Arkansas City, KS Noise Levels
How loud is Arkansas City, KS?
At 47.5 dB(A), Arkansas City, KS falls inside HUD's "Acceptable" noise zone, 65 dB(A) day-night average or below under 24 CFR 51.104, the federal government's own line for building housing with no extra sound attenuation required. Treat this as Arkansas City's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Where Arkansas City's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
How Arkansas City compares nationally
Arkansas City ranks 2,279 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. About 11,761 people live there, making it the 2,852th largest place in this dataset.
Checking one address in Arkansas City
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Arkansas City directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Arkansas City's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. See the why New York City shows up quiet here too for why a real place can show no reading at all.