1,014	67.7%	102	86	119	77	302
Census Tract 7331.01	665	987	67.4%	28	67	51	73	446
Census Tract 7352	1,234	1,838	67.1%	84	176	284	168	522
Census Tract 7307	1,953	2,920	66.9%	205	289	691	191	577
Census Tract 7317	1,525	2,280	66.9%	373	94	18	146	894
Census Tract 7310.02	1,930	2,893	66.7%	392	370	357	13	798
Census Tract 7492	1,579	2,367	66.7%	198	205	108	201	867
Census Tract 7033	1,149	1,727	66.5%	285	101	191	111	461
Census Tract 7328.02	1,156	1,740	66.4%	216	123	244	131	442
Census Tract 7501	1,837	2,782	66.0%	160	158	189	159	1,171
Census Tract 7614.01	1,043	1,585	65.8%	307	313	193	20	210
Census Tract 7241	1,202	1,831	65.6%	205	200	109	54	634
Census Tract 7365	1,406	2,152	65.3%	340	319	311	67	369
Census Tract 7361	714	1,097	65.1%	154	176	200	96	88
Census Tract 7441.04	1,205	1,853	65.0%	596	412	127	14	56
Census Tract 7091	1,254	1,933	64.9%	120	445	248	34	407