Bloomington, MN Noise Levels
Is Bloomington, MN noisy?
Bloomington, MN sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Bloomington 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 Bloomington ranks
Bloomington, MN sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 88,344 people live there, making it the 407th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Bloomington's reading
This page describes Bloomington as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Bloomington's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Bloomington's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Bloomington isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.