Noise Levels in 34786, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
50 dBA
Average noise across 34786
Quiet office
6,725
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
18% of 34786 residents
82 dBA
Loudest residential point
Food blender at arm’s length
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across 34786 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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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 6,725 34786 residents, or 17.6%, live above that level. By land area, 27.4% of 34786 is above 55 dBA.
Average noise levels for 34786 residents, grouped by direction from the center of 34786. Southern 34786 carries the highest population-weighted average; Central 34786 carries the lowest. Just 0% of residents in Central 34786 live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Southern 34786.
Central 34786
44.6 dBA · Quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
0% of people above 55 dBA
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Eastern 34786
49.2 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
15% of people above 55 dBA
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Northern 34786
48.2 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
10% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern 34786
50.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
22% of people above 55 dBA
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Western 34786
50.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
21% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern 34786 sounds about 51% louder than Central 34786 to the human ear, a 5.9 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 Cr-535 do you need to be?
Cr-535 produces an estimated 67 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
67 dBA
Highway traffic 50 ft away
165 ft
55 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
330 ft
48 dBA
Quiet office
660 ft
41 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 20% of 34786 sits under tree canopy (about average for zip codes) and roughly 42% 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 International (MCO) sits east of 34786. The U.S. Department of Transportation measures aviation noise around this airport directly, 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 75 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of 34786, particularly to the west, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across 34786
The bar chart below shows the share of 34786 residents in each noise band. About 82% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 1% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How 34786 Compares
34786 sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how 34786's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with 32835, 34761, 32811, and 32818.
Average noise level (dBA)
34786's 49.7 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 34786 because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 17.6% of 34786 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, 27.4% of 34786'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 34786
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 Cr-535 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 20% of 34786 is under tree cover (about average for 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.
Airport noise is directional. Orlando International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the east. Neighborhoods to the west 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.
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.
