What EPA's radon map says about Coffee County

EPA's own radon map rates Coffee County zone 3 - low potential, predicting a county-wide average indoor level below 2 pCi/L. Nationally that's the 21st percentile for radon potential — Coffee County outranks 21% of every county EPA has rated.

Coffee County by the numbers

About 43,851 people live in Coffee County, Georgia, spread over 592.263 square miles. That works out to roughly 74 people per square mile. Among counties sharing Coffee County's EPA zone, it outranks 63% of them by population. Coffee County falls in EPA Radon Region 4, one of 736 counties nationally EPA assigns to that same geologic province.

Why the zone isn't the answer by itself

A Zone 3 county like Coffee County is predicted closer to the 0.4 pCi/L typical outdoors than to EPA's 4 pCi/L action level. Low doesn't mean zero: EPA's own data shows homes in Zone 3 counties like Coffee County testing above the action level often enough that skipping a test isn't the safe assumption.

Next steps for a home in Coffee County

Mitigation cost doesn't depend on Coffee County's zone — it depends on the house's foundation. A typical system runs $800–$2,500 (about $1,200 typical), and testing first is what tells you whether that's needed at all.

Find Georgia's state radon program

Coffee County's test kit answers today; a Airthings radon monitor keeps answering for Coffee County over time. Affiliate link, RadonZoneCheck earns a commission there, at no extra cost to you. RADONZONE-10OFF at checkout knocks 10% off.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to EPA's own Map of Radon Zones and Census data, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why a low zone still deserves a test, the zone explainer covers that directly.