Port Wentworth, GA Noise Levels
How loud is Port Wentworth, GA?
At 47.5 dB(A), Port Wentworth, GA 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. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Port Wentworth, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Port Wentworth'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.
How Port Wentworth compares nationally
Port Wentworth ranks 2,205 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 14,865, 2,408th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Port Wentworth
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Port Wentworth directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Port Wentworth'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.