Skip to content
RADON411

Locations and reports

Radon Levels in Cabell County, West Virginia

EPA puts Cabell County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and 16.6% of its 145 reported radon tests (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals) were at or above 4 pCi/L. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.

Data checked By Radon411Methodology

How to test this homeFind a certified tester

  • Share at 4+ pCi/L

    16.6%

    20.9 pts below WV

    Cabell
    16.6%
    WV
    37.5%

    145 tests, 2008 to 2017

  • Median result

    2.0pCi/L

    Below action level

    Cabell
    2.0 pCi/L
    EPA
    4.0 pCi/L

    Midpoint of the tests, 2008 to 2017

  • Tests reported

    145

    16th of 27 by tests

    Cabell
    145
    Berkeley
    2,888

    Reported to CDC before any fix, 2008 to 2017

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 2

    Moderate potential

    1. 1
    2. Zone 2
    3. 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors

  • Rank in WV

    25 of 27

    Lowest quarter

    Cabell
    16.6%
    Morgan
    58.1%

    By share, of 27 with 30+ tests

Read a result for Cabell County

Starts at Cabell County's median, 2.0 pCi/L

2.0pCi/L

EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.

EPA’s reading of 2.0 pCi/L

Between 2 and 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 between 2 and 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends considering a fix when the level is between 2 and 4 pCi/L. Cabell County's median reported result, 2008 to 2017.

Interpret this readingWhat a fix costs

The data

Cabell County, At a glance

Cabell County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential

Cabell County is a county: EPA's forecast for it as a whole is an average indoor of 2 to 4 pCi/L (75 to 150 Bq/m³). It describes no single address, and homes above EPA's are found in every zone, this one included.

USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area

Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones

Measured: tests reported to CDC

Radon tests reported for Cabell County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

Reported results by concentration band, Cabell County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
Under 2 pCi/L: 50%2 to 4 pCi/L: 34%4 pCi/L and above: 16%

Of 145 pre-mitigation tests reported to CDC, not homes in this area.

Reported results by concentration band, Cabell County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory: data table
Result bandTests MeasuredShare Measured
Under 2 pCi/L7249.7%
2 to 4 pCi/L4933.8%
4 pCi/L and above2416.6%
What these figures count

These are the 145 tests reported to CDC for Cabell County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), many from homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: they describe the county's reported tests, not 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

Cabell County, Compared

Cabell County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

Cabell County's 145 reported tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals had a middle value of 2.0 pCi/L and a maximum of 22.8 pCi/L, and 16.6% reached 4 pCi/L. West Virginia as a whole (55 West Virginia counties, pooled) comes to 37.5%: 20.9 points higher than here.

Among its state's counties it ranks 25th of 27 West Virginia counties with 30 or more tests for the same period. Statewide for the same period, Morgan County reported the highest share (58.1%) and Grant County the lowest (9.8%).

Below the action level, 72 tests (49.7%) came in under 2 pCi/L, against 37.7% statewide, and 49 tests (33.8%) fell between 2 and 4, against 24.7% statewide. CDC's ten-year totals for Cabell County went from 132 tests (2005 to 2014) to 145 (2008 to 2017), the share going from 15.9% to 16.6%.

EPA's 1993 zone map puts Cabell County in Zone 2, a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.

Next door, the shares run from 23.1% in Putnam County to 30.3% in Lawrence County, OH.

CDC also counts 5 tests taken after mitigation in Cabell County for the same period: tests in homes where a fix was already in.

Cabell County against West Virginia, the United States and nearby counties, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianDifference from Cabell County
Cabell County14516.6%2.0 pCi/LThis county
West Virginia, pooled55 counties, pooled10,06137.5%Not pooled+20.9 points
United States, pooled2,661 counties, pooled2,013,54435.7%Not pooled+19.1 points
Morgan Countyhighest in the state24158.1%5.8 pCi/L+41.5 points
Grant Countylowest in the state1649.8%1.1 pCi/L−6.8 points
Gallia County, OHborders it2133.3%3.0 pCi/L+16.7 points
Lawrence County, OHborders it6630.3%2.5 pCi/L+13.7 points
Putnam County, WVborders it5223.1%1.5 pCi/L+6.5 points
Mason County, WVborders it1323.1%2.4 pCi/L+6.5 points
Lincoln County, WVborders it1118.2%1.9 pCi/L+1.6 points
Wayne County, WVborders it1915.8%1.7 pCi/L−0.8 points
Where Cabell County's reported results fell, 2008 to 2017, laboratory, beside West Virginia and the United States
ResultCabell County testsCabell County shareWest Virginia shareU.S. shareAgainst West Virginia
Under 2 pCi/L7249.7%37.7%39.6%+12.0 points
2 to 4 pCi/L4933.8%24.7%24.7%+9.1 points
4 pCi/L and above2416.6%37.5%35.7%−20.9 points
Cabell County ranked among the 27 West Virginia counties with 30 or more tests, by share at or above 4 pCi/L, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CountyRankTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Marion County17 of 2724429.1%2.6 pCi/L
Taylor County18 of 273228.1%2.2 pCi/L
Putnam County19 of 275223.1%1.5 pCi/L
Tyler County20 of 273522.9%1.8 pCi/L
Hardy County21 of 275322.6%1.6 pCi/L
Kanawha County22 of 2724720.6%2.2 pCi/L
Monongalia County23 of 271,17619.0%1.9 pCi/L
Raleigh County24 of 274216.7%1.4 pCi/L
Cabell County25 of 2714516.6%2.0 pCi/L
Wood County26 of 2790515.9%1.8 pCi/L
Grant County27 of 271649.8%1.1 pCi/L
Cabell County ten-year laboratory totals, against West Virginia's pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestWest Virginia, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 201714516.6%2.0 pCi/L22.8 pCi/L37.5%−1.6 points
2007 to 201614318.2%2.0 pCi/L22.8 pCi/L37.3%+2.0 points
2006 to 201514216.2%2.0 pCi/L22.8 pCi/L37.7%+0.3 points
2005 to 201413215.9%2.0 pCi/L22.8 pCi/L37.3%First on file

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

Cabell County, Geology

The ground under Cabell County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Cabell County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Central Allegheny Plateau, to which USGS gives a radon index of 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).

USGS's geologic areas under Cabell County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Central Allegheny PlateauPermian and Pennsylvanian shale, siltstone, sandstone, minor limestone.Moderate1099.7%

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

Cabell County beside the ground around it

Across West Virginia 18.7% of the land is rated high; none of Cabell County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Lawrence County, OH the most at 0.1%.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Cabell County, the 6 counties bordering it and West Virginia
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Cabell CountyZone 2None100%None
Lincoln CountyZone 210.0%90.0%None
Wayne CountyZone 214.1%85.9%None
Putnam CountyZone 2None100%None
Lawrence County, OHZone 2None99.9%0.1%
Mason CountyZone 2None100%None
Gallia County, OHZone 2None100%None
West Virginia55 counties, pooled by land areaVaries14.0%67.3%18.7%

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

Local help

Cabell County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Cabell County

What West Virginia's program says
Phone
304-352-5039
Email
Radon@wv.gov
Licensing of radon professionals
Complete listings of professionals licensed to perform Asbestos, Lead, Radon and Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation activities in West Virginia.

What it means

Cabell County, Questions

Questions about radon in Cabell County

Are radon levels high in Cabell County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 16.6% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Cabell County, West Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.0 pCi/L. Of 27 West Virginia counties with 30 or more tests for the same period, 24 reported a higher share; pooled, the state comes to 37.5%.

Which counties border Cabell County?

Cabell County borders 6 counties: Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Lawrence County, OH, Mason County, WV and Gallia County, OH.

Products

Cabell County, Products

Testing a home in Cabell County

In Cabell County, 16.6% of 145 tests reported to CDC over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals reached 4 pCi/L, against 37.5% pooled across West Virginia. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Cabell County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.

Test kits and monitors3

See every kit and monitor

Best radon monitors for Cabell County homes, compared

Explore

Cabell County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Cabell County

Calculated by Radon411

Cabell County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Cabell County

About 91,183 people live in Cabell County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 3,062 fewer than in 2020 (−3.2%). That works out to 324 people per square mile of land. Huntington, the largest place on its list (44,815 residents in all), extends beyond Cabell County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 145 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 1.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where West Virginia as a whole comes to 5.7.

From Huntington to Milton, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Cabell County's.

The cities and towns in Cabell County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Huntingtonextends beyond Cabell County44,815−4.3%Counted whole
Barboursville4,307−2.9%4.7%
Milton2,792−2.0%3.1%

3 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 Cabell County is counted whole, so it has no share.

Cabell County, Homes

Homes in Cabell County

Of Cabell County's 46,084 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 71% across West Virginia; 16% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1969, close to West Virginia's 1976: 38% date from before 1960 and 15% from 2000 or later. 64% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (West Virginia: 74%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.

Homes in Cabell County, West Virginia, 2019 to 2023
HomesCabell CountyWest Virginia
Housing units46,084859,653
Detached houses65%71%
In buildings of 5 or more16%8%
Mobile homes8%14%
Built before 196038%33%
Built since 200015%18%
Middle year built19691976
Owner-occupied64%74%

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