Springfield, MO Noise Levels
Is Springfield, MO noisy?
Springfield, MO sits below the 45 dB(A) floor BTS's transportation noise model measures at all, road, rail and aircraft alike. That's the reading at Springfield's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Springfield ranks
Springfield, MO sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 170,596 people live there, making it the 159th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Springfield's reading
This page describes Springfield as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Springfield's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Springfield's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Springfield isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.