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 Lee County, Mississippi
EPA puts Lee County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
18.6%
Franklin County, 49 miles
- Franklin
- 18.6%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 210 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
97.6%
89.5 pts above MS
- Lee
- 97.6%
- 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 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Lee 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
Lee County, At a glance
Lee County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Lee County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 98% 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 Lee County. Franklin County, AL, 49 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Lee County, Compared
Lee County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Lee 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 Franklin County, AL (49 miles away) at 18.6%, Colbert County, AL (57 miles away) at 36.6% and McNairy County, TN (61 miles away) at 8.2%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Lee County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 98% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Lee County, Geology
The ground under Lee County
PredictedMost of the ground under Lee County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 97.6% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 2.4% low. 97.6% of it lies in the area the map calls Pontotoc Ridge/Black Prairies, to which USGS gives a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc Ridge/Black Prairies | Glauconitic sand, clay, sandy limestone, micaceous chalk, and lime. | Moderate | 9 | 97.6% |
| Tombigbee Hills | Clay, sand, sandstone, chalk, chalky marl, quartzose, chert gravels, and quartz sand. | Low | 8 | 2.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lee County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Lee County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Prentiss County comes nearest at 74.5%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lee County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lee 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
Lee County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lee County
Are radon levels high in Lee County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Lee County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 91 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 36.6%.
Which counties border Lee County?
Lee County borders 6 counties: Itawamba County, Pontotoc County, Monroe County, Chickasaw County, Union County and Prentiss County.
Products
Lee County, Products
Testing a home in Lee County
No CDC figure names Lee County; the nearest county with one, Franklin County, AL (49 miles away), reported 18.6% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Lee County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Lee County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lee County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Lee County: 1 of 6
Lee County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lee County
Lee County's population has barely moved since 2020: 83,731 residents on July 1, 2025 against 83,326 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 186 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Tupelo, has 38,087 residents, 45.5% of the total.
From Tupelo to Sherman, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lee County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo | 38,087 | +0.4% | 45.5% |
| Saltillo | 5,060 | +2.3% | 6.0% |
| Baldwynextends beyond Lee County | 3,104 | +1.2% | Counted whole |
| Verona | 2,713 | −2.4% | 3.2% |
| Guntown | 2,616 | +1.0% | 3.1% |
| Nettletonextends beyond Lee County | 1,934 | −2.2% | Counted whole |
| Shannon | 1,496 | +0.1% | 1.8% |
| Plantersville | 856 | −1.0% | 1.0% |
| Shermanextends beyond Lee County | 680 | +13.3% | Counted whole |
9 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). A place that extends beyond Lee County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Lee County, Homes
Homes in Lee County
Of Lee County's 37,507 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 11% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1987, close to Mississippi's 1986: 13% date from before 1960 and 28% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Lee County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 37,507 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 72% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 10% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 11% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 13% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 28% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1987 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.