Noise Levels in Love Field Area, Dallas, TX | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
59 dBA
Average noise across Love Field Area
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
9,666
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
88% of Love Field Area residents
86 dBA
Loudest residential point
Food blender at arm’s length
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Love Field Area 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 9,666 Love Field Area residents, or 87.8%, live above that level. By land area, 87.7% of Love Field Area is above 55 dBA.
12.3% below 55 dBA
87.7% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Love Field Area compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Love Field Area
Average noise levels for Love Field Area residents, grouped by direction from the center of Love Field Area. The highest population-weighted average is in southwestern Love Field Area; the lowest is in southern Love Field Area, where just 58% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, three-quarters of the share in the loudest section.
Southwestern Love Field Area
68.8 dBA · Loud
Highway traffic 50 ft away
Central Love Field Area
67.2 dBA · Loud
Highway traffic 50 ft away
Southeastern Love Field Area
61.7 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Northwestern Love Field Area
61.1 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Southern Love Field Area
58.7 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
To the human ear, noise in southwestern Love Field Area sounds about 101% louder than in southern Love Field Area, a 10.1 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 86 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 office.
At source
86 dBA
Food blender at arm’s length
165 ft
72 dBA
City bus interior
330 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
660 ft
56 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
¼ mile
48 dBA
Quiet office
½ mile
40 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 8% of Love Field Area sits under tree canopy (lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 60% 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 Love Field Area. 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
Dallas Love Field (DAL) sits northeast of Love Field Area. 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 85 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Love Field Area, 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 Love Field Area
The bar chart below shows the share of Love Field Area residents in each noise band. About 8% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 26% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Love Field Area Compares
Love Field Area sits at the louder end of the spectrum. Below: how Love Field Area's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Bluffview, Original Town, Near East, and South Boulevard Park Row.
Average noise level (dBA)
Love Field Area's 58.7 dBA pop-weighted average is at the louder end of the spectrum. Texas as a whole averages 50.8 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Love Field Area because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 87.8% of Love Field Area 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, 87.7% of Love Field Area'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 Love Field Area
- 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 8% of Love Field Area is under tree cover (lighter than most 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.
- Airport noise is directional. Dallas Love Field's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northeast. Neighborhoods to the southwest of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
