Forest Hill, TX Noise Levels
Is Forest Hill, TX noisy?
Forest Hill, TX reads 85 dB(A) on BTS's 24-hour average, inside HUD's "Unacceptable" noise zone, above 75 dB(A), the most severe category HUD's own housing rules recognize. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. Treat this as Forest Hill's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Forest Hill'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
That also clears FHWA's own 66 dB(A) impact threshold for residential land use (23 CFR 772, Table 1), the level highway agencies use to decide whether a new road needs a sound wall. Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where Forest Hill ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Forest Hill ranks 5, loudest first. Population is about 14,314, 2,476th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Forest Hill's reading
This page describes Forest Hill as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Forest Hill's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Forest Hill'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.