Skokie, IL Noise Levels
Is Skokie, IL noisy?
Skokie, IL sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. This describes Skokie 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 Skokie ranks
There's no loudness rank for Skokie: it's one of 8,515 places nationally where BTS's model measures nothing above its 45 dB(A) floor. About 65,850 people live there, making it the 600th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Skokie's reading
This page describes Skokie as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Skokie's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Skokie's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Skokie isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.