Houma, LA Noise Levels
Is Houma, LA noisy?
Houma, LA sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Houma 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.
Where Houma ranks
Houma, LA sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. By population, it ranks 1,294 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 31,671 people.
Your street may differ from Houma's reading
This page describes Houma as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Houma's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Houma's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Houma isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.