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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Baldwin County, Georgia
EPA puts Baldwin County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 15 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
27.3%
Putnam County
- Putnam
- 27.3%
- Jones
- 26.5%
2 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
26.5%
Jones County, 18 miles
- Jones
- 26.5%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 34 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Baldwin
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
16
Too few for a share
- Baldwin
- 16
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Baldwin 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
Baldwin County, At a glance
Baldwin 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 Baldwin County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 15 reported tests for Baldwin County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Baldwin County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 15 tests were reported to CDC for Baldwin 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).
Baldwin County, Compared
Baldwin County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Baldwin County rests on 16 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 10.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.4 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Putnam County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 27.3%, and Jones County the smallest, 26.5%. Farther out, Bibb County (32 miles away) at 0.0%, Greene County (35 miles away) at 16.7% and Morgan County (39 miles away) at 17.2% have figures too. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
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 Baldwin 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.
Baldwin County, Geology
The ground under Baldwin County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Baldwin County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 67.4% of Baldwin County in the area it calls Little River Thrust Stack and 32.6% in Coastal Plain. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 8, both in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River Thrust Stack | Biotite and amphibolite gneiss, granite gneiss, mica schist. | Low | 7 | 67.4% |
| 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 | 32.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Baldwin County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Baldwin County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Putnam County the most at 1.2%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Baldwin County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Baldwin 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
Baldwin County, Questions
Questions about radon in Baldwin County
Are radon levels high in Baldwin County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 20.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Baldwin County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Putnam County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 27.3%, and Jones County the smallest, 26.5%.
Which counties border Baldwin County?
Baldwin County borders 5 counties: Jones County, Putnam County, Wilkinson County, Hancock County and Washington County.
Products
Baldwin County, Products
Testing a home in Baldwin County
No CDC figure names Baldwin County; the nearest county with one, Jones County (18 miles away), reported 26.5% 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 Baldwin County.
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Baldwin County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Baldwin County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Putnam CountyEPA zone 3
27.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 33 tests
- Radon levels in Jones CountyEPA zone 3
26.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.0 pCi/L · 34 tests
- Radon levels in Wilkinson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Hancock CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Washington CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 2 tests
Baldwin County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Baldwin County
The Census Bureau estimates 44,029 residents in Baldwin County for July 1, 2025, 243 more than in 2020 (+0.6%). That works out to 170 people per square mile of land. Milledgeville, its one incorporated place, has 16,835 residents, 38.2% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 16 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.2.
Milledgeville is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Baldwin County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milledgeville | 16,835 | −1.0% | 38.2% |
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).
Baldwin County, Homes
Homes in Baldwin County
Of Baldwin County's 20,180 homes, 56% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 23% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Georgia's 1991: 13% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 64% 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 | Baldwin County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 20,180 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 56% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 11% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 23% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 13% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.