Oak Ridge North, TX Noise Levels
Oak Ridge North, TX: what the federal noise map shows
Oak Ridge North, TX reads 52.5 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. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Oak Ridge North, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Oak Ridge North'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
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
Where Oak Ridge North ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Oak Ridge North ranks 1,314, loudest first. About 3,003 people live there, making it the 6,325th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Oak Ridge North's reading
For a single house or lot in Oak Ridge North rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.
More on how this number was built
For exactly which federal dataset feeds Oak Ridge North'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.