Elk Grove Village, IL Noise Levels
How loud is Elk Grove Village, IL?
At 57.5 dB(A), Elk Grove Village, IL 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. The main source is aircraft, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. This describes Elk Grove Village as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Where Elk Grove Village'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.
If you're weighing a move to Elk Grove Village
Aircraft noise is intermittent and lower-frequency, which is why FAA’s Part 150 program funds whole-envelope sound insulation for homes inside an airport’s own mapped noise contour rather than relying on window replacement alone.
How Elk Grove Village compares nationally
Elk Grove Village ranks 387 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 1,286 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 31,802 people.
Checking one address in Elk Grove Village
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Elk Grove Village directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Elk Grove Village's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why aircraft calls for a different fix than the other two sources.