Short-term kit
Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Jones County, Mississippi
EPA puts Jones County 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
4.4%
Mobile County, 81 miles
- Mobile
- 4.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 45 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Jones
- 0.0%
- MS
- 8.1%
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 Jones 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
Jones County, At a glance
Jones 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Jones County. Mobile County, AL, 81 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Jones County, Compared
Jones County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC publishes no radon test figure for Jones County, and none for any other Mississippi county: its counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals cover 2,669 counties elsewhere in the country. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Mississippi county contributes to that pool.
The nearest counties with a figure are Mobile County, AL (81 miles away) at 4.4%, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (100 miles away) at 0.0% and Escambia County, FL (126 miles away) at 0.0%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Jones 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.
Jones County, Geology
The ground under Jones County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Jones County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.2% of it lies in the area the map calls Pine Hills, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | Sand, sandstone, bentonitic clay, quartzite, gravel, tuff, and siltstone. | Low | 6 | 99.2% |
| Jackson Prairies | Sand, marl, clay, and limestone. | Low | 8 | 0.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Jones County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Jones County's is. None of the 6 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Jones County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Jones County
- Mississippi Radon ProgramMississippi Radon Program, run by Mississippi State Department of Health, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Mississippi.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 Mississippi directoryNo professionals are listed in Mississippi yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Mississippi's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-626-7739
What it means
Jones County, Questions
Questions about radon in Jones County
Are radon levels high in Jones County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Jones County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 161 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 12.8%.
Which counties border Jones County?
Jones County borders 6 counties: Covington County, Wayne County, Perry County, Smith County, Forrest County and Jasper County.
Products
Jones County, Products
Testing a home in Jones County
No CDC figure names Jones County; the nearest county with one, Mobile County, AL (81 miles away), reported 4.4% 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 Jones 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
XR0B-SR battery digital radon monitor with an alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Jones County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Jones County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Jones County: 1 of 6
Jones County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Jones County
About 66,496 people live in Jones County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 671 fewer than in 2020 (−1.0%). That works out to 96 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Laurel, has 17,662 residents, 26.6% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 34.8% of those residents; the other 65.2% live outside any of them.
From Laurel to Soso, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Jones County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | 17,662 | −0.8% | 26.6% |
| Ellisville | 4,473 | −3.7% | 6.7% |
| Sandersville | 622 | −2.2% | 0.9% |
| Soso | 416 | −1.7% | 0.6% |
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).
Jones County, Homes
Homes in Jones County
Of Jones County's 28,710 homes, 67% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 21% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1982, close to Mississippi's 1986: 18% date from before 1960 and 27% from 2000 or later. 74% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Mississippi: 69%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Jones County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 28,710 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 67% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 6% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 27% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1982 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.