Colonial Heights, VA Noise Levels
Is Colonial Heights, VA noisy?
Colonial Heights, VA 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. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Colonial Heights, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Colonial Heights'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.
What this means for a house here
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where Colonial Heights ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Colonial Heights ranks 2,141, loudest first. About 18,674 people live there, making it the 2,038th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Colonial Heights's reading
This page describes Colonial Heights as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Colonial Heights's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Colonial Heights's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.