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Radon Levels in Jones County, Texas

EPA puts Jones County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.

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  • Nearest county

    57.8%

    Lubbock County, 128 miles

    Lubbock
    57.8%
    Texas
    10.4%

    Share at 4+ pCi/L, 128 tests, 2007 to 2016

  • Ground above low

    None

    27.3 pts below Texas

    Jones
    0.0%
    Texas
    27.3%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    1

    Too few for a share

    Jones
    1
    Needed
    30

    2008 to 2017, laboratory

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 3

    Lower potential

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. Zone 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors

Read a result for Jones County

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

Jones County, At a glance

Jones County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Jones County as a whole is an average indoor of less than 2 pCi/L (less than 75 Bq/m³). A low zone clears no address in it: homes above EPA's turn up in all three zones.

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 Jones County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 1 reported test for Jones County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Jones County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Jones 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).

How to read these figures

Jones County, Compared

Jones County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Jones County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 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 0.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.7 pCi/L.

The nearest counties with a figure are Lubbock County (128 miles away) at 57.8%, Midland County (140 miles away) at 1.0% and Tarrant County (151 miles away) at 10.6%. 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 Jones 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.

Texas, the United States and the counties around Jones County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Texas, pooled140 counties, pooled4,54810.4%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,666 counties, pooled1,939,02535.8%Not pooled
Randall Countyhighest in the state8471.4%6.2 pCi/L
Nueces Countylowest in the state450.0%0.6 pCi/L
Taylor County, TXborders it1811.1%0.6 pCi/L
Shackelford County, TXborders it10.0%1.0 pCi/L
Nolan County, TXborders it30.0%0.9 pCi/L
The nearest Texas counties to Jones County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Lubbock County128 mi12857.8%4.8 pCi/L
Midland County140 mi1001.0%0.7 pCi/L
Tarrant County151 mi31210.6%0.9 pCi/L
Denton County164 mi1817.2%0.9 pCi/L
McLennan County177 mi4117.1%1.0 pCi/L
Dallas County181 mi6998.7%1.0 pCi/L
Bell County183 mi3514.3%1.1 pCi/L
Randall County192 mi8471.4%6.2 pCi/L
Jones County ten-year laboratory totals, against Texas' pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestTexas, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 201710.0%0.7 pCi/L0.7 pCi/L10.2%Level
2007 to 201610.0%0.7 pCi/L0.7 pCi/L10.4%Level
2006 to 201510.0%0.7 pCi/L0.7 pCi/L11.0%Level
2005 to 201410.0%0.7 pCi/L0.7 pCi/L10.6%First on file

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

Jones County, Geology

The ground under Jones County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Jones County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Central Texas, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).

USGS's geologic areas under Jones County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Central TexasCretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite.Low7100%

Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.

Jones County beside the ground around it

Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Jones County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Jones County, the 7 counties bordering it and Texas
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Jones CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Taylor CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Fisher CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Shackelford CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Haskell CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Stonewall CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Callahan CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Nolan CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Texas254 counties, pooled by land areaVaries72.4%26.8%0.5%

The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.

Local help

Jones County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Jones County

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

Jones County, Questions

Questions about radon in Jones County

Are radon levels high in Jones County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Jones County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.7 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 192 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.

Which counties border Jones County?

Jones County borders 7 counties: Taylor County, Fisher County, Shackelford County, Haskell County, Stonewall County, Callahan County and Nolan County.

Products

Jones County, Products

Testing a home in Jones County

No CDC figure names Jones County; the nearest county with one, Lubbock County (128 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. 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 Jones County.

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Jones County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Jones County

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Jones County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Jones County

Jones County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 20,861 residents on July 1, 2025, up 6.1% from 19,667 in 2020. That works out to 22 people per square mile of land. Abilene, the largest place on its list (131,588 residents in all), extends beyond Jones County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Texas as a whole comes to 0.1.

From Abilene to Lueders, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Jones County's.

The cities and towns in Jones County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Abileneextends beyond Jones County131,588+5.1%Counted whole
Stamfordextends beyond Jones County2,963+2.4%Counted whole
Anson2,570+1.5%12.3%
Hamlinextends beyond Jones County1,876+2.9%Counted whole
Hawley580+5.1%2.8%
Luedersextends beyond Jones County262+4.0%Counted whole

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). A place that extends beyond Jones County is counted whole, so it has no share.

Jones County, Homes

Homes in Jones County

Jones County is a place of houses on their own lots: 83% of its 7,060 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1969 (1990 for Texas), and 38% date from before 1960. Owners live in 81% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.

Homes in Jones County, Texas, 2019 to 2023
HomesJones CountyTexas
Housing units7,06011,890,808
Detached houses83%65%
In buildings of 5 or more1%21%
Mobile homes14%7%
Built before 196038%13%
Built since 200014%37%
Middle year built19691990
Owner-occupied81%63%

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