Noise Levels in Album Park, El Paso, TX | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
54 dBA
Average noise across Album Park
Quiet office to normal conversation
3,451
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
40% of Album Park residents
67 dBA
Loudest residential point
Highway traffic 50 ft away
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Album Park 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.
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 3,451 Album Park residents, or 40.1%, live above that level. By land area, 35.2% of Album Park is above 55 dBA.
64.8% below 55 dBA
35.2% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Album Park compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Album Park
Average noise levels for Album Park residents, grouped by direction from the center of Album Park. The highest population-weighted average is in southwestern Album Park; the lowest is in southeastern Album Park, where just 31% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, three-quarters of the share in the loudest section.
Southwestern Album Park
56.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Eastern Album Park
55.5 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northwestern Album Park
54.5 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern Album Park
53.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southeastern Album Park
53.3 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in southwestern Album Park sounds about 27% louder than in southeastern Album Park, a 3.4 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 I-10 do you need to be?
I-10 produces an estimated 55 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
55 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
165 ft
40 dBA
Soft rainfall
330 ft
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
660 ft
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 0% of Album Park sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 56% 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
El Paso International (ELP) sits northwest of Album Park. 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 Album Park, particularly to the southeast, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Album Park
The bar chart below shows the share of Album Park residents in each noise band. About 58% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 3% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Album Park Compares
Album Park sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Album Park's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Mesa Hills, North Hills, Save The Valley 21, and Coronado.
Average noise level (dBA)
Album Park's 53.8 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Texas as a whole averages 50.8 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Album Park because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 40.1% of Album Park 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, 35.2% of Album Park's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Texas average of 22.8% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Album Park
- 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 I-10 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 0% of Album Park is under tree cover (much lighter than most neighborhoods), 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. El Paso International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northwest. Neighborhoods to the southeast of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
