St. Albans, VT Noise Levels
Is St. Albans, VT noisy?
St. Albans, VT 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. Treat this as St. Albans's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
St. Albans'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.
Where St. Albans ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, St. Albans ranks 2,475, loudest first. About 7,031 people live there, making it the 4,029th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from St. Albans's reading
This page describes St. Albans as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind St. Albans's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how St. Albans's reading was built from BTS's tile data. St. Albans isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.