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Standard Radon Test short-term mail-in radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Passive sampler
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Jackson Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts Jackson Parish 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
0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish, 149 miles
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 2.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 48 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
Level with Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
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 Jackson 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
Jackson Parish, At a glance
Jackson 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Jackson Parish. East Baton Rouge Parish, 149 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Jackson Parish, Compared
Jackson Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Jackson Parish, in any year or ten-year total; over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the agency's counts reach 37 Louisiana counties without it. Pooled across 37 Louisiana counties, 2.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
The nearest counties with a figure are East Baton Rouge Parish (149 miles away) at 0.0%, Calcasieu Parish (150 miles away) at 0.0% and Tangipahoa Parish (172 miles away) at 0.0%. 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 Jackson 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.
Jackson Parish, Geology
The ground under Jackson Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Jackson Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Old Uplands, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Uplands | Clays, silts, sands, and ironstone. | Low | 7 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Jackson Parish beside the ground around it
Neither Jackson 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
Jackson Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Jackson 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
Jackson Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in Jackson Parish
Are radon levels high in Jackson Parish?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Jackson Parish, Louisiana yet. Of the 4 nearest counties with a figure, within 225 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 1.5%.
Which counties border Jackson Parish?
Jackson Parish borders 5 parishes: Lincoln Parish, Ouachita Parish, Winn Parish, Bienville Parish and Caldwell Parish.
Products
Jackson Parish, Products
Testing a home in Jackson Parish
No CDC figure names Jackson Parish; the nearest county with one, East Baton Rouge Parish (149 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 Jackson Parish.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011 rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Jackson Parish, Bordering parishes
Parishes bordering Jackson Parish
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Lincoln ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Ouachita ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Winn ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Bienville ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Caldwell ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Jackson Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Jackson Parish
Jackson Parish is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 15,834 residents on July 1, 2025, up 5.6% from 14,996 in 2020. That works out to 28 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Jonesboro, has 4,252 residents, 26.9% of the total. Together its 7 incorporated places hold 37.9% of those residents; the other 62.1% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Jackson Parish; across Louisiana its counts for 2006 to 2015 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Jonesboro to Eros, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Jackson Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | 4,252 | +3.9% | 26.9% |
| Chatham | 515 | +5.5% | 3.3% |
| Hodge | 398 | +4.2% | 2.5% |
| North Hodge | 309 | +5.1% | 2.0% |
| East Hodge | 214 | +5.4% | 1.4% |
| Quitman | 174 | +10.1% | 1.1% |
| Eros | 141 | +8.5% | 0.9% |
7 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 Parish, Homes
Homes in Jackson Parish
Of Jackson Parish's 7,223 homes, 74% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 18% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to Louisiana's 1982: 21% date from before 1960 and 19% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Jackson Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,223 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 74% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 18% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 21% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.