Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Macon County, Alabama
EPA puts Macon County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 9 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
22.2%
Elmore County
- Elmore
- 22.2%
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
3 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
12.3%
Lee County, 25 miles
- Lee
- 12.3%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 81 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
99.9%
35.3 pts above Alabama
- Macon
- 99.9%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
9
Too few for a share
- Macon
- 9
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Macon 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
Macon County, At a glance
Macon County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Macon County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Macon County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 9 reported tests for Macon County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Macon County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 9 tests were reported to CDC for Macon 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: 2005 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Macon County, Compared
Macon County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Macon County rests on 9 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 11.1 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 7.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Elmore County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 22.2%, and Montgomery County the smallest, 9.7%, with Lee County at 12.3% between. Farther out, Autauga County (56 miles away) at 17.1%, Clay County (62 miles away) at 17.9% and Talladega County (74 miles away) at 18.5% 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 Macon County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Macon County, Geology
The ground under Macon County
PredictedMost of the ground under Macon County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 99.9% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 0.1% low. 99.2% of it lies in the area the map calls Inner Coastal Plain, to which USGS gives a radon index of 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | Moderate | 10 | 99.2% |
| Southern Piedmont | Paleozoic carbonate and metamorphic rocks. | Moderate | 9 | 0.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Macon County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Macon County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Bullock County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Macon County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Macon 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
Macon County, Questions
Questions about radon in Macon County
Are radon levels high in Macon County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 22.2% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Macon County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Elmore County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 22.2%, and Montgomery County the smallest, 9.7%, with Lee County at 12.3% between.
Which counties border Macon County?
Macon County borders 6 counties: Bullock County, Lee County, Elmore County, Montgomery County, Russell County and Tallapoosa County.
Products
Macon County, Products
Testing a home in Macon County
No CDC figure names Macon County; the nearest county with one, Lee County (25 miles away), reported 12.3% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Macon County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorAranet
Radon Plus battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Macon County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Macon County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Elmore CountyEPA zone 2
22.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 36 tests
- Radon levels in Lee CountyEPA zone 2
12.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 81 tests
- Radon levels in Montgomery CountyEPA zone 2
9.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 103 tests
- Radon levels in Tallapoosa CountyEPA zone 3
6.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 16 tests
- Radon levels in Russell CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Bullock CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Macon County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Macon County
Macon County has been losing residents: from 19,464 in 2020 to 18,132 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.8% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 30 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Tuskegee, has 8,644 residents, 47.7% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 9 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.5 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Tuskegee to Shorter, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Macon County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee | 8,644 | −7.5% | 47.7% |
| Notasulgaextends beyond Macon County | 876 | −4.6% | Counted whole |
| Franklin | 573 | −2.7% | 3.2% |
| Shorter | 356 | −7.0% | 2.0% |
4 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). A place that extends beyond Macon County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Macon County, Homes
Homes in Macon County
Of Macon County's 9,664 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 19% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to Alabama's 1985: 16% date from before 1960 and 15% from 2000 or later. 65% 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 | Macon County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,664 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 10% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 19% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 16% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 65% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.