Del City, OK Noise Levels
Is Del City, OK noisy?
Del City, OK 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. Treat this as Del City's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Del City'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 Del City ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Del City ranks 2,107, loudest first. Population is about 21,272, 1,828th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Del City's reading
This page describes Del City as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Del City's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Del City'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.