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In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Craighead County, Arkansas
EPA puts Craighead County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 8 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
Nearest county
6.8%
Pulaski County, 120 miles
- Pulaski
- 6.8%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
23.4%
2.1 pts above Arkansas
- Craighead
- 23.4%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
20
Too few for a share
- Craighead
- 20
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Craighead 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
Craighead County, At a glance
Craighead County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 77% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Craighead County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 8 reported tests for Craighead County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Craighead County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 8 tests were reported to CDC for Craighead 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).
Craighead County, Compared
Craighead County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Craighead County rests on 20 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 5.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.9 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (120 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (142 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (167 miles away) at 45.8%. Pooled across 60 Arkansas counties, 22.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
Statewide for the same period, Garland County reported the highest share (45.8%) and Pulaski County the lowest (6.8%). EPA's 1993 map puts Craighead County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 77% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Craighead County, Geology
The ground under Craighead County
PredictedMost of the ground under Craighead County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 76.6% of its land is low radon potential, with 23.4% moderate. The map puts 76.6% of Craighead County in the area it calls Mississippi Alluvial Plain and 23.4% in Crowley's Ridge. USGS gives the first a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 76.6% |
| Crowley's Ridge | Loess. | Moderate | 9 | 23.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Craighead County beside the ground around it
On moderate-potential ground Craighead County is close to Arkansas as a whole: 23.4% of its land against 21.3%. Of the 6 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Greene County the most at 36.6%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Craighead County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Craighead County
- Arkansas's radon programArkansas Department of HealthArkansas's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Arkansas.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 Arkansas directoryNo professionals are listed in Arkansas yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Arkansas's program says
- Phone
- 501-661-2621
- ADH.EPI.Radon@arkansas.gov
What it means
Craighead County, Questions
Questions about radon in Craighead County
Are radon levels high in Craighead County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 25.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Craighead County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 206 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Craighead County?
Craighead County borders 6 counties: Poinsett County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Jackson County, AR and Dunklin County, MO.
Products
Craighead County, Products
Testing a home in Craighead County
No CDC figure names Craighead County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (120 miles away), reported 6.8% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2007 to 2016 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 Craighead County.
Test kits and monitors3
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Craighead County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Craighead County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Mississippi County, AREPA zone 3
60.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Dunklin County, MOEPA zone 3
7.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 14 tests
- Radon levels in Greene County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Lawrence County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Jackson County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Poinsett County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Craighead County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Craighead County
The Census Bureau estimates 116,957 residents in Craighead County for July 1, 2025, 5,333 more than in 2020 (+4.8%). That works out to 165 people per square mile of land. Jonesboro alone is home to 83,296 of them, 71.2% of the total. Together its 10 incorporated places hold 84.5% of those residents; the other 15.5% live outside any of them. CDC's 20 reported tests for 2007 to 2016 work out to 0.2 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Arkansas' 0.2.
From Jonesboro to Egypt, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Craighead County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | 83,296 | +5.7% | 71.2% |
| Brookland | 4,697 | +14.2% | 4.0% |
| Bono | 2,858 | +17.5% | 2.4% |
| Lake City | 2,796 | +19.7% | 2.4% |
| Bay | 1,803 | −3.9% | 1.5% |
| Monette | 1,679 | +10.9% | 1.4% |
| Caraway | 1,104 | −2.8% | 0.9% |
| Cash | 280 | −3.1% | 0.2% |
| Black Oak | 261 | −3.7% | 0.2% |
| Egypt | 108 | −4.4% | Under 0.1% |
10 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).
Craighead County, Homes
Homes in Craighead County
Of Craighead County's 47,983 homes, 69% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 12% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1991, close to Arkansas' 1987: 9% date from before 1960 and 35% from 2000 or later. 59% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Arkansas: 66%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Craighead County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 47,983 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 69% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 12% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 5% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 9% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 35% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1991 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 59% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.