McConnellsburg, PA Noise Levels
Is McConnellsburg, PA noisy?
McConnellsburg, PA reads 57.5 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. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at McConnellsburg's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
McConnellsburg'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.
What this means for a house here
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where McConnellsburg ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, McConnellsburg ranks 681, loudest first. About 1,118 people live there, making it the 9,834th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from McConnellsburg's reading
This page describes McConnellsburg as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind McConnellsburg's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how McConnellsburg's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.