Missoula, MT Noise Levels
How loud is Missoula, MT?
At 47.5 dB(A), Missoula, MT 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. Missoula's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Missoula'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 Missoula compares nationally
Missoula ranks 1,869 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. About 78,204 people live there, making it the 485th largest place in this dataset.
Checking one address in Missoula
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Missoula directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Missoula'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.