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Radon Levels in Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico

EPA has no radon zone on file for Lajas Municipio, and the only way to know your home's level is to test it.

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Starts at EPA's action level

4.0pCi/L

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

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 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.

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The data

Lajas Municipio, At a glance

Lajas Municipio at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

No EPA zone on file

Radon411 has no EPA radon zone on file for Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico, and it does not guess one.

A prediction for the whole county, not a measurement of any address: elevated homes occur in all three zones.

Predicted: no EPA zone on file yet

Measured: tests reported to CDC

No CDC test figures here

CDC has published no radon test figures for Lajas Municipio. Only a test tells you the level in a home.

How to read these figures

Lajas Municipio, Compared

Lajas Municipio radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC publishes no radon test figure for Lajas Municipio, and none for any other Puerto Rico county: its counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals cover 2,669 counties elsewhere in the country. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Puerto Rico county contributes to that pool.

The United States and the counties around Lajas Municipio, 2006 to 2015, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
United States, pooled2,669 counties, pooled1,805,52836.3%Not pooled

Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.

Local help

Lajas Municipio, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Lajas Municipio

What it means

Lajas Municipio, Questions

Questions about radon in Lajas Municipio

Are radon levels high in Lajas Municipio?

No CDC testing statistics are published here for Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico yet. No county within 250 miles of Lajas Municipio has a CDC figure, so the only comparison is the national pool: 36.3% of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L.

Which counties border Lajas Municipio?

Lajas Municipio borders 4 municipios: San Germán Municipio, Guánica Municipio, Sabana Grande Municipio and Cabo Rojo Municipio.

Products

Lajas Municipio, Products

Testing a home in Lajas Municipio

No CDC figure names Lajas Municipio, and none within 250 miles of it: a test of this home is the only reading it will get. A short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check for a home in Lajas Municipio; a long-term test tells the year-round average.

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Lajas Municipio, Bordering municipios

Municipios bordering Lajas Municipio

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Lajas Municipio, Homes

Homes in Lajas Municipio

Lajas Municipio is a place of houses on their own lots: 88% of its 12,129 homes are detached single-family houses, against 68% across Puerto Rico. Half of its homes were built before 1982, close to Puerto Rico's 1979: 10% date from before 1960 and 13% from 2000 or later. 71% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Puerto Rico: 68%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.

Homes in Lajas Municipio, Puerto Rico, 2019 to 2023
HomesLajas MunicipioPuerto Rico
Housing units12,1291,575,105
Detached houses88%68%
In buildings of 5 or more4%14%
Mobile homes1%under 1%
Built before 196010%14%
Built since 200013%15%
Middle year built19821979
Owner-occupied71%68%

Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.