Georgetown, TX Noise Levels
Is Georgetown, TX noisy?
Georgetown, TX reads 47.5 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. Aircraft drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at Georgetown's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Georgetown'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
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.
Where Georgetown ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Georgetown ranks 1,836, loudest first. About 101,344 people live there, making it the 335th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Georgetown's reading
This page describes Georgetown as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Georgetown's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Georgetown's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since aircraft is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.