Paxton, IL Noise Levels
Is Paxton, IL noisy?
Paxton, IL sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That's the reading at Paxton's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Paxton ranks
Paxton, IL sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 4,402 people live there, making it the 5,245th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Paxton's reading
This page describes Paxton as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Paxton's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Paxton's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Paxton isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.