Noise Levels in Del Rio, Jacksonville, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
52 dBA
Average noise across Del Rio
Quiet office to normal conversation
3,307
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
19% of Del Rio residents
80 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Del Rio 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 3,307 Del Rio residents, or 19.0%, live above that level. By land area, 25.8% of Del Rio is above 55 dBA.
Average noise levels for Del Rio residents, grouped by direction from the center of Del Rio. Eastern Del Rio carries the highest population-weighted average; Southern Del Rio carries the lowest. Just 4% of residents in Southern Del Rio live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Eastern Del Rio.
Eastern Del Rio
54.3 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
24% of people above 55 dBA
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Northern Del Rio
52.8 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
49% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern Del Rio
44.9 dBA · Quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
4% of people above 55 dBA
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Western Del Rio
50.9 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
14% of people above 55 dBA
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Eastern Del Rio sounds about 92% louder than Southern Del Rio to the human ear, a 9.4 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-95 do you need to be?
I-95 produces an estimated 78 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
78 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
66 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
58 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
660 ft
51 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
¼ mile
44 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
½ mile
37 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 41% of Del Rio sits under tree canopy (much heavier than most neighborhoods) and roughly 30% 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 Del Rio
The bar chart below shows the share of Del Rio residents in each noise band. About 78% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 16% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Del Rio Compares
Del Rio sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Del Rio's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Beach Haven, Sandalwood, Greenland, and Mandarin Station-Losco.
Average noise level (dBA)
Del Rio's 52.0 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 Del Rio because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 19.0% of Del Rio 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, 25.8% of Del Rio'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 Del Rio
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-95 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 41% of Del Rio is under tree cover (much heavier than most 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.
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.
