Pleasant Hills, PA Noise Levels
How loud is Pleasant Hills, PA?
At 47.5 dB(A), Pleasant Hills, PA 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. This describes Pleasant Hills 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 Pleasant Hills'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.
If you're weighing a move to Pleasant Hills
Upgraded windows, door seals and STC-rated glazing meaningfully cut broadband, near-continuous road noise.
How Pleasant Hills compares nationally
Pleasant Hills ranks 2,396 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 8,318, 3,637th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Pleasant Hills
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Pleasant Hills directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Pleasant Hills'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.