Bethany, IL Noise Levels
How loud is Bethany, IL?
At 47.5 dB(A), Bethany, IL 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.
Bethany's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Bethany'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 Bethany compares nationally
Bethany ranks 3,284 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 1,198, 9,592th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Bethany
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Bethany directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Bethany'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.