Star, NC Noise Levels
Is Star, NC noisy?
Star, NC 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 Star's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Star ranks
Star, NC sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. About 822 people live there, making it the 11,108th largest place in this dataset.
Your street may differ from Star's reading
This page describes Star as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Star's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Star's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Star isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.