Lead Paint Risk in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts

Ranked by percentage of housing built before 1978.

County	Pre-1978 Housing	Total Housing	Risk Rate
Hampden County	151,396	197,210	76.8%
Berkshire County	53,286	69,861	76.3%
Suffolk County	259,615	353,930	73.4%
Franklin County	24,456	34,424	71.0%
Essex County	228,077	328,460	69.4%
Middlesex County	456,333	660,814	69.1%
Bristol County	166,890	244,166	68.4%
Norfolk County	199,141	293,420	67.9%
Hampshire County	42,994	66,490	64.7%
Worcester County	228,572	353,405	64.7%
Plymouth County	136,180	216,654	62.9%
Barnstable County	95,086	165,661	57.4%
Dukes County	8,595	17,713	48.5%
Nantucket County	5,661	12,449	45.5%

Cities & Towns in Massachusetts

245 cities and towns ranked by pre-1978 housing percentage (minimum 100 housing units).

City/Town	Pre-1978 Housing	Total Housing	Risk Rate
Cheshire	357	357	100.0%
West Warren	412	412	100.0%
Barre	363	378	96.0%
Marion Center	530	565	93.8%
Green Harbor	655	703	93.2%
Millers Falls	482	519	92.9%
Brookfield	371	400	92.8%
Ocean Grove	1,119	1,210	92.5%
Turners Falls	1,932	2,102	91.9%
Adams	3,018	3,294	91.6%
Acushnet Center	1,269	1,392	91.2%
Blandford	197	216	91.2%
North Adams	6,211	6,833	90.9%
Westborough	1,829	2,040	89.7%
Sharon	1,892	2,117	89.4%
Nahant	1,615	1,810	89.2%
Shelburne Falls	845	947	89.2%
Andover	3,316	3,755	88.3%
Wareham Center	1,950	2,214	88.1%
Arlington	18,102	20,599	87.9%
Belmont	9,507	10,833	87.8%
South Lancaster	728	830	87.7%
Petersham	120	137	87.6%
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	2,571	2,946	87.3%
Spencer	2,753	3,153	87.3%
Winthrop Town	7,338	8,467	86.7%
White Island Shores	683	789	86.6%
Teaticket	1,354	1,566	86.5%
Hingham	1,808	2,092	86.4%
Orange	1,397	1,620	86.2%
Chester	243	283	85.9%
Lenox	889	1,036	85.8%
Dennis Port	4,506	5,260	85.7%
Longmeadow	5,068	5,914	85.7%
Russell	258	301	85.7%
Marblehead	7,580	8,854	85.6%
North Brookfield	1,109	1,299	85.4%
Oxford	1,944	2,276	85.4%
Brookline	24,445	28,695	85.2%
Northfield	485	570	85.1%
North Seekonk	1,019	1,201	84.8%
Pittsfield	18,304	21,589	84.8%
Melrose	10,780	12,724	84.7%
Lee	744	883	84.3%
Springfield	52,859	62,713	84.3%
Athol	3,185	3,784	84.2%
Clinton	2,885	3,437	83.9%
North Scituate	1,848	2,206	83.8%
Onset	1,139	1,364	83.5%
West Dennis	2,410	2,888	83.4%
Holyoke	14,210	17,057	83.3%
New Bedford	37,044	44,468	83.3%
Rockport	2,624	3,170	82.8%
Milton	7,743	9,402	82.4%
Greenfield	7,135	8,670	82.3%
Hopkinton	965	1,173	82.3%
Brockton	30,699	37,420	82.0%
Ware	2,456	2,996	82.0%
Oak Bluffs	1,840	2,273	81.0%
Somerset	6,137	7,587	80.9%
Newton	27,093	33,531	80.8%
Somerville	30,315	37,583	80.7%
Chicopee	20,543	25,528	80.5%
Popponesset	359	446	80.5%
Topsfield	757	942	80.4%
Great Barrington	861	1,075	80.1%
Fitchburg	14,312	17,945	79.8%
South Yarmouth	6,583	8,248	79.8%
Holbrook	3,411	4,295	79.4%
Everett	14,688	18,541	79.2%
Lynn	29,966	37,849	79.2%
Lunenburg	650	822	79.1%
Monson Center	717	906	79.1%
Watertown Town	13,461	17,059	78.9%
Lawrence	25,159	31,929	78.8%
Fall River	34,759	44,359	78.4%
Southbridge Town	5,957	7,644	77.9%
Baldwinville	677	876	77.3%
Plymouth	3,223	4,169	77.3%
Williamstown	1,158	1,499	77.3%
Cedar Crest	701	908	77.2%
South Deerfield	777	1,006	77.2%
Woods Hole	937	1,213	77.2%
Swampscott	5,111	6,631	77.1%
Medford	19,849	25,879	76.7%
Worcester	65,502	85,371	76.7%
Framingham	21,671	28,416	76.3%
East Pepperell	609	801	76.0%
Webster	4,210	5,541	76.0%
Braintree Town	11,387	15,032	75.8%
Smith Mills	1,494	1,974	75.7%
Groton	313	414	75.6%
Harwich Port	1,746	2,309	75.6%
Ipswich	1,654	2,188	75.6%
Gloucester	11,036	14,630	75.4%
Reading	7,450	9,882	75.4%
Hull	4,316	5,733	75.3%
Ayer	1,176	1,564	75.2%
Housatonic	465	618	75.2%
Dedham	8,001	10,648	75.1%
Salem	15,754	21,000	75.0%
Agawam Town	9,136	12,232	74.7%
North Westport	1,663	2,230	74.6%
Winchester	6,178	8,283	74.6%
Cochituate	1,881	2,529	74.4%
Malden	20,873	28,043	74.4%
Lowell	32,771	44,110	74.3%
West Springfield Town	9,732	13,095	74.3%
Middleborough Center	2,609	3,522	74.1%
Rowley	485	655	74.0%
West Brookfield	550	744	73.9%
East Brookfield	465	630	73.8%
Northampton	9,759	13,217	73.8%
Gardner	6,995	9,487	73.7%
Medfield	1,892	2,567	73.7%
Boston	226,505	307,840	73.6%
Saugus	8,261	11,259	73.4%
Wellesley	6,906	9,428	73.2%
Norwood	10,145	13,961	72.7%
Wilbraham	1,169	1,608	72.7%
Weymouth Town	18,980	26,160	72.6%
Lynnfield	3,471	4,788	72.5%
Palmer Town	4,201	5,792	72.5%
Upton	855	1,181	72.4%
Kingston	1,997	2,765	72.2%
Maynard	3,493	4,845	72.1%
Hanson	540	751	71.9%
Newburyport	5,955	8,298	71.8%
Wakefield	8,264	11,526	71.7%
Westfield	11,977	16,704	71.7%
Bourne	772	1,078	71.6%
Sturbridge	771	1,078	71.5%
Falmouth	2,326	3,275	71.0%
Hatfield	440	620	71.0%
South Duxbury	921	1,298	71.0%
Beverly	12,523	17,665	70.9%
Easthampton Town	5,996	8,485	70.7%
Littleton Common	847	1,198	70.7%
Chelsea	9,984	14,178	70.4%
Waltham	18,900	26,898	70.3%
Milford	7,550	10,758	70.2%
Shirley	409	583	70.2%
Randolph Town	9,161	13,064	70.1%
Deerfield	113	162	69.8%
Millis-Clicquot	1,337	1,918	69.7%
Bliss Corner	1,664	2,393	69.5%
Stoneham	6,831	9,832	69.5%
Danvers	7,911	11,405	69.4%
Winchendon	1,144	1,649	69.4%
Huntington	239	345	69.3%
Quincy	33,405	48,227	69.3%
Cambridge	37,805	54,612	69.2%
West Yarmouth	3,530	5,107	69.1%
Duxbury	528	765	69.0%
Buzzards Bay	1,247	1,817	68.6%
Foxborough	2,044	2,984	68.5%
Northborough	1,773	2,598	68.2%
Essex	430	632	68.0%
Mansfield Center	2,312	3,406	67.9%
Provincetown	3,071	4,542	67.6%
Dennis	1,630	2,417	67.4%
East Falmouth	3,161	4,700	67.3%
Revere	15,788	23,445	67.3%
Vineyard Haven	1,165	1,740	67.0%
North Plymouth	1,375	2,058	66.8%
South Dennis	1,745	2,619	66.6%
Hopedale	1,058	1,590	66.5%
Leominster	12,568	18,957	66.3%
Amesbury Town	5,184	7,827	66.2%
East Douglas	767	1,159	66.2%
Lexington	8,365	12,672	66.0%
Scituate	1,704	2,600	65.5%
Pocasset	1,473	2,254	65.4%
Needham	7,647	11,754	65.1%
Warren	364	559	65.1%
Hudson	4,566	7,028	65.0%
Harwich Center	797	1,229	64.8%
Raynham Center	1,146	1,768	64.8%
Abington	4,239	6,576	64.5%
Sandwich	1,279	1,984	64.5%
Taunton	16,174	25,098	64.4%
Dover	509	792	64.3%
Marshfield	1,258	1,957	64.3%
Methuen Town	12,541	19,511	64.3%
Chatham	1,328	2,076	64.0%
North Falmouth	1,758	2,745	64.0%
Granby	347	544	63.8%
Boxford	538	850	63.3%
Haverhill	17,401	27,596	63.1%
Peabody	14,680	23,254	63.1%
Burlington	6,577	10,533	62.4%
Mattapoisett Center	1,014	1,638	61.9%
Woburn	10,504	16,982	61.9%
Holland	612	992	61.7%
Amherst Town	6,360	10,400	61.2%
Attleboro	11,658	19,055	61.2%
Pinehurst	1,450	2,374	61.1%
Whitinsville	1,911	3,146	60.7%
Marlborough	10,462	17,370	60.2%
Hanscom AFB	297	495	60.0%
Weweantic	415	694	59.8%
North Eastham	1,610	2,710	59.4%
Pepperell	568	960	59.2%
West Concord	1,469	2,498	58.8%
Edgartown	574	984	58.3%
North Attleborough Town	7,602	13,126	57.9%
West Chatham	1,177	2,044	57.6%
Townsend	270	471	57.3%
Brewster	1,245	2,185	57.0%
Marshfield Hills	459	809	56.7%
Rutland	408	722	56.5%
Barnstable Town	15,393	27,488	56.0%
Walpole	1,500	2,695	55.7%
South Ashburnham	224	419	53.5%
East Sandwich	1,161	2,175	53.4%
East Dennis	1,221	2,292	53.3%
North Pembroke	886	1,661	53.3%
West Falmouth	638	1,209	52.8%
Yarmouth Port	1,788	3,424	52.2%
Orleans	737	1,420	51.9%
Seconsett Island	95	183	51.9%
Siasconset	604	1,168	51.7%
Wilmington	4,155	8,032	51.7%
East Harwich	1,900	3,686	51.5%
Bellingham	1,089	2,138	50.9%
Sagamore	963	1,892	50.9%
Devens	165	326	50.6%
Nantucket	3,569	7,081	50.4%
Northwest Harwich	1,662	3,310	50.2%
Forestdale	788	1,580	49.9%
Salisbury	1,801	3,721	48.4%
Norton Center	171	367	46.6%
Madaket	325	715	45.5%
Bridgewater Town	4,430	9,798	45.2%
Monument Beach	768	1,742	44.1%
Fiskdale	520	1,202	43.3%
West Wareham	530	1,225	43.3%
Cordaville	451	1,050	43.0%
Belchertown	536	1,300	41.2%
Franklin Town	5,279	12,889	41.0%
North Lakeville	497	1,381	36.0%
New Seabury	600	1,983	30.3%
Mashpee Neck	172	638	27.0%
The Pinehills	41	2,817	1.5%
Seabrook	0	375	0.0%