Tickfaw, LA Noise Levels
Noise levels in Tickfaw, LA
At 47.5 dB(A), Tickfaw, LA falls 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. Tickfaw's reading comes from a single sampled point, not a block-by-block sweep, so a specific address here could genuinely differ.
Where Tickfaw's noise comes from
BTS models these three sources separately before combining them, so a place can be quiet on two and loud on the third.
How Tickfaw compares nationally
Tickfaw ranks 3,592 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. About 685 people live there, making it the 11,915th largest place in this dataset.
Checking one address in Tickfaw
Tickfaw's figure above is a town-wide reading. For one exact address, BTS's own map is the free, authoritative source.
Where Tickfaw's figures come from
Every dB(A) figure on this page traces to a named BTS dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Curious why Tickfaw reads as quiet? The explanation of what a quiet result actually means covers it.