North Syracuse, NY Noise Levels
How loud is North Syracuse, NY?
At 57.5 dB(A), North Syracuse, NY 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 road traffic, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. North Syracuse's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where North Syracuse'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.
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How North Syracuse compares nationally
North Syracuse ranks 477 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. By population, it ranks 4,128 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 6,761 people.
Checking one address in North Syracuse
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in North Syracuse directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
North Syracuse'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 road traffic calls for a different fix than the other two sources.