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 Jackson County, Arkansas
EPA puts Jackson County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 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, 84 miles
- Pulaski
- 6.8%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
21.3 pts below Arkansas
- Jackson
- 0.0%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Jackson
- 3
- 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 Jackson 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
Jackson County, At a glance
Jackson 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 Jackson County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Jackson 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). Jackson County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Jackson 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).
Jackson County, Compared
Jackson County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Jackson County rests on 3 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (84 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (106 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (130 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 Jackson 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.
Jackson County, Geology
The ground under Jackson County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Jackson County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 92.9% of Jackson County in the area it calls Mississippi Alluvial Plain and 7.1% in Arkansas Valley. USGS gives both a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 92.9% |
| Arkansas Valley | Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales. | Low | 8 | 7.1% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Jackson County beside the ground around it
Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Jackson County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 5 have more moderate-potential ground, Independence County the most at 63.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Jackson County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Jackson 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
Jackson County, Questions
Questions about radon in Jackson County
Are radon levels high in Jackson County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Jackson County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 178 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Jackson County?
Jackson County borders 7 counties: Independence County, Woodruff County, Poinsett County, Lawrence County, Cross County, Craighead County and White County.
Products
Jackson County, Products
Testing a home in Jackson County
No CDC figure names Jackson County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (84 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 Jackson County.
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
Monitor
RadonScan-Plus USB-powered radon monitor with Wi-Fi
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi
- Alarm
- Screen, app
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Jackson County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Jackson County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Independence CountyEPA zone 2
26.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 15 tests
- Radon levels in Craighead CountyEPA zone 3
10.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Lawrence CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in White CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Woodruff CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Poinsett CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Cross CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Jackson County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Jackson County
Jackson County's population has barely moved since 2020: 16,741 residents on July 1, 2025 against 16,742 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 26 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Newport, has 8,193 residents, 48.9% of the total. Together its 11 incorporated places hold 75.8% of those residents; the other 24.2% live outside any of them. CDC's 3 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 work out to 0.2 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Arkansas' 0.2.
From Newport to Weldon, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Jackson County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 8,193 | +2.4% | 48.9% |
| Tuckerman | 1,649 | −3.2% | 9.9% |
| Diaz | 1,200 | −2.0% | 7.2% |
| Swifton | 709 | −2.1% | 4.2% |
| Grubbs | 299 | −0.7% | 1.8% |
| Campbell Station | 218 | −4.8% | 1.3% |
| Jacksonport | 148 | −5.1% | 0.9% |
| Beedeville | 81 | −2.4% | 0.5% |
| Amagon | 71 | Level | 0.4% |
| Tupelo | 69 | −2.8% | 0.4% |
| Weldon | 59 | Level | 0.4% |
11 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).
Jackson County, Homes
Homes in Jackson County
Jackson County is a place of houses on their own lots: 78% of its 7,106 homes are detached single-family houses, against 70% across Arkansas. The homes are older than Arkansas' as a whole: half were built before 1974 (1987 for Arkansas), and 25% date from before 1960. 65% 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 | Jackson County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,106 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 78% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 11% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 25% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 11% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1974 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 65% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.