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Radon Levels in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico

EPA has no radon zone on file for Ponce 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

Ponce Municipio, At a glance

Ponce Municipio at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

No EPA zone on file

Radon411 has no EPA radon zone on file for Ponce 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 Ponce Municipio. Only a test tells you the level in a home.

How to read these figures

Ponce Municipio, Compared

Ponce Municipio radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC publishes no radon test figure for Ponce 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 Ponce 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

Ponce Municipio, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Ponce Municipio

What it means

Ponce Municipio, Questions

Questions about radon in Ponce Municipio

Are radon levels high in Ponce Municipio?

No CDC testing statistics are published here for Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico yet. No county within 250 miles of Ponce 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 Ponce Municipio?

Ponce Municipio borders 5 municipios: Peñuelas Municipio, Juana Díaz Municipio, Jayuya Municipio, Adjuntas Municipio and Utuado Municipio.

Products

Ponce Municipio, Products

Testing a home in Ponce Municipio

No CDC figure names Ponce 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 Ponce Municipio; a long-term test tells the year-round average.

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Ponce Municipio, Bordering municipios

Municipios bordering Ponce Municipio

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Ponce Municipio, Homes

Homes in Ponce Municipio

Of Ponce Municipio's 66,944 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 68% across Puerto Rico; 15% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1976, close to Puerto Rico's 1979: 12% date from before 1960 and 9% from 2000 or later. 68% 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 Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico, 2019 to 2023
HomesPonce MunicipioPuerto Rico
Housing units66,9441,575,105
Detached houses72%68%
In buildings of 5 or more15%14%
Mobile homesunder 1%under 1%
Built before 196012%14%
Built since 20009%15%
Middle year built19761979
Owner-occupied68%68%

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