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Radon Levels in Pamlico County, North Carolina
EPA puts Pamlico County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2021). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
0.0%
Craven County
- Craven
- 0.0%
1 of 2 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
0.0%
Craven County, 20 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
- Pamlico
- 0.0%
- NC
- 34.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Pamlico
- 4
- Needed
- 30
2020
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 Pamlico 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
Pamlico County, At a glance
Pamlico County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 92% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Pamlico County, 2021
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0% |
2021: 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 2 tests were reported to CDC for Pamlico County over 2021, 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: 2021. Measured data period: 2005 to 2021 (every CDC figure on file).
Pamlico County, Compared
Pamlico County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Pamlico County rests on 4 tests in 2020, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 25.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.6 pCi/L.
Craven County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Carteret County (22 miles away) at 0.0%, Pitt County (47 miles away) at 1.0% and Onslow County (48 miles away) at 2.7% 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 Pamlico County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 92% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Pamlico County, Geology
The ground under Pamlico County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pamlico County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 91.8% of it lies in the area the map calls Outer Coastal Plain, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, 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 | 91.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Pamlico County beside the ground around it
Across North Carolina 1.3% of the land is rated high; none of Pamlico County's is. None of the 2 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Pamlico County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pamlico 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
Pamlico County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pamlico County
Are radon levels high in Pamlico County?
In 2021, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Pamlico County, North Carolina were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Craven County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Pamlico County?
Pamlico County borders 2 counties: Craven County and Beaufort County.
Products
Pamlico County, Products
Testing a home in Pamlico County
No CDC figure names Pamlico County; the nearest county with one, Craven County (20 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 Pamlico County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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Pamlico County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pamlico County
Calculated by Radon411- 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 Beaufort CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 23 tests
Pamlico County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pamlico County
The Census Bureau estimates 12,758 residents in Pamlico County for July 1, 2025, 450 more than in 2020 (+3.7%). That works out to 38 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Bayboro, the largest, has 1,242 residents, 9.7% of the total. Together its 9 incorporated places hold 40.5% of those residents; the other 59.5% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 4 tests over 2020, or 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where North Carolina as a whole comes to 1.0.
From Bayboro to Mesic, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pamlico County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayboro | 1,242 | +0.8% | 9.7% |
| Oriental | 909 | +3.1% | 7.1% |
| Alliance | 764 | +3.4% | 6.0% |
| Grantsboro | 728 | +4.6% | 5.7% |
| Minnesott Beach | 544 | +3.0% | 4.3% |
| Arapahoe | 432 | +3.6% | 3.4% |
| Stonewall | 209 | +3.5% | 1.6% |
| Vandemere | 197 | +4.2% | 1.5% |
| Mesic | 143 | +5.1% | 1.1% |
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).
Pamlico County, Homes
Homes in Pamlico County
Of Pamlico County's 7,239 homes, 70% are detached houses, against 65% across North Carolina; 25% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to North Carolina's 1990: 13% date from before 1960 and 27% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 83% of the occupied homes (North Carolina: 66%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Pamlico County | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,239 | 4,815,195 |
| Detached houses | 70% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 14% |
| Mobile homes | 25% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 13% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 27% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 83% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.