East St. Louis, IL Noise Levels
East St. Louis, IL: what the federal noise map shows
East St. Louis, IL reads 52.5 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. Rail traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. East St. Louis's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
East St. Louis'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
The same window and door upgrades that work on road noise also cut broadband rail noise, though very low-frequency freight rumble travels through walls, not just glass.
Where East St. Louis ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, East St. Louis ranks 985, loudest first. By population, it ranks 2,116 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 17,808 people.
Your street may differ from East St. Louis's reading
For a single house or lot in East St. Louis rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.
More on how this number was built
For exactly which federal dataset feeds East St. Louis's figure, see the methodology guide. Since rail traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.