Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Bacon County, Georgia
EPA puts Bacon County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
16.1%
Laurens County, 68 miles
- Laurens
- 16.1%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 31 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Bacon
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Bacon 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
Bacon County, At a glance
Bacon 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Bacon County. Laurens County, 68 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Bacon County, Compared
Bacon County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's county radon counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals cover 137 Georgia counties, and Bacon County is not among them: no year's figure and no ten-year laboratory total names it. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Laurens County (68 miles away) at 16.1%, Chatham County (84 miles away) at 0.0% and Houston County (95 miles away) at 8.2%. Statewide for the same period, Barrow County reported the highest share (51.0%) and Dougherty County the lowest (0.0%).
EPA's 1993 map puts Bacon 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.
Bacon County, Geology
The ground under Bacon County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Bacon County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Coastal Plain, to which USGS gives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Cretaceous and Tertiary marine and coastal sediments including limestone, sandstone, sand, silt, and clay. Coastal plan sands containing glauconite may generate locally elevated radon. | Low | 8 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Bacon County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Bacon County's is. None of the 5 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Bacon County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bacon County
- Georgia's radon programGeorgia Attorney General's Consumer Protection DivisionGeorgia's radon program does not license radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Georgia.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
A kit costs $15.00 if mailed or $10.00 if picked up at a participating County Extension office.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Georgia3 professionals are listed in Georgia.
What Georgia's program says
- Licensing of radon professionals
There are no laws mandating a mitigator receive certification in Georgia, however, many mitigators choose to get certified by one of two national programs.
What it means
Bacon County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bacon County
Are radon levels high in Bacon County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Bacon County, Georgia yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 132 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Bacon County?
Bacon County borders 5 counties: Appling County, Pierce County, Jeff Davis County, Coffee County and Ware County.
Products
Bacon County, Products
Testing a home in Bacon County
No CDC figure names Bacon County; the nearest county with one, Laurens County (68 miles away), reported 16.1% 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 Bacon 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
RadonPro Wi-Fi radon monitor with a built-in Geiger counter
- 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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Bacon County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bacon County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Pierce CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Coffee CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Ware CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 15 tests
- Radon levels in Appling CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Jeff Davis CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Bacon County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Bacon County
Bacon County's population has barely moved since 2020: 11,070 residents on July 1, 2025 against 11,113 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 39 people per square mile of land. Alma, its one incorporated place, has 3,400 residents, 30.7% of the total. CDC publishes no radon test count for Bacon County; across Georgia its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 2.6 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Alma is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Bacon County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | 3,400 | −0.8% | 30.7% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Bacon County, Homes
Homes in Bacon County
Of Bacon County's 4,830 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 33% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 19% date from before 1960 and 27% from 2000 or later. 74% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Georgia: 65%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Bacon County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,830 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 33% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 19% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 27% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.