Greenwood, DE Noise Levels
Is Greenwood, DE noisy?
Greenwood, DE 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 figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Greenwood, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Greenwood'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 Greenwood ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Greenwood ranks 3,310, loudest first. Population is about 1,123, 9,815th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Greenwood's reading
This page describes Greenwood as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Greenwood's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Greenwood's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Greenwood isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.