Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Noise Levels
Is Hasbrouck Heights, NJ noisy?
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ reads 52.5 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. Hasbrouck Heights's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Hasbrouck Heights'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 Hasbrouck Heights ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Hasbrouck Heights ranks 1,044, loudest first. About 12,253 people live there, making it the 2,780th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Hasbrouck Heights's reading
This page describes Hasbrouck Heights as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Hasbrouck Heights's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Hasbrouck Heights'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.