Albany, CA Noise Levels
Is Albany, CA noisy?
Albany, CA sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That's the reading at Albany's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Albany ranks
Albany is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. About 19,439 people live there, making it the 1,975th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Albany's reading
This page describes Albany as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Albany's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Albany's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Albany isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.