Thomson, IL Noise Levels
Is Thomson, IL noisy?
Thomson, IL 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 Thomson's Census-defined center point, not any one street, BTS's map is a live raster, not a per-address service.
Where Thomson ranks
Thomson, IL sits among 8,515 US places this dataset covers with no measurable transportation noise, out of 12,137 places checked overall. By population, it ranks 8,527 of the 12,137 places in this dataset, home to about 1,595 people.
Your street may differ from Thomson's reading
This page describes Thomson as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind Thomson's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how Thomson's reading was built from BTS's tile data. Thomson isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.