Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts Lafourche Parish in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2020). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
1.5%
Jefferson Parish
- Jefferson Parish
- 1.5%
1 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
1.5%
Jefferson Parish, 24 miles
- Jefferson Parish
- 1.5%
- Louisiana
- 2.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 67 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
Level with Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
18
Too few for a share
- Lafourche Parish
- 18
- Needed
- 30
2019
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 Lafourche 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
Lafourche Parish, At a glance
Lafourche Parish at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 95% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Lafourche Parish, 2020
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% |
2020: 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 Lafourche Parish over 2020, 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: 2020. Measured data period: 2005 to 2020 (every CDC figure on file).
Lafourche Parish, Compared
Lafourche Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Lafourche Parish rests on 18 tests in 2019, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.6 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.2 pCi/L.
Jefferson Parish, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 1.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Tangipahoa Parish (73 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish (78 miles away) at 0.0% and Calcasieu Parish (182 miles away) at 0.0% have figures too. 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 Lafourche Parish in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 95% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Lafourche Parish, Geology
The ground under Lafourche Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Lafourche Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 95.2% of it lies in the area the map calls Delta, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | Alluvium and marsh. | Low | 6 | 95.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lafourche Parish beside the ground around it
Neither Lafourche Parish nor Louisiana as a whole has any land USGS rates above low potential. None of the 6 parishes that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lafourche Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lafourche 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
Lafourche Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in Lafourche Parish
Are radon levels high in Lafourche Parish?
In 2020, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.8 pCi/L. Jefferson Parish, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 1.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Lafourche Parish?
Lafourche Parish borders 6 parishes: Jefferson Parish, St. Charles Parish, Terrebonne Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. James Parish and Assumption Parish.
Products
Lafourche Parish, Products
Testing a home in Lafourche Parish
No CDC figure names Lafourche Parish; the nearest county with one, Jefferson Parish (24 miles away), reported 1.5% 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 Lafourche Parish.
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
RM-65 rechargeable radon detector with a color screen and alarm
- 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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Lafourche Parish, Bordering parishes
Parishes bordering Lafourche Parish
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Jefferson ParishEPA zone 3
1.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 67 tests
- Radon levels in St. Charles ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.3 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Terrebonne ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 15 tests
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in St. James ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Assumption ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Lafourche Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lafourche Parish
About 95,505 people live in Lafourche Parish by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 1,916 fewer than in 2020 (−2.0%). That works out to 89 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Thibodaux, the largest, has 15,573 residents, 16.3% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 20.5% of those residents; the other 79.5% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 18 tests over 2019, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Louisiana as a whole comes to 0.5.
From Thibodaux to Golden Meadow, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lafourche Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thibodaux | 15,573 | −2.1% | 16.3% |
| Lockport | 2,333 | −6.2% | 2.4% |
| Golden Meadow | 1,636 | −6.5% | 1.7% |
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).
Lafourche Parish, Homes
Homes in Lafourche Parish
Of Lafourche Parish's 41,164 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 16% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1981, close to Louisiana's 1982: 18% date from before 1960 and 26% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 78% of the occupied homes (Louisiana: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Lafourche Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 41,164 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 72% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 16% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 78% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.