Baker City, OR Noise Levels
How loud is Baker City, OR?
At 47.5 dB(A), Baker City, OR 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. Baker City's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Baker 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 Baker City compares nationally
Baker City ranks 2,327 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 10,135, 3,175th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Baker City
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Baker City directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Baker 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.