Noise Levels in 64165, MO | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
50 dBA
Average noise across 64165
Quiet office
21
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
10% of 64165 residents
79 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across 64165 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 21 64165 residents, or 10.3%, live above that level. By land area, 53.5% of 64165 is above 55 dBA.
Average noise levels for 64165 residents, grouped by direction from the center of 64165. Southern 64165 carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern 64165 carries the lowest. Just 2% of residents in Eastern 64165 live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Southern 64165.
Central 64165
47.2 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
4% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Eastern 64165
44.4 dBA · Quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
2% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Northern 64165
53.3 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
5% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Southern 64165
63.2 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
37% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Western 64165
61.4 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
37% of people above 55 dBA
QuietLoud
Southern 64165 sounds about 268% louder than Eastern 64165 to the human ear, a 18.8 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 US Hwy 169 do you need to be?
US Hwy 169 produces an estimated 76 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 quiet suburban street at night.
At source
76 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
57 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
660 ft
50 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
43 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
½ mile
36 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 40% of 64165 sits under tree canopy (heavier than most zip codes) and roughly 3% 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
Kansas City International (MCI) sits west of 64165. 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 65 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of 64165, particularly to the east, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across 64165
The bar chart below shows the share of 64165 residents in each noise band. About 80% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 12% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How 64165 Compares
64165 sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how 64165's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with 64164, 64166, 64072, and 64028.
Average noise level (dBA)
64165's 50.2 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Missouri as a whole averages 53.9 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than 64165 because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 10.3% of 64165 residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's in the middle of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 53.5% of 64165's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Missouri average of 32.5% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to 64165
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 US Hwy 169 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 40% of 64165 is under tree cover (heavier than most zip codes), and the dominant land cover is pasture / hay. 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. Kansas City International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the west. Neighborhoods to the east 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.
