Lead Paint Risk in Providence County, Rhode Island

75.9%Pre-1978 Housing

210,406Pre-1978 Units

277,117Total Housing Units

145Census 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

210,406 housing units in Providence County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 75.9%, compared with the state rate of 71.6%.
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 145 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 15	1,120	1,145	97.8%	67	107	197	48	701
Census Tract 134	1,759	1,801	97.7%	15	291	104	87	1,262
Census Tract 137.02	1,274	1,310	97.3%	139	165	179	113	678
Census Tract 36.02	838	871	96.2%	22	5	24	23	764
Census Tract 135	2,227	2,314	96.2%	232	219	255	140	1,381
Census Tract 24	2,430	2,532	96.0%	203	405	713	223	886
Census Tract 3.01	896	945	94.8%	0	182	0	50	664
Census Tract 168	1,231	1,304	94.4%	53	131	310	270	467
Census Tract 173	1,437	1,523	94.4%	96	142	93	78	1,028
Census Tract 140	2,396	2,546	94.1%	134	236	706	369	951
Census Tract 179	1,577	1,681	93.8%	167	67	325	71	947
Census Tract 175	1,358	1,451	93.6%	129	29	218	246	736
Census Tract 36.01	1,024	1,104	92.8%	29	0	64	6	925
Census Tract 33	2,055	2,230	92.2%	231	142	98	194	1,390
Census Tract 137.01	1,649	1,791	92.1%	100	92	172	148	1,137
Census Tract 37	1,985	2,170	91.5%	240	67	194	99	1,385
Census Tract 147	2,950	3,226	91.4%	434	583	547	290	1,096
Census Tract 2	2,637	2,892	91.2%	183	113	468	189	1,684
Census Tract 21.01	1,223	1,347	90.8%	37	54	379	168	585
Census Tract 150	1,746	1,922	90.8%	73	233	204	253	983
Census Tract 26	1,415	1,560	90.7%	323	45	32	41	974
Census Tract 28.01	1,321	1,457	90.7%	86	130	263	48	794
Census Tract 178	1,216	1,341	90.7%	67	51	24	252	822
Census Tract 157	1,327	1,468	90.4%	74	162	477	229	385
Census Tract 102	2,522	2,810	89.8%	107	436	387	203	1,389
Census Tract 160	1,573	1,752	89.8%	164	132	196	51	1,030
Census Tract 151	1,672	1,864	89.7%	231	207	36	219	979
Census Tract 9	1,156	1,292	89.5%	99	101	13	72	871
Census Tract 167	1,438	1,607	89.5%	93	368	94	88	795
Census Tract 153	928	1,038	89.4%	137	70	55	127	539
Census Tract 17	1,525	1,708	89.3%	96	74	169	164	1,022
Census Tract 143	1,910	2,142	89.2%	727	409	522	115	137
Census Tract 169	829	930	89.1%	102	75	217	228	207
Census Tract 154	857	963	89.0%	11	161	56	103	526
Census Tract 13	1,822	2,049	88.9%	22	0	44	53	1,703
Census Tract 138	2,046	2,308	88.6%	176	150	535	335	850
Census Tract 158	1,467	1,656	88.6%	22	157	369	338	581
Census Tract 22	1,795	2,035	88.2%	177	108	19	134	1,357
Census Tract 19	2,213	2,541	87.1%	149	8	32	46	1,978
Census Tract 107.02	1,549	1,778	87.1%	50	545	607	140	207
Census Tract 21.02	2,199	2,532	86.8%	192	132	188	434	1,253
Census Tract 31	2,137	2,472	86.4%	543	214	39	148	1,193
Census Tract 183	641	743	86.3%	63	28	38	54	458
Census Tract 11	1,359	1,595	85.2%	119	25	36	27	1,152
Census Tract 166	774	908	85.2%	277	46	78	56	317
Census Tract 120	2,297	2,703	85.0%	252	254	705	322	764
Census Tract 165	1,622	1,913	84.8%	132	166	167	143	1,014
Census Tract 177	1,359	1,602	84.8%	206	217	277	140	519
Census Tract 103	1,721	2,035	84.6%	351	359	300	221	490
Census Tract 35	2,331	2,759	84.5%	117	73	184	157	1,800
Census Tract 136	1,040	1,231	84.5%	19	181	294	183	363
Census Tract 104	2,765	3,277	84.4%	327	498	528	323	1,089
Census Tract 159	1,301	1,541	84.4%	35	95	103	232	836
Census Tract 1.02	1,598	1,895	84.3%	58	104	176	120	1,140
Census Tract 27	1,913	2,282	83.8%	484	158	181	295	795
Census Tract 32	1,412	1,684	83.8%	77	50	74	41	1,170
Census Tract 139	1,330	1,588	83.8%	69	354	730	62	115
Census Tract 1.01	1,193	1,427	83.6%	46	66	9	0	1,072
Census Tract 16.01	935	1,121	83.4%	0	93	42	68	732
Census Tract 29	2,606	3,134	83.2%	250	250	249	176	1,681
Census Tract 155	1,601	1,925	83.2%	251	204	376	38	732
Census Tract 180	1,198	1,440	83.2%	229	287	33	26	623
Census Tract 3.02	1,559	1,876	83.1%	120	0	136	224	1,079
Census Tract 156	895	1,080	82.9%	83	84	64	76	588
Census Tract 181	1,141	1,384	82.4%	294	38	40	18	751
Census Tract 161	1,779	2,163	82.2%	123	29	155	174	1,298
Census Tract 117.01	1,640	2,000	82.0%	48	156	657	103	676
Census Tract 10	1,211	1,482	81.7%	134	114	26	62	875
Census Tract 25	1,738	2,128	81.7%	35	26	135	248	1,294
Census Tract 145.02	1,830	2,241	81.7%	163	268	341	165	893
Census Tract 163	957	1,171	81.7%	54	115	295	91	402
Census Tract 124.01	2,248	2,768	81.2%	510	517	553	231	437
Census Tract 34	1,858	2,295	81.0%	25	32	185	187	1,429
Census Tract 171	1,749	2,159	81.0%	191	121	501	211	725
Census Tract 141	1,524	1,888	80.7%	412	0	367	33	712
Census Tract 176	957	1,188	80.6%	69	157	131	64	536
Census Tract 144	1,345	1,673	80.4%	346	473	411	104	11
Census Tract 164	1,718	2,142	80.2%	133	95	128	153	1,209
Census Tract 108	1,952	2,437	80.1%	367	0	48	115	1,422
Census Tract 4	1,277	1,598	79.9%	0	0	96	0	1,181
Census Tract 111	1,395	1,748	79.8%	40	0	37	294	1,024
Census Tract 23	2,039	2,561	79.6%	124	118	250	320	1,227
Census Tract 128.02	881	1,110	79.4%	4	205	271	79	322
Census Tract 184	2,132	2,684	79.4%	802	520	415	187	208
Census Tract 16.02	1,477	1,862	79.3%	0	148	51	40	1,238
Census Tract 174	1,433	1,811	79.1%	137	95	169	224	808
Census Tract 101.01	1,329	1,693	78.5%	131	153	399	132	514
Census Tract 105.01	1,549	2,007	77.2%	189	344	354	195	467
Census Tract 112	2,006	2,597	77.2%	324	611	263	109	699
Census Tract 107.01	766	997	76.8%	135	169	317	39	106
Census Tract 129	1,587	2,069	76.7%	203	209	193	137	845
Census Tract 12	1,151	1,502	76.6%	80	125	57	127	762
Census Tract 101.02	1,341	1,764	76.0%	187	103	258	199	594
Census Tract 118	2,303	3,055	75.4%	625	819	341	102	416
Census Tract 7	1,030	1,379	74.7%	229	0	150	29	622
Census Tract 185	917	1,233	74.4%	184	112	273	128	220
Census Tract 18	2,260	3,051	74.1%	367	198	209	232	1,254
Census Tract 121.02	1,571	2,130	73.8%	379	171	287	124	610
Census Tract 106	2,248	3,062	73.4%	193	557	245	259	994
Census Tract 109	1,331	1,820	73.1%	152	71	45	245	818