Highland Park, IL Noise Levels
Is Highland Park, IL noisy?
Highland Park, IL 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.
This describes Highland Park as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Highland Park'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 Highland Park ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Highland Park ranks 2,014, loudest first. By population, it ranks 1,326 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 30,794 people.
Your street may differ from Highland Park's reading
This page describes Highland Park as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Highland Park's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Highland Park's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Highland Park isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.