NoiseLevelCheck

Newville, PA Noise Levels

Newville, PA: what the federal noise map shows

Acceptable
47.5dB(A)

Newville, PA 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. Road traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources.

This describes Newville as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.

Newville's noise, by source

47.5 dBRoad
n/aRail
n/aAviation

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 Newville ranks

Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Newville ranks 3,194, loudest first. Population is about 1,412, 8,949th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.

Your street may differ from Newville's reading

For a single house or lot in Newville rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.

Look up Newville directly on BTS's noise map

More on how this number was built

For exactly which federal dataset feeds Newville's figure, see the methodology guide. Since road traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.