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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Austin County, Texas
EPA puts Austin County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
3.4%
Fort Bend County
- Fort Bend
- 3.4%
1 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
3.4%
Fort Bend County, 39 miles
- Fort Bend
- 3.4%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 117 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Austin
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Austin
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2006 to 2015, 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 Austin 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
Austin County, At a glance
Austin 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
Radon tests reported for Austin County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Austin County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Austin County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Austin County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), 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: 2008 to 2017, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Austin County, Compared
Austin County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Austin County rests on 3 tests over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Fort Bend County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 3.4% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Harris County (53 miles away) at 3.1%, Brazos County (53 miles away) at 0.0% and Montgomery County (54 miles away) at 7.1% have figures too. Pooled across 140 Texas counties, 10.4% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
Statewide for the same period, Randall County reported the highest share (71.4%) and Nueces County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Austin 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.
Austin County, Geology
The ground under Austin County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Austin County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Austin County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Austin 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
Austin County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Austin County
- Texas Radon GroupTexas Radon Group, run by Texas Tech University, does not license radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Texas.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The Texas Radon Group offers free radon test kits for Texas individuals who qualify.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Texas7 professionals are listed in Texas.
What Texas's program says
- Licensing of radon professionals
There are no radon certification requirements for the State of Texas at this time, but the National Radon Proficiency Program lists radon testers and mitigators within Texas that have passed a rigorous national certification program.
What it means
Austin County, Questions
Questions about radon in Austin County
Are radon levels high in Austin County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Austin County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Fort Bend County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 3.4% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Austin County?
Austin County borders 6 counties: Waller County, Colorado County, Washington County, Fayette County, Wharton County and Fort Bend County.
Products
Austin County, Products
Testing a home in Austin County
No CDC figure names Austin County; the nearest county with one, Fort Bend County (39 miles away), reported 3.4% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2007 to 2016 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 Austin County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
RadonEye RD200 plug-in continuous radon monitor
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- Plug-in
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Austin County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Austin County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Fort Bend CountyEPA zone 3
3.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 117 tests
- Radon levels in Waller CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Colorado CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Fayette CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Wharton CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Washington CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Austin County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Austin County
Austin County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 33,625 residents on July 1, 2025, up 11.6% from 30,133 in 2020. That works out to 52 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Sealy, has 7,937 residents, 23.6% of the total. Together its 7 incorporated places hold 46.1% of those residents; the other 53.9% live outside any of them. CDC's 3 reported tests for 2006 to 2015 work out to 0.1 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Texas' 0.1.
From Sealy to South Frydek, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Austin County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sealy | 7,937 | +16.3% | 23.6% |
| Bellville | 4,379 | +4.1% | 13.0% |
| Wallis | 1,372 | +5.7% | 4.1% |
| San Felipe | 739 | +7.3% | 2.2% |
| Brazos Country | 537 | +4.5% | 1.6% |
| Industry | 298 | +11.6% | 0.9% |
| South Frydek | 237 | +9.7% | 0.7% |
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).
Austin County, Homes
Homes in Austin County
Of Austin County's 14,086 homes, 71% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 22% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1991, close to Texas' 1990: 17% date from before 1960 and 36% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Austin County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 14,086 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 71% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 22% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 17% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 36% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1991 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.