Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Hampton city, Virginia
EPA puts Hampton city in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 19 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
5.9%
Newport News city
- Newport News city
- 5.9%
1 of 3 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
5.9%
Newport News city, 9 miles
- Newport News city
- 5.9%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 34 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
77.9 pts below Virginia
- Hampton city
- 0.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
21
Too few for a share
- Hampton city
- 21
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Hampton city
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
Hampton city, At a glance
Hampton city at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 88% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Hampton city, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 19 reported tests for Hampton city 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). Hampton city beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 19 tests were reported to CDC for Hampton city 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).
Hampton city, Compared
Hampton city radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Hampton city rests on 21 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 4.8 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 6.2 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Newport News city, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 5.9% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Norfolk city (12 miles away) at 5.3%, Chesapeake city (26 miles away) at 7.0% and Virginia Beach city (28 miles away) at 7.4% have figures too. Pooled across 132 Virginia counties, 30.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Russell County reported the highest share (68.5%) and Norfolk city the lowest (5.3%). EPA's 1993 map puts Hampton city in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 88% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Hampton city, Geology
The ground under Hampton city
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Hampton city's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 86.6% of Hampton city in the area it calls Quaternary Coastal Plain Sediments and 1.7% in Tertiary Coastal Plain Sediments. USGS gives the first a radon index of 6 and the second 8, both in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaternary Coastal Plain Sediments | Quaternary coastal sand and silt containing monazite. | Low | 6 | 86.6% |
| Tertiary Coastal Plain Sediments | Tertiary Coastal Plain sand, silt, clay | Low | 8 | 1.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Hampton city beside the ground around it
Across Virginia 47.9% of the land is rated high; none of Hampton city's is. None of the 3 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Hampton city, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hampton city
- VDH Radon ProgramVDH Radon Program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Virginia.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Virginia2 professionals are listed in Virginia.
What Virginia's program says
- Phone
- (804) 864-8161
- Radon@vdh.virginia.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
The Code of Virginia requires that Radon testers and mitigators be currently certified by either the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) or the National Radon Safety Board (NRSB).
What it means
Hampton city, Questions
Questions about radon in Hampton city
Are radon levels high in Hampton city?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 10.5% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hampton city, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Newport News city, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 5.9% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Hampton city?
Hampton city borders 3 counties: Poquoson city, Newport News city and York County.
Products
Hampton city, Products
Testing a home in Hampton city
No CDC figure names Hampton city; the nearest county with one, Newport News city (9 miles away), reported 5.9% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 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 Hampton city.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
RadonScan-Plus USB-powered radon monitor with Wi-Fi
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi
- Alarm
- Screen, app
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Hampton city, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hampton city
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in York CountyEPA zone 3
18.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 22 tests
- Radon levels in Newport News cityEPA zone 3
5.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 34 tests
- Radon levels in Poquoson cityEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 1 test
Hampton city, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hampton city
Hampton city's population has barely moved since 2020: 137,315 residents on July 1, 2025 against 137,279 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. Packed into its land, that is 2,668 people per square mile. Hampton, its one incorporated place, has 137,315 residents, 100.0% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 21 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 5.6.
Hampton is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Hampton city's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | 137,315 | Level | 100.0% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Hampton city, Homes
Homes in Hampton city
Of Hampton city's 62,503 homes, 63% are detached houses, against 61% across Virginia; 21% are in buildings of five or more homes. The homes are older than Virginia's as a whole: half were built before 1974 (1984 for Virginia), and 25% date from before 1960. 56% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Virginia: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Hampton city | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 62,503 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 63% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 21% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 1% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 25% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1974 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.