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Radon Levels in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts Acadia Parish in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2018). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
0.0%
Calcasieu Parish, 57 miles
- Calcasieu Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 2.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 59 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
Level with Louisiana
- Acadia Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Acadia Parish
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2018
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 Acadia Parish
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
Acadia Parish, At a glance
Acadia Parish 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 Acadia Parish, 2018
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% |
2018: 0.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 0.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Acadia Parish over 2018, and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the parish nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2018. Measured data period: 2005 to 2018 (every CDC figure on file).
Acadia Parish, Compared
Acadia Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Acadia Parish rests on 3 tests in 2018, 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 3.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Calcasieu Parish (57 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish (80 miles away) at 0.0% and Tangipahoa Parish (122 miles away) at 0.0%. Pooled across 37 Louisiana counties, 2.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Jefferson Parish reported the highest share (1.5%) and Tangipahoa Parish the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Acadia Parish 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.
Acadia Parish, Geology
The ground under Acadia Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Acadia Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 96.6% of it lies in the area the map calls Terraces and Prairies, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraces and Prairies | Clay, sandy clay, silt, sand, and some gravel. | Low | 8 | 96.6% |
| Delta | Alluvium and marsh. | Low | 6 | 3.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Acadia Parish beside the ground around it
Neither Acadia Parish nor Louisiana as a whole has any land USGS rates above low potential. None of the 5 parishes that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Acadia Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Acadia Parish
- Louisiana's radon programLouisiana Department of Environmental QualityLouisiana's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Louisiana.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 Louisiana directoryNo professionals are listed in Louisiana yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
Acadia Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in Acadia Parish
Are radon levels high in Acadia Parish?
In 2018, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Acadia Parish, Louisiana were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.1 pCi/L. Of the 4 nearest counties with a figure, within 141 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 1.5%.
Which counties border Acadia Parish?
Acadia Parish borders 5 parishes: Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Evangeline Parish and St. Landry Parish.
Products
Acadia Parish, Products
Testing a home in Acadia Parish
No CDC figure names Acadia Parish; the nearest county with one, Calcasieu Parish (57 miles away), reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 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 Acadia Parish.
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Acadia Parish, Bordering parishes
Parishes bordering Acadia Parish
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in St. Landry ParishEPA zone 3
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Lafayette ParishEPA zone 3
4.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 21 tests
- Radon levels in Evangeline ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Vermilion ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Jefferson Davis ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Acadia Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Acadia Parish
About 57,032 people live in Acadia Parish by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 452 fewer than in 2020 (−0.8%). That works out to 87 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Crowley, the largest, has 11,223 residents, 19.7% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2018, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Louisiana as a whole comes to 0.5.
From Crowley to Mermentau, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Acadia Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley | 11,223 | −3.7% | 19.7% |
| Euniceextends beyond Acadia Parish | 9,035 | −3.7% | Counted whole |
| Rayne | 6,995 | −3.4% | 12.3% |
| Church Point | 4,036 | −3.3% | 7.1% |
| Dusonextends beyond Acadia Parish | 1,357 | +0.9% | Counted whole |
| Iota | 1,253 | −3.5% | 2.2% |
| Basileextends beyond Acadia Parish | 1,192 | −1.1% | Counted whole |
| Estherwood | 675 | −3.3% | 1.2% |
| Morse | 618 | +4.2% | 1.1% |
| Mermentau | 490 | −4.7% | 0.9% |
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). A place that extends beyond Acadia Parish is counted whole, so it has no share.
Acadia Parish, Homes
Homes in Acadia Parish
Of Acadia Parish's 25,036 homes, 74% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 17% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to Louisiana's 1982: 23% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 68% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Louisiana: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Acadia Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 25,036 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 74% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 17% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 68% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.