Marcus Hook, PA Noise Levels
How loud is Marcus Hook, PA?
At 47.5 dB(A), Marcus Hook, PA 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. Marcus Hook's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Marcus Hook'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.
How Marcus Hook compares nationally
Marcus Hook ranks 2,920 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 6,946 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 2,467 people.
Checking one address in Marcus Hook
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Marcus Hook directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Marcus Hook's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. See the why New York City shows up quiet here too for why a real place can show no reading at all.