Picayune, MS Noise Levels
How loud is Picayune, MS?
None of the three transportation sources BTS models, road, rail or aircraft, register above 45 dB(A) at Picayune, MS. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Picayune, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
How Picayune compares nationally
Picayune, MS 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 2,809 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 12,017 people.
Checking one address in Picayune
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Picayune directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Picayune's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. See the why New York City shows up quiet here too for why a real place can show no reading at all.