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Radon Levels in Wayne County, Georgia
EPA puts Wayne County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 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
0.0%
Chatham County, 56 miles
- Chatham
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 47 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Wayne
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Wayne
- 3
- 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 Wayne 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
Wayne County, At a glance
Wayne 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 Wayne County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Wayne County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Wayne County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Wayne 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).
Wayne County, Compared
Wayne County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Wayne County rests on 3 tests over the 2007 to 2016 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 0.5 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Chatham County (56 miles away) at 0.0%, Laurens County (86 miles away) at 16.1% and Houston County (120 miles away) at 8.2%. 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 Wayne 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.
Wayne County, Geology
The ground under Wayne County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Wayne County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 65.0% of Wayne County in the area it calls Coastal Plain and 35.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Quaternary and Pleistocene-Pliocene coastal sand and gravel, lagoon and marsh clay and silt. | Low | 7 | 65.0% |
| 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 | 35.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Wayne County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Wayne County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Wayne County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Wayne 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
Wayne County, Questions
Questions about radon in Wayne County
Are radon levels high in Wayne County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Wayne County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 140 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Wayne County?
Wayne County borders 7 counties: Long County, Pierce County, Appling County, Brantley County, McIntosh County, Tattnall County and Glynn County.
Products
Wayne County, Products
Testing a home in Wayne County
No CDC figure names Wayne County; the nearest county with one, Chatham County (56 miles away), reported 0.0% 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 Wayne County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Wayne County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Wayne 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 McIntosh CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Glynn CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 23 tests
- Radon levels in Long CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- 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 Brantley CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Tattnall CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Wayne County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Wayne County
Wayne County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 32,481 residents on July 1, 2025, up 7.7% from 30,145 in 2020. That works out to 51 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Jesup, has 10,301 residents, 31.7% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 35.8% of those residents; the other 64.2% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Jesup to Odum, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Wayne County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesup | 10,301 | +5.0% | 31.7% |
| Screven | 836 | +8.9% | 2.6% |
| Odum | 504 | +7.9% | 1.6% |
3 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).
Wayne County, Homes
Homes in Wayne County
Of Wayne County's 12,590 homes, 58% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 34% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Georgia's 1991: 17% date from before 1960 and 28% from 2000 or later. 66% 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 | Wayne County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 12,590 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 58% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 34% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 17% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 28% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 66% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.