Delaware, OH Noise Levels
How loud is Delaware, OH?
At 47.5 dB(A), Delaware, OH 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. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Delaware, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Delaware'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 Delaware compares nationally
Delaware ranks 1,942 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. About 46,521 people live there, making it the 881th largest place in this dataset.
Checking one address in Delaware
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Delaware directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Delaware'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.