Noise Levels in Ingram Hills, San Antonio, TX | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
50 dBA
Average noise across Ingram Hills
Quiet office
865
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
21% of Ingram Hills residents
63 dBA
Loudest residential point
Busy restaurant
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Ingram Hills 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 865 Ingram Hills residents, or 20.9%, live above that level. By land area, 32.9% of Ingram Hills is above 55 dBA.
67.1% below 55 dBA
32.9% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Ingram Hills compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Ingram Hills
Average noise levels for Ingram Hills residents, grouped by direction from the center of Ingram Hills. The highest population-weighted average is in southwestern Ingram Hills; the lowest is in northern Ingram Hills, where just 12% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a third of the share in the loudest section.
Southwestern Ingram Hills
54.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Ingram Hills
53.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Ingram Hills
52.3 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Central Ingram Hills
50.9 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
Northern Ingram Hills
50.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
To the human ear, noise in southwestern Ingram Hills sounds about 27% louder than in northern Ingram Hills, a 3.5 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 63 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
63 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
50 dBA
Quiet office
330 ft
43 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
36 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 14% of Ingram Hills sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 43% 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
San Antonio International (SAT) sits northeast of Ingram Hills. 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 Ingram Hills, particularly to the southwest, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Ingram Hills
The bar chart below shows the share of Ingram Hills residents in each noise band. About 96% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 0% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Ingram Hills Compares
Ingram Hills sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how Ingram Hills's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Culebra Park, Oak Hills, Meadow Village, and North Central.
Average noise level (dBA)
Ingram Hills's 50.4 dBA pop-weighted average is the lowest among the peer group. Texas as a whole averages 50.8 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Ingram Hills because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 20.9% of Ingram Hills residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's fewer than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 32.9% of Ingram Hills'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 Ingram Hills
- 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 14% of Ingram Hills 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. San Antonio International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northeast. Neighborhoods to the southwest of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
