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 Lafayette County, Mississippi
EPA puts Lafayette 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
13.1%
Fayette County, 58 miles
- Fayette
- 13.1%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 84 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Lafayette
- 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 Lafayette 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
Lafayette County, At a glance
Lafayette 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 Lafayette County. Fayette County, TN, 58 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Lafayette County, Compared
Lafayette County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Lafayette County included, has a radon test figure from CDC; over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the agency's counts name 2,669 counties in other states. 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 Fayette County, TN (58 miles away) at 13.1%, Shelby County, TN (62 miles away) at 7.0% and McNairy County, TN (77 miles away) at 8.2%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Lafayette 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.
Lafayette County, Geology
The ground under Lafayette County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Lafayette County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls North Central Hills/Flatwoods, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Hills/Flatwoods | Tertiary nonmarine to deltaic sediments ranging from sand to clay. | Low | 8 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lafayette County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Lafayette County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Union County the most at 53.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lafayette County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lafayette 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
Lafayette County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lafayette County
Are radon levels high in Lafayette County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Lafayette County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 99 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 36.6%.
Which counties border Lafayette County?
Lafayette County borders 7 counties: Yalobusha County, Calhoun County, Pontotoc County, Panola County, Union County, Marshall County and Tate County.
Products
Lafayette County, Products
Testing a home in Lafayette County
No CDC figure names Lafayette County; the nearest county with one, Fayette County, TN (58 miles away), reported 13.1% 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 Lafayette County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Corentium Home battery digital radon detector
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Lafayette County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lafayette County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Lafayette County: 1 of 7
Lafayette County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lafayette County
Lafayette County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 59,597 residents on July 1, 2025, up 6.6% from 55,912 in 2020. That works out to 94 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Oxford, has 26,773 residents, 44.9% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 46.3% of those residents; the other 53.7% live outside any of them.
From Oxford to Abbeville, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lafayette County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 26,773 | +4.6% | 44.9% |
| Taylor | 409 | +16.2% | 0.7% |
| Abbeville | 382 | +2.1% | 0.6% |
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).
Lafayette County, Homes
Homes in Lafayette County
Of Lafayette County's 28,418 homes, 60% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 20% are in buildings of five or more homes. Much of Lafayette County is recent building: 47% of its homes have gone up since 2000 and the middle year built is 1999, against 1986 for Mississippi. 63% 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 | Lafayette County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 28,418 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 60% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 20% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 10% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 8% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 47% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1999 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.