Kenosha, WI Noise Levels
Is Kenosha, WI noisy?
Kenosha, WI 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. That's the reading at Kenosha's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Kenosha'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 Kenosha ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Kenosha ranks 1,840, loudest first. By population, it ranks 347 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 99,578 people.
Your street may differ from Kenosha's reading
This page describes Kenosha as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Kenosha's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Kenosha's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Kenosha isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.