Chatham, IL Noise Levels

Is Chatham, IL noisy?

Chatham, IL 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 Chatham's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.

Where Chatham ranks

Chatham, IL sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 14,639 people live there, making it the 2,431th largest place in this dataset.

Your street may differ from Chatham's reading

This page describes Chatham as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.

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Behind Chatham's reading

The methodology guide shows exactly how Chatham's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Chatham isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.