Portage, PA Noise Levels
Is Portage, PA noisy?
Portage, PA reads 47.5 dB(A) on BTS's 24-hour average, 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. Rail traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Portage, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Portage's noise, by source
Each of the three transportation modes gets its own model from BTS; the combined figure above is what they add up to.
What this means for a house here
The same window and door upgrades that work on road noise also cut broadband rail noise, though very low-frequency freight rumble travels through walls, not just glass.
Where Portage ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Portage ranks 2,931, loudest first. Population is about 2,381, 7,048th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from Portage's reading
This page describes Portage as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Portage's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Portage's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Since rail traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.