Rio Rancho, NM Noise Levels
Is Rio Rancho, NM noisy?
Rio Rancho, NM sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for Rio Rancho, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
Where Rio Rancho ranks
Rio Rancho, NM 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 284 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 112,524 people.
Your street may differ from Rio Rancho's reading
This page describes Rio Rancho as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Rio Rancho's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Rio Rancho's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Rio Rancho isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.