Columbia Heights, MN Noise Levels
How loud is Columbia Heights, MN?
At 47.5 dB(A), Columbia Heights, MN falls 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. Treat this as Columbia Heights's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Where Columbia Heights's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
How Columbia Heights compares nationally
Columbia Heights ranks 2,096 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 22,358, 1,761th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Columbia Heights
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Columbia Heights directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Columbia Heights's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. See the why New York City shows up quiet here too for why a real place can show no reading at all.