Villa Park, IL Noise Levels
How loud is Villa Park, IL?
At 47.5 dB(A), Villa Park, IL 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. The main source is aircraft, well ahead of the other two modes BTS tracks. Treat this as Villa Park's one representative point, not a promise about every block in it, BTS's map wasn't built to resolve individual streets.
Where Villa Park'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.
If you're weighing a move to Villa Park
Aircraft noise is intermittent and lower-frequency, which is why FAA’s Part 150 program funds whole-envelope sound insulation for homes inside an airport’s own mapped noise contour rather than relying on window replacement alone.
How Villa Park compares nationally
Villa Park ranks 2,102 of 3,622 measured places nationally, 1 being the loudest this dataset covers. Population is about 22,020, 1,782th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Checking one address in Villa Park
Nothing here substitutes for checking one address in Villa Park directly, and BTS's own map lets anyone do that at no cost.
Villa Park's number isn't a one-off calculation, it comes from the same method covered in the methodology guide. The guide to what actually cuts each kind of noise explains why aircraft calls for a different fix than the other two sources.