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Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Hockley County, Texas
EPA puts Hockley County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2007 to 2016, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
57.8%
Lubbock County
- Lubbock
- 57.8%
1 of 8 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
57.8%
Lubbock County, 30 miles
- Lubbock
- 57.8%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 128 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
38.0%
10.7 pts above Texas
- Hockley
- 38.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Hockley
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Hockley 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
Hockley County, At a glance
Hockley County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Hockley County is a
USGS geologic potential: Low across 62% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Hockley County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Hockley County over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, a result of 2.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Hockley County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Hockley County over 2007 to 2016 (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: 2007 to 2016, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2016 (every CDC figure on file).
Hockley County, Compared
Hockley County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Hockley County rests on 1 test over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.7 pCi/L.
Lubbock County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 57.8% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Randall County (97 miles away) at 71.4%, Midland County (121 miles away) at 1.0% and Potter County (126 miles away) at 20.0% 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 Hockley County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 62% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Hockley County, Geology
The ground under Hockley County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Hockley County: 62.0% of its land is low radon potential and 38.0% moderate. The map puts 62.0% of Hockley County in the area it calls Southern High Plains and Plateaus and 38.0% in Northern High Plains and Plateaus. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern High Plains and Plateaus | Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstone, limestone, shale. | Low | 7 | 62.0% |
| Northern High Plains and Plateaus | Tertiary sandstone, siltstone, shale. | Moderate | 10 | 38.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Hockley County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Hockley County's is. Of the 8 counties that border it, 5 have more moderate-potential ground, Hale County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Hockley County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hockley 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
Hockley County, Questions
Questions about radon in Hockley County
Are radon levels high in Hockley County?
Over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hockley County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.7 pCi/L. Lubbock County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 57.8% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Hockley County?
Hockley County borders 8 counties: Cochran County, Terry County, Lubbock County, Lamb County, Lynn County, Hale County, Yoakum County and Bailey County.
Products
Hockley County, Products
Testing a home in Hockley County
No CDC figure names Hockley County; the nearest county with one, Lubbock County (30 miles away), reported 57.8% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Hockley County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
RadonScan USB-powered radon monitor with a color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 5 minutes
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Hockley County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hockley County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Hale CountyEPA zone 2
83.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 7.8 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Lubbock CountyEPA zone 2
57.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.8 pCi/L · 128 tests
- Radon levels in Yoakum CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Cochran CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Terry CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Lamb CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Lynn CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Bailey CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Hockley County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hockley County
The Census Bureau estimates 21,600 residents in Hockley County for July 1, 2025, 116 more than in 2020 (+0.5%). That works out to 24 people per square mile of land. Levelland alone is home to 12,513 of them, 57.9% of the total. Together its 6 incorporated places hold 73.6% of those residents; the other 26.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2007 to 2016, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Texas as a whole comes to 0.1.
From Levelland to Opdyke West, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Hockley County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levelland | 12,513 | −0.8% | 57.9% |
| Sundown | 1,317 | +2.4% | 6.1% |
| Anton | 919 | −0.4% | 4.3% |
| Ropesville | 463 | +7.9% | 2.1% |
| Smyer | 448 | +2.8% | 2.1% |
| Opdyke West | 240 | +9.1% | 1.1% |
6 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).
Hockley County, Homes
Homes in Hockley County
Of Hockley County's 9,209 homes, 75% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 17% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1977 (1990 for Texas), and 23% date from before 1960. 73% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Texas: 63%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Hockley County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,209 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 17% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.