Noise Levels in Bay Breeze Cove, St. Petersburg, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
54 dBA
Average noise across Bay Breeze Cove
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,248
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
41% of Bay Breeze Cove residents
64 dBA
Loudest residential point
Busy restaurant
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Bay Breeze Cove 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 1,248 Bay Breeze Cove residents, or 41.0%, live above that level. By land area, 41.4% of Bay Breeze Cove is above 55 dBA.
58.6% below 55 dBA
41.4% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Bay Breeze Cove compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Bay Breeze Cove
Average noise levels for Bay Breeze Cove residents, grouped by direction from the center of Bay Breeze Cove. Western Bay Breeze Cove carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern Bay Breeze Cove carries the lowest. Just 25% of residents in Eastern Bay Breeze Cove live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about half the share in Western Bay Breeze Cove.
Central Bay Breeze Cove
55.4 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Bay Breeze Cove
47.2 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Northern Bay Breeze Cove
53.9 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern Bay Breeze Cove
54.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Bay Breeze Cove
56.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Western Bay Breeze Cove sounds about 85% louder than Eastern Bay Breeze Cove to the human ear, a 8.9 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 do you need to be?
produces an estimated 64 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
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
51 dBA
Quiet office
330 ft
43 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
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 12% of Bay Breeze Cove sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 53% 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
St Pete-Clearwater International (PIE) sits northwest of Bay Breeze Cove. 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 55 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Bay Breeze Cove, 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 Bay Breeze Cove
The bar chart below shows the share of Bay Breeze Cove residents in each noise band. About 59% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 10% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Bay Breeze Cove Compares
Bay Breeze Cove sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Bay Breeze Cove's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Northeast Park, Melrose Mercy, Meadowlawn, and Edgemoor.
Average noise level (dBA)
Bay Breeze Cove's 53.8 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Florida as a whole averages 51.6 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Bay Breeze Cove because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 41.0% of Bay Breeze Cove 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, 41.4% of Bay Breeze Cove'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 Bay Breeze Cove
- 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 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 12% of Bay Breeze Cove is under tree cover (about average for neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is low-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. St Pete-Clearwater International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northwest. Neighborhoods to the southeast of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
