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 Perry County, Alabama
EPA puts Perry County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is 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
Nearest county
17.1%
Autauga County, 39 miles
- Autauga
- 17.1%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 35 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
35.3 pts above Alabama
- Perry
- 100.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Perry
- 1
- 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 Perry 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
Perry County, At a glance
Perry County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Perry 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 Perry County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Perry County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 3.2 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Perry County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Perry 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).
Perry County, Compared
Perry County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Perry County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 3.2 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.2 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Autauga County (39 miles away) at 17.1%, Tuscaloosa County (47 miles away) at 8.5% and Shelby County (57 miles away) at 11.3%. 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 Perry 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.
Perry County, Geology
The ground under Perry County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Perry County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Perry County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Perry County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Chilton County the most at 36.7%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Perry County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Perry 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
Perry County, Questions
Questions about radon in Perry County
Are radon levels high in Perry County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Perry County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.2 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 93 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 8.5% to 22.2%.
Which counties border Perry County?
Perry County borders 5 counties: Dallas County, Hale County, Bibb County, Marengo County and Chilton County.
Products
Perry County, Products
Testing a home in Perry County
No CDC figure names Perry County; the nearest county with one, Autauga County (39 miles away), reported 17.1% 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 Perry County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
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
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-SR battery digital radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Perry County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Perry County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Hale CountyEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in Marengo CountyEPA zone 3
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.3 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Bibb CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Chilton CountyEPA zone 2
11.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 18 tests
- Radon levels in Dallas CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 6 tests
Perry County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Perry County
Perry County has been losing residents: from 8,455 in 2020 to 7,425 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 12.2% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 10 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Marion, has 2,602 residents, 35.0% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 60.3% of those residents; the other 39.7% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Marion to Uniontown, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Perry County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 2,602 | −17.4% | 35.0% |
| Uniontown | 1,873 | −10.6% | 25.2% |
2 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).
Perry County, Homes
Homes in Perry County
Mobile homes are 30% of Perry County's 3,961 homes and detached houses 53%, against 69% across Alabama. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Alabama's 1985: 21% date from before 1960 and 19% 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 | Perry County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,961 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 53% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 30% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 21% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 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.