NoiseLevelCheck

Derby, CT Noise Levels

Is Derby, CT noisy?

Derby, CT sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Derby, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.

Where Derby ranks

Derby, CT sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. By population, it ranks 2,666 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 12,915 people.

Your street may differ from Derby's reading

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

See BTS's official National Transportation Noise Map

Behind Derby's reading

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