Noise Levels in Isetts, Kenosha, WI | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
53 dBA
Average noise across Isetts
Quiet office to normal conversation
875
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
28% of Isetts residents
62 dBA
Loudest residential point
Busy restaurant
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Isetts 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 875 Isetts residents, or 28.4%, live above that level. By land area, 29.9% of Isetts is above 55 dBA.
70.1% below 55 dBA
29.9% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Isetts compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Isetts
Average noise levels for Isetts residents, grouped by direction from the center of Isetts. The highest population-weighted average is in western Isetts; the lowest is in eastern Isetts, where just 19% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in the loudest section.
Western Isetts
54.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Central Isetts
53.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Isetts
52.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in western Isetts sounds about 12% louder than in eastern Isetts, a 1.6 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 89TH St do you need to be?
89TH St produces an estimated 56 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
56 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
165 ft
42 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
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 13% of Isetts sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 50% 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 Isetts
The bar chart below shows the share of Isetts residents in each noise band. About 71% 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 Isetts Compares
Isetts sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how Isetts's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with red-arrow-kenosha-wi, Downtown, Lance, and White Caps.
Average noise level (dBA)
Isetts's 52.9 dBA pop-weighted average is the lowest among the peer group. Wisconsin as a whole averages 53.0 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Isetts because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 28.4% of Isetts 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, 29.9% of Isetts's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Wisconsin average of 29.6% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Isetts
- 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 89TH St 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 13% of Isetts is under tree cover (about average for 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.
