Inver Grove Heights, MN Noise Levels
How loud is Inver Grove Heights, MN?
At 52.5 dB(A), Inver Grove Heights, MN falls 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. The main source is road traffic, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. Treat this as Inver Grove Heights's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Where Inver Grove Heights's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
If you're weighing a move to Inver Grove Heights
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How Inver Grove Heights compares nationally
Inver Grove Heights ranks 884 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 1,139 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 36,226 people.
Checking one address in Inver Grove Heights
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Inver Grove Heights directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Inver Grove Heights's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why road traffic calls for a different fix than the other two sources.