Bangor, ME Noise Levels
Is Bangor, ME noisy?
Bangor, ME sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Bangor as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Where Bangor ranks
Bangor, ME sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 32,446 people live there, making it the 1,264th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Bangor's reading
This page describes Bangor as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Bangor's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Bangor's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Bangor isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.