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Radon Levels in Hopewell city, Virginia

EPA puts Hopewell city in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 16 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.

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  • Highest bordering

    30.5%

    Chesterfield County

    Chesterfield
    30.5%

    1 of 2 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015

  • Nearest county

    30.5%

    Chesterfield County, 17 miles

    Chesterfield
    30.5%
    Virginia
    30.7%

    Share at 4+ pCi/L, 645 tests, 2006 to 2015

  • Ground above low

    None

    77.9 pts below Virginia

    Hopewell city
    0.0%
    Virginia
    77.9%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    16

    Too few for a share

    Hopewell city
    16
    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 Hopewell city

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

Hopewell city, At a glance

Hopewell city at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Hopewell city 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 98% of the county's area

Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones

Measured: tests reported to CDC

Radon tests reported for Hopewell city, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 16 reported tests for Hopewell city over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.4 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Hopewell city beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 16 tests were reported to CDC for Hopewell 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).

How to read these figures

Hopewell city, Compared

Hopewell city radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Hopewell city rests on 16 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 4 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 24.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.4 pCi/L.

Chesterfield County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 30.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Henrico County (18 miles away) at 25.7%, Richmond city (19 miles away) at 28.0% and James City County (29 miles away) at 38.4% 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 Hopewell city in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 98% of the county's land low radon potential.

Virginia, the United States and the counties around Hopewell city, 2006 to 2015, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Virginia, pooled132 counties, pooled44,81730.7%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,669 counties, pooled1,805,52836.3%Not pooled
Russell Countyhighest in the state5468.5%6.7 pCi/L
Norfolk citylowest in the state575.3%0.7 pCi/L
Chesterfield County, VAborders it64530.5%2.2 pCi/L
Prince George County, VAborders it1118.2%2.2 pCi/L
The nearest Virginia counties to Hopewell city with 30 or more tests, 2006 to 2015, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Chesterfield County17 mi64530.5%2.2 pCi/L
Henrico County18 mi57325.7%2.0 pCi/L
Richmond city19 mi44328.0%2.1 pCi/L
James City County29 mi7338.4%2.4 pCi/L
Hanover County34 mi14416.0%1.4 pCi/L
Newport News city45 mi345.9%1.4 pCi/L
Goochland County45 mi11231.3%2.5 pCi/L
Brunswick County48 mi3336.4%2.7 pCi/L
Hopewell city ten-year laboratory totals, against Virginia's pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestVirginia, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 20171625.0%2.4 pCi/L24.0 pCi/L30.4%−8.3 points
2007 to 20161533.3%2.5 pCi/L24.0 pCi/L30.6%−5.2 points
2006 to 20151338.5%3.1 pCi/L24.0 pCi/L30.7%−24.0 points
2005 to 2014862.5%4.2 pCi/L24.0 pCi/L30.3%First on file

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

Hopewell city, Geology

The ground under Hopewell city

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Hopewell city's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 97.9% of it lies in the area the map calls Tertiary Coastal Plain Sediments, to which USGS gives a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).

USGS's geologic areas under Hopewell city
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Tertiary Coastal Plain SedimentsTertiary Coastal Plain sand, silt, clayLow897.9%

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

Hopewell city beside the ground around it

Across Virginia 47.9% of the land is rated high; none of Hopewell city's is. Of the 2 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Chesterfield County the most at 33.8%.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Hopewell city, the 2 counties bordering it and Virginia
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Hopewell cityZone 397.9%NoneNone
Prince George CountyZone 395.4%NoneNone
Chesterfield CountyZone 138.9%27.0%33.8%
Virginia133 counties, pooled by land areaVaries20.6%30.0%47.9%

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

Local help

Hopewell city, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Hopewell city

What Virginia's program says
Phone
(804) 864-8161
Email
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

Hopewell city, Questions

Questions about radon in Hopewell city

Are radon levels high in Hopewell city?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 25.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hopewell city, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.4 pCi/L. Chesterfield County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 30.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.

Which counties border Hopewell city?

Hopewell city borders 2 counties: Prince George County and Chesterfield County.

Products

Hopewell city, Products

Testing a home in Hopewell city

No CDC figure names Hopewell city; the nearest county with one, Chesterfield County (17 miles away), reported 30.5% 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 Hopewell city.

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Hopewell city, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Hopewell city

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Hopewell city, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Hopewell city

The Census Bureau estimates 23,261 residents in Hopewell city for July 1, 2025, 249 more than in 2020 (+1.1%). Packed into its land, that is 2,246 people per square mile. Hopewell, its one incorporated place, has 23,261 residents, 100.0% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 16 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.7 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 6.0.

Hopewell is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Hopewell city's.

Hopewell, Hopewell city: residents on July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Hopewell23,261+1.1%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).

Hopewell city, Homes

Homes in Hopewell city

Of Hopewell city's 10,434 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 61% across Virginia; 14% are in buildings of five or more homes. The homes are older than Virginia's as a whole: half were built before 1970 (1984 for Virginia), and 35% 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 in Hopewell city, Virginia, 2019 to 2023
HomesHopewell cityVirginia
Housing units10,4343,654,784
Detached houses72%61%
In buildings of 5 or more14%19%
Mobile homes2%4%
Built before 196035%19%
Built since 200011%25%
Middle year built19701984
Owner-occupied56%67%

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