Short-term kit
RA100 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts Pointe Coupee 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, 32 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
- Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee 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
Pointe Coupee Parish, At a glance
Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish. East Baton Rouge Parish, 32 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Pointe Coupee Parish, Compared
Pointe Coupee Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Pointe Coupee 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 (32 miles away) at 0.0%, Tangipahoa Parish (71 miles away) at 0.0% and Jefferson Parish (109 miles away) at 1.5%. 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 Pointe Coupee 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.
Pointe Coupee Parish, Geology
The ground under Pointe Coupee Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pointe Coupee Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Floodplain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floodplain | Alluvium, marsh, silt, and clay. | 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.
Pointe Coupee Parish beside the ground around it
Neither Pointe Coupee Parish nor Louisiana as a whole has any land USGS rates above low potential. None of the 7 parishes that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Pointe Coupee Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pointe Coupee 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
Pointe Coupee Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in Pointe Coupee Parish
Are radon levels high in Pointe Coupee Parish?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana yet. Of the 4 nearest counties with a figure, within 110 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 1.5%.
Which counties border Pointe Coupee Parish?
Pointe Coupee Parish borders 7 parishes: West Feliciana Parish, St. Landry Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Avoyelles Parish, St. Martin Parish, Iberville Parish and Concordia Parish.
Products
Pointe Coupee Parish, Products
Testing a home in Pointe Coupee Parish
No CDC figure names Pointe Coupee Parish; the nearest county with one, East Baton Rouge Parish (32 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 Pointe Coupee Parish.
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
Monitor
lüft plug-in radon and indoor air quality monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- App only
First reading: Within 90 minutes
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Pointe Coupee Parish, Bordering parishes
Parishes bordering Pointe Coupee 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 St. Martin ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.8 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Iberville ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Concordia ParishEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.6 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in West Feliciana ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in West Baton Rouge ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Avoyelles ParishEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Pointe Coupee Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pointe Coupee Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish has been losing residents: from 20,676 in 2020 to 19,520 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 5.6% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 35 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, New Roads, has 4,216 residents, 21.6% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 34.3% of those residents; the other 65.7% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Pointe Coupee Parish; across Louisiana its counts for 2006 to 2015 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From New Roads to Morganza, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pointe Coupee Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Roads | 4,216 | −7.1% | 21.6% |
| Livonia | 1,134 | −6.2% | 5.8% |
| Fordoche | 847 | −6.3% | 4.3% |
| Morganza | 491 | −5.8% | 2.5% |
4 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).
Pointe Coupee Parish, Homes
Homes in Pointe Coupee Parish
Of Pointe Coupee Parish's 11,044 homes, 71% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 24% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Louisiana's 1982: 15% date from before 1960 and 26% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Louisiana: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Pointe Coupee Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11,044 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 71% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 24% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.