Short-term kitFirst Alert
RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Beaufort County, North Carolina
EPA puts Beaufort County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 6 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2020). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
1.0%
Pitt County
- Pitt
- 1.0%
- Craven
- 0.0%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
0.0%
Craven County, 29 miles
- Craven
- 0.0%
- NC
- 22.6%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 109 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
34.2 pts below NC
- Beaufort
- 0.0%
- NC
- 34.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
26
Too few for a share
- Beaufort
- 26
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, laboratory
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 Beaufort 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
Beaufort County, At a glance
Beaufort County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 96% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Beaufort County, 2020
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% |
2020: 0.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 0.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Beaufort County over 2020, and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the county nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2020. Measured data period: 2005 to 2020 (every CDC figure on file).
Beaufort County, Compared
Beaufort County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Beaufort County rests on 26 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 3.8 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Pitt County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 1.0%, and Craven County the smallest, 0.0%. Farther out, Carteret County (47 miles away) at 0.0%, Onslow County (62 miles away) at 2.7% and Dare County (63 miles away) at 26.8% have figures too. Pooled across 99 North Carolina counties, 22.6% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Transylvania County reported the highest share (47.8%) and Nash County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Beaufort County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 96% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Beaufort County, Geology
The ground under Beaufort County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Beaufort County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 51.9% of Beaufort County in the area it calls Outer Coastal Plain and 44.2% in Inner Coastal Plain. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 8, both in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Coastal Plain | Unconsolidated sand. | Low | 7 | 51.9% |
| Inner Coastal Plain | Fossiliferous clay and sand, shelly sand, sandy marl, and limestone. | Low | 8 | 44.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Beaufort County beside the ground around it
Across North Carolina 1.3% of the land is rated high; none of Beaufort 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
Beaufort County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Beaufort County
- North Carolina Radon ProgramNorth Carolina Radon Program, run by NCDHHS, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in North Carolina.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
- Professionals in North Carolina2 professionals are listed in North Carolina.
What North Carolina's program says
- Licensing of radon professionals
The North Carolina Radon Program is presently developing a Radon Proficiency Program as directed by Session Law 2023-91 House Bill 782 .
What it means
Beaufort County, Questions
Questions about radon in Beaufort County
Are radon levels high in Beaufort County?
In 2020, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Beaufort County, North Carolina were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.7 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Pitt County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 1.0%, and Craven County the smallest, 0.0%.
Which counties border Beaufort County?
Beaufort County borders 6 counties: Pamlico County, Washington County, Craven County, Hyde County, Pitt County and Martin County.
Products
Beaufort County, Products
Testing a home in Beaufort County
No CDC figure names Beaufort County; the nearest county with one, Craven County (29 miles away), reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2008 to 2017 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 Beaufort 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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011S rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 12 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Beaufort County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Beaufort County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Pitt CountyEPA zone 3
1.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 101 tests
- Radon levels in Pamlico CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Washington CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Craven CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 109 tests
- Radon levels in Hyde CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Martin CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 4 tests
Beaufort County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Beaufort County
Beaufort County's population has barely moved since 2020: 44,670 residents on July 1, 2025 against 44,694 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 54 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Washington, has 9,910 residents, 22.2% of the total. Together its 7 incorporated places hold 29.8% of those residents; the other 70.2% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 26 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where North Carolina as a whole comes to 6.3.
From Washington to Pantego, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Beaufort County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 9,910 | −1.5% | 22.2% |
| Belhaven | 1,414 | +0.1% | 3.2% |
| Chocowinity | 751 | −0.1% | 1.7% |
| Aurora | 454 | −0.2% | 1.0% |
| Washington Park | 383 | −1.8% | 0.9% |
| Bath | 243 | −0.8% | 0.5% |
| Pantego | 161 | −0.6% | 0.4% |
7 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).
Beaufort County, Homes
Homes in Beaufort County
Of Beaufort County's 24,385 homes, 66% are detached houses, against 65% across North Carolina; 24% are mobile homes. The homes are older than North Carolina's as a whole: half were built before 1979 (1990 for North Carolina), and 24% date from before 1960. 70% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (North Carolina: 66%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Beaufort County | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 24,385 | 4,815,195 |
| Detached houses | 66% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 14% |
| Mobile homes | 24% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 24% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 20% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.