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 Lincoln County, Mississippi
EPA puts Lincoln 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
0.0%
Tangipahoa Parish, 62 miles
- Tangipahoa Parish
- 0.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 43 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Lincoln
- 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 Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, At a glance
Lincoln 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 Lincoln County. Tangipahoa Parish, LA, 62 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Lincoln County, Compared
Lincoln County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Lincoln County is in a state CDC's county radon counts do not reach: no Mississippi county has a figure, while 2,669 counties elsewhere do over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals. 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 Tangipahoa Parish, LA (62 miles away) at 0.0%, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (78 miles away) at 0.0% and Jefferson Parish, LA (122 miles away) at 1.5%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Lincoln 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.
Lincoln County, Geology
The ground under Lincoln County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Lincoln County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lincoln County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Lincoln County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lincoln County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lincoln County
Are radon levels high in Lincoln County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Lincoln County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 211 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 10.1%.
Which counties border Lincoln County?
Lincoln County borders 7 counties: Pike County, Lawrence County, Franklin County, Walthall County, Copiah County, Amite County and Jefferson County.
Products
Lincoln County, Products
Testing a home in Lincoln County
No CDC figure names Lincoln County; the nearest county with one, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (62 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 Lincoln 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
MonitorINKBIRD
INK-RD3 battery radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
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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Lincoln County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lincoln County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Lincoln County: 1 of 7
Lincoln County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lincoln County
Lincoln County's population has barely moved since 2020: 35,012 residents on July 1, 2025 against 34,842 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 60 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Brookhaven, has 11,646 residents, 33.3% of the total.
From Brookhaven to Wesson, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lincoln County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven | 11,646 | −0.1% | 33.3% |
| Wessonextends beyond Lincoln County | 1,769 | −3.2% | Counted whole |
2 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 Lincoln County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Lincoln County, Homes
Homes in Lincoln County
Of Lincoln County's 15,885 homes, 66% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 25% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Mississippi's 1986: 15% date from before 1960 and 24% 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 | Lincoln County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 15,885 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 66% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 25% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 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.