Galveston, TX Noise Levels
Is Galveston, TX noisy?
Galveston, TX sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That's the reading at Galveston's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Galveston ranks
There's no loudness rank for Galveston: it's one of 8,515 places nationally where BTS's model measures nothing above its 45 dB(A) floor. Population is about 53,538, 763th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Galveston's reading
This page describes Galveston as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Galveston's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Galveston's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Galveston isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.