Noise Levels in Huntington Park, CA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
56 dBA
Average noise across Huntington Park
Quiet office to normal conversation
23,720
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
44% of Huntington Park residents
74 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Huntington 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 23,720 Huntington Park residents, or 44.4%, live above that level. By land area, 49.9% of Huntington Park is above 55 dBA.
50.1% below 55 dBA
49.9% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Huntington Park compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Huntington Park
Average noise levels for Huntington Park residents, grouped by direction from the center of Huntington Park. The highest population-weighted average is in western Huntington Park; the lowest is in the Walnut Park area (southern Huntington Park), where just 34% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, three-quarters of the share in the loudest section.
Western Huntington Park
59.5 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northern Huntington Park
57.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Southwestern Huntington Park
56.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northeastern Huntington Park
55.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Walnut Park
54.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in western Huntington Park sounds about 45% louder than in the Walnut Park area (southern Huntington Park), a 5.4 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 do you need to be?
produces an estimated 74 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
74 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
61 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
330 ft
53 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
660 ft
45 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
¼ mile
37 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 2% of Huntington Park sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most cities) and roughly 69% 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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Rail Noise
Active freight rail runs through parts of Huntington Park. For most blocks the rail-only contribution is small. Combined road-plus-rail noise rarely exceeds road noise on its own. The exceptions are the handful of blocks within roughly a quarter mile of the right-of-way during pass-through hours.
Use the Rail toggle on the map above to isolate rail's contribution from road and aviation.
Airport Noise
Los Angeles International (LAX) sits west of Huntington Park. 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 50 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Huntington Park, 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 Huntington Park
The bar chart below shows the share of Huntington Park residents in each noise band. About 50% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 9% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Huntington Park Compares
Huntington Park sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Huntington Park's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Lynwood, Montebello, Florence-Graham, and Monterey Park.
Average noise level (dBA)
Huntington Park's 55.6 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. California as a whole averages 54.0 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Huntington Park because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 44.4% of Huntington Park 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, 49.9% of Huntington Park's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a California average of 36.0% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Huntington 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 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 2% of Huntington Park is under tree cover (much lighter than most cities), 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. Los Angeles International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the west. Neighborhoods to the east of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
