Payson, IL Noise Levels
Is Payson, IL noisy?
Payson, IL sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Payson as a whole, not a specific block, the underlying BTS map resolves to about 38 meters per pixel, sampled at the town's own center point.
Where Payson ranks
Payson, IL sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. By population, it ranks 10,260 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 998 people.
Your street may differ from Payson's reading
This page describes Payson as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Payson's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Payson's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Payson isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.