North Arlington, NJ Noise Levels
How loud is North Arlington, NJ?
At 47.5 dB(A), North Arlington, NJ 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. The main source is aircraft, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for North Arlington, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where North Arlington'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.
If you're weighing a move to North Arlington
Aircraft noise is intermittent and lower-frequency, which is why FAA’s Part 150 program funds whole-envelope sound insulation for homes inside an airport’s own mapped noise contour rather than relying on window replacement alone.
How North Arlington compares nationally
North Arlington ranks 2,176 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. About 16,694 people live there, making it the 2,229th largest place in this dataset.
Checking one address in North Arlington
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in North Arlington directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
North Arlington's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why aircraft calls for a different fix than the other two sources.