North Myrtle Beach, SC Noise Levels
Is North Myrtle Beach, SC noisy?
North Myrtle Beach, SC 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. Aircraft drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at North Myrtle Beach's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
North Myrtle Beach'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
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.
Where North Myrtle Beach ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, North Myrtle Beach ranks 405, loudest first. About 20,798 people live there, making it the 1,860th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from North Myrtle Beach's reading
This page describes North Myrtle Beach as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind North Myrtle Beach's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how North Myrtle Beach's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since aircraft is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.