Greenville, TX Noise Levels
Is Greenville, TX noisy?
Greenville, 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. That's the reading at Greenville's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Greenville'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.
Where Greenville ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Greenville ranks 1,994, loudest first. By population, it ranks 1,202 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 34,355 people.
Your street may differ from Greenville's reading
This page describes Greenville as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Greenville's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Greenville's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Greenville isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.