Benwood, WV Noise Levels
Is Benwood, WV noisy?
Benwood, WV 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 Benwood's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Benwood ranks
Benwood, WV sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. Population is about 1,204, 9,575th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Benwood's reading
This page describes Benwood as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Benwood's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Benwood's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Benwood isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.