Central, SC Noise Levels
Is Central, SC noisy?
Central, SC sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. Central's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Central ranks
Central, SC sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. Population is about 5,339, 4,695th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Central's reading
This page describes Central as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Central's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Central's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Central isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.