Bethel, NC Noise Levels
Is Bethel, NC noisy?
Bethel, NC reads 47.5 dB(A) on BTS's 24-hour average, 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. That's the reading at Bethel's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Bethel's noise, by source
Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.
Where Bethel ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Bethel ranks 3,197, loudest first. Population is about 1,407, 8,965th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Bethel's reading
This page describes Bethel as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Bethel's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Bethel's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Bethel isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.