Madison, WI Noise Levels
Is Madison, WI noisy?
Madison, WI 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 Madison, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Madison ranks
Madison, WI sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 285,300 people live there, making it the 79th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Madison's reading
This page describes Madison as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Madison's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Madison's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Madison isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.