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Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Escambia County, Alabama
EPA puts Escambia County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
2.9%
Okaloosa County
- Okaloosa
- 2.9%
- Baldwin
- 0.0%
4 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
0.0%
Baldwin County, 43 miles
- Baldwin
- 0.0%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 31 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
64.7 pts below Alabama
- Escambia
- 0.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
2
Too few for a share
- Escambia
- 2
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Escambia County
Starts at EPA's action level
EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.
EPA’s reading of 4.0 pCi/L
At or above 4 pCi/L
- Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
- 2 to 4consider a fix
- 4 and aboveEPA says fix it
This result is at or above 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends fixing a home when the radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher.
The data
Escambia County, At a glance
Escambia County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Escambia County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Escambia County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.2 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Escambia County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Escambia County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the county nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2008 to 2017, laboratory. Measured data period: 2007 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Escambia County, Compared
Escambia County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Escambia County rests on 2 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 50.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.2 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Okaloosa County, FL reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 2.9%, and Baldwin County the smallest, 0.0%, with Santa Rosa County, FL at 2.0% and Escambia County, FL at 1.5% between. Farther out, Mobile County (66 miles away) at 3.8%, Montgomery County (94 miles away) at 9.7% and Autauga County (102 miles away) at 17.1% have figures too. Pooled across 65 Alabama counties, 21.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Colbert County reported the highest share (36.2%) and Baldwin County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Escambia County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Escambia County, Geology
The ground under Escambia County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Escambia County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.1% of it lies in the area the map calls Coastal Plain, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | Low | 7 | 99.1% |
| Northern Highland | Sand, silt, clay, gravel | Low | 6 | 0.9% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Escambia County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Escambia County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Escambia County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Escambia County
- Alabama Radon ProgramAlabama Radon Program, run by Alabama Department of Public Health, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Alabama.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Alabama directoryNo professionals are listed in Alabama yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Alabama's program says
- Phone
- (334) 290-6244
What it means
Escambia County, Questions
Questions about radon in Escambia County
Are radon levels high in Escambia County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Escambia County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.2 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Okaloosa County, FL reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 2.9%, and Baldwin County the smallest, 0.0%, with Santa Rosa County, FL at 2.0% and Escambia County, FL at 1.5% between.
Which counties border Escambia County?
Escambia County borders 7 counties: Conecuh County, AL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Monroe County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL and Covington County, AL.
Products
Escambia County, Products
Testing a home in Escambia County
No CDC figure names Escambia County; the nearest county with one, Baldwin County (43 miles away), reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. Zone 3 is the lowest label, yet homes at or above 4 pCi/L occur in every zone: a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Escambia County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorINKBIRD
INK-RD3 battery radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Escambia County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Escambia County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Okaloosa County, FLEPA zone 3
2.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 34 tests
- Radon levels in Santa Rosa County, FLEPA zone 3
2.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 51 tests
- Radon levels in Escambia County, FLEPA zone 3
1.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 65 tests
- Radon levels in Conecuh County, ALEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Monroe County, ALEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Baldwin County, ALEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 31 tests
- Radon levels in Covington County, ALEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 2 tests
Escambia County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Escambia County
Escambia County's population has barely moved since 2020: 36,665 residents on July 1, 2025 against 36,685 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 39 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Atmore, has 8,360 residents, 22.8% of the total. Together its 6 incorporated places hold 47.6% of those residents; the other 52.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 2 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Atmore to Pollard, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Escambia County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmore | 8,360 | −0.2% | 22.8% |
| Brewton | 5,113 | −2.7% | 13.9% |
| East Brewton | 2,251 | −1.7% | 6.1% |
| Flomaton | 1,440 | −1.4% | 3.9% |
| Riverview | 162 | −0.6% | 0.4% |
| Pollard | 130 | +5.7% | 0.4% |
6 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Escambia County, Homes
Homes in Escambia County
Of Escambia County's 16,759 homes, 67% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 21% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Alabama's 1985: 14% date from before 1960 and 16% from 2000 or later. 69% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Alabama: 70%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Escambia County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 16,759 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 67% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.