White Castle, LA Noise Levels
Is White Castle, LA noisy?
White Castle, LA reads 47.5 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. That figure is sampled at one coordinate, the Census Bureau's own internal point for White Castle, not a street-by-street survey of the whole place.
White Castle'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.
Where White Castle ranks
Among the 3,622 US places in this dataset with any measurable transportation noise, White Castle ranks 3,134, loudest first. Population is about 1,612, 8,489th largest of the 12,137 places covered here.
Your street may differ from White Castle's reading
This page describes White Castle as a whole. If one specific address is what matters, BTS publishes the same underlying map for free.
Behind White Castle's reading
The methodology guide shows exactly how White Castle's reading was built from BTS's tile data. White Castle isn't the only surprise: the guide to why big cities show up quiet covers why this happens.