NoiseLevelCheck

Homer, AK Noise Levels

Is Homer, AK noisy?

Homer, AK sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Homer, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.

Where Homer ranks

Homer is one of 8,515 places in this dataset with no measurable transportation noise at all, too quiet to rank on loudness. About 6,136 people live there, making it the 4,350th largest place in this dataset.

Your street may differ from Homer's reading

This page describes Homer as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.

Look up Homer directly on BTS's noise map

Behind Homer's reading

The methodology guide shows exactly how Homer's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Homer isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.