Haubstadt, IN Noise Levels
Is Haubstadt, IN noisy?
Haubstadt, IN's 60-69.9 dB(A) band spans one of HUD's zone boundaries, so the honest answer is a range: somewhere between "Acceptable" (65 dB(A) or below) and "Normally Unacceptable" (65-75 dB(A)), not one clean verdict. Rail traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at Haubstadt's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Haubstadt'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
Depending on where in that band the true value sits, it may also clear FHWA's 66 dB(A) residential impact threshold (23 CFR 772, Table 1), the trigger highway agencies use for sound-wall decisions. The same window and door upgrades that work on road noise also cut broadband rail noise, though very low-frequency freight rumble travels through walls, not just glass.
Where Haubstadt ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Haubstadt ranks 255, loudest first. About 1,621 people live there, making it the 8,463th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Haubstadt's reading
This page describes Haubstadt as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Haubstadt's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Haubstadt's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since rail traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.