Is Taylor County, WV a radon risk area?

EPA's own radon map rates Taylor County zone 2 - moderate potential, predicting a county-wide average indoor level between 2 and 4 pCi/L. That puts Taylor County in the 44th percentile nationally for radon potential — higher than 44% of the counties EPA has rated.

How Taylor County compares

About 16,438 people live in Taylor County, West Virginia, spread over 172.771 square miles. Averaged across its land area, Taylor County runs about 95 people per square mile. Rank 685 by population within its EPA zone puts Taylor County at the 34th percentile among zone peers. EPA's geology-based Region 3 groups Taylor County with 244 other counties nationally sharing its underlying rock and soil profile.

What this actually means for a house in Taylor County

Neither at the 4 pCi/L action level nor down at the roughly 1.3 pCi/L national indoor norm, Taylor County's Zone 2 prediction lands in the gap between the two. Taylor County's Zone 2 rating sits in the middle nationally; EPA's guidance is unchanged by that — test every home regardless of its zone.

Testing and mitigation in Taylor County

Nothing about Taylor County's EPA zone changes the mitigation number: $800–$2,500 nationally (around $1,200 typical), set by the house's foundation rather than the county it sits in — and only relevant once a test actually clears 4 pCi/L.

Find West Virginia's state radon program

Taylor County's test kit answers today; a Airthings radon monitor keeps answering for Taylor 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. Whatever zone Taylor County carries, the zone explainer covers what it does and doesn't tell you about any one house.