Noise Levels in 33050, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map

54 dBA
Average noise across 33050
Quiet office to normal conversation
3,536
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
38% of 33050 residents
91 dBA
Loudest residential point
Lawnmower at 1 m

This map shows modeled outdoor noise across 33050 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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33050, FL Map of Noise Levels in 33050
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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 3,536 33050 residents, or 37.7%, live above that level. By land area, 34.5% of 33050 is above 55 dBA.

See how noise in 33050 compares to similar-sized zip codes.

Noise by Part of 33050

Average noise levels for 33050 residents, grouped by direction from the center of 33050. Northern 33050 carries the highest population-weighted average; Southern 33050 carries the lowest. Just 0% of residents in Southern 33050 live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Northern 33050.

Central 33050

57.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away

69% of people above 55 dBA

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Eastern 33050

53.4 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation

39% of people above 55 dBA

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Northern 33050

63.8 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant

100% of people above 55 dBA

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Southern 33050

40.7 dBA · Quiet
Soft rainfall

0% of people above 55 dBA

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Western 33050

53.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation

35% of people above 55 dBA

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Northern 33050 sounds about 396% louder than Southern 33050 to the human ear, a 23.1 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 Overseas Hwy do you need to be?

Overseas Hwy produces an estimated 66 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
66 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
53 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
330 ft
46 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
39 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall

Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 7% of 33050 sits under tree canopy (lighter than most zip codes) and roughly 44% 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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How Noise Is Distributed Across 33050

The bar chart below shows the share of 33050 residents in each noise band. About 57% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 8% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.

How 33050 Compares

33050 sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how 33050's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with 33042, 33043, 33070, and 33037.

Average noise level (dBA)

33050's 53.8 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. Florida as a whole averages 51.6 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than 33050 because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.

Share of residents above 55 dBA

About 37.7% of 33050 residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's more than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 34.5% of 33050'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 33050

  • 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 Overseas Hwy 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 7% of 33050 is under tree cover (lighter than most zip codes), and the dominant land cover is medium-intensity developed land. 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.

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.

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