Noise Levels in 32764, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map

42 dBA
Average noise across 32764
Quiet suburban street at night
154
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
5% of 32764 residents
66 dBA
Loudest residential point
Highway traffic 50 ft away

This map shows modeled outdoor noise across 32764 at 100-meter resolution, combining road, aviation, and rail sources. Green areas measure below 45 dBA. Orange and red exceed the EPA's 55 dBA outdoor threshold linked to long-term health effects. Use the layer toggles to view each source on its own or all together.

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32764, FL Map of Noise Levels in 32764
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What the numbers sound like

  • 30 dBAWhisper
  • 40 dBASoft rainfall
  • 45 dBAQuiet suburban street at night
  • 50 dBAQuiet office
  • 55 dBAEPA outdoor threshold: light traffic 100 ft away
  • 60 dBANormal conversation an arm's length away
  • 65 dBABusy restaurant
  • 70 dBAHighway traffic 50 ft away
  • 80 dBACity bus interior

Population Above the EPA Outdoor Threshold

The EPA's 55 dBA outdoor reference level is a common benchmark for residential noise exposure, especially for activity interference, annoyance, and long-term community noise concerns. About 154 32764 residents, or 4.6%, live above that level. By land area, 6.9% of 32764 is above 55 dBA.

See how noise in 32764 compares to similar-sized zip codes.

Noise by Part of 32764

Average noise levels for 32764 residents, grouped by direction from the center of 32764. Western 32764 carries the highest population-weighted average; Northern 32764 carries the lowest. Just 1% of residents in Northern 32764 live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Western 32764.

Eastern 32764

36.5 dBA · Quiet
Soft rainfall

0% of people above 55 dBA

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Northern 32764

35.5 dBA · Quiet
Soft rainfall

1% of people above 55 dBA

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Southern 32764

41.5 dBA · Quiet
Quiet suburban street at night

0% of people above 55 dBA

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Western 32764

46.4 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office

11% of people above 55 dBA

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Western 32764 sounds about 113% louder than Northern 32764 to the human ear, a 10.9 dBA gap. Every 10 dBA roughly doubles perceived loudness. Within any of these directions, two homes a quarter mile apart can still differ by 10 or more dBA depending on how close they sit to a major highway.

How far back from SR-415 do you need to be?

SR-415 produces an estimated 63 dBA at its loudest centerline points. Noise drops logarithmically with distance, with the exact rate depending on what's between you and the road. Tree cover, walls, terrain, and pavement type all matter. At roughly a quarter mile back, traffic fades into the noise level of a soft rainfall.

At source
63 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
51 dBA
Quiet office
330 ft
44 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
37 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall

Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 47% of 32764 sits under tree canopy (heavier than most zip codes) and roughly 6% is impervious surface like pavement and rooftops. Both are folded into the per-place decay rate above. Heavier canopy pulls noise down faster with distance; impervious surfaces slow the drop.

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Airport Noise

Orlando Sanford International (SFB) sits southwest of 32764. The U.S. Department of Transportation models aviation noise around this airport from federal traffic data, and the model uses those federal measurements rather than synthetic predictions.

Blocks under the approach and departure paths carry combined road-plus-aviation noise, with some exceeding 50 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of 32764, particularly to the northeast, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.

How Noise Is Distributed Across 32764

The bar chart below shows the share of 32764 residents in each noise band. About 98% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 0% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.

How 32764 Compares

32764 sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how 32764's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with 32744, 32732, 32759, and 32831.

Average noise level (dBA)

32764's 41.8 dBA pop-weighted average is the lowest among the peer group. Florida as a whole averages 51.6 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than 32764 because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.

Share of residents above 55 dBA

About 4.6% of 32764 residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's fewer than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 6.9% of 32764's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Florida average of 31.8% and a national average of 28.1%.

What This Means if You're Moving to 32764

  • Distance from highways matters more than the neighborhood name. Two homes in the same zip code can differ by 20 dBA if one sits 100 meters from SR-415 and the other 500 meters away. The model captures this at 100-meter resolution, so noise exposure changes block by block.
  • Tree canopy can help reduce modeled noise exposure. Roughly 47% of 32764 is under tree cover (heavier than most zip codes), and the dominant land cover is woody wetlands. Both are measured from federal USDA Forest Service and USGS satellite imagery at 30-meter resolution. Streets with 60% or higher canopy show 3 to 5 dBA lower noise than comparable streets with bare ground or pavement, which is why the per-place decay rate above already accounts for it.
  • Airport noise is directional. Orlando Sanford International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the southwest. Neighborhoods to the northeast of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.

Sources & Methodology

The BestNeighborhood noise model is calibrated against nearly one million federal ground-truth measurements across four states. Road noise is computed from segment-level federal traffic data and propagated outward using physics-based acoustic decay, with attenuation rates that depend on the surrounding land cover.

Federal datasets used:

FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System: road geometry, traffic counts, lane configuration
U.S. DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Noise Map: aviation and rail noise, road calibration ground truth
USGS / MRLC National Land Cover Database: land cover and impervious surface coverage
USDA Forest Service Tree Canopy Cover: vegetation density for sound propagation
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line: block-level geography and population
U.S. EPA Levels Document: 55 dBA outdoor reference level

All inputs are published federal datasets. Block-level noise is computed by combining road, rail, and aviation sound sources in the energy domain, the same physics used in professional environmental noise assessments. Read the full methodology.