Sweetwater, TX Noise Levels
Sweetwater, TX: what the federal noise map shows
Sweetwater, TX reads 57.5 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. Rail traffic drives that number here, not the other two sources. That's the reading at Sweetwater's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Sweetwater'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.
What this means for a house here
The same window and door upgrades that work on road noise also cut broadband rail noise, though very low-frequency freight rumble travels through walls, not just glass.
Where Sweetwater ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, Sweetwater ranks 442, loudest first. By population, it ranks 3,156 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 10,196 people.
Your street may differ from Sweetwater's reading
For a single house or lot in Sweetwater rather than the town-wide figure above, BTS's own map is the same free source, queried directly.
More on how this number was built
For exactly which federal dataset feeds Sweetwater's figure, see the methodology guide. Since rail traffic is what's driving this reading, the guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise covers the fix that fits.