This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Miller Park Minne Lusa 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 568 Miller Park Minne Lusa Area residents, or 20.1%, live above that level. By land area, 36.6% of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area is above 55 dBA.
See how noise in Miller Park Minne Lusa Area compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
Average noise levels for Miller Park Minne Lusa Area residents, grouped by direction from the center of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area. The highest population-weighted average is in southeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area; the lowest is in northeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area, where just 5% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in the loudest section.
Southeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
50% of people above 55 dBA
Southern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
32% of people above 55 dBA
Western Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
16% of people above 55 dBA
Northwestern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
10% of people above 55 dBA
Northeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
5% of people above 55 dBA
To the human ear, noise in southeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area sounds about 171% louder than in northeastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area, a 14.4 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.
Airport Noise
Eppley Airfield (OMA) sits east of Miller Park Minne Lusa 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 65 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area, particularly to the west, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
The bar chart below shows the share of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area residents in each noise band. About 73% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 15% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Miller Park Minne Lusa Area Compares
Miller Park Minne Lusa Area sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Miller Park Minne Lusa Area's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with East Omaha, Benson, Keystone, and Hanscom Park.
Average noise level (dBA)
Miller Park Minne Lusa Area's 49.4 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Nebraska as a whole averages 50.7 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Miller Park Minne Lusa Area because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 20.1% of Miller Park Minne Lusa 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, 36.6% of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Nebraska average of 22.4% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Miller Park Minne Lusa 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 22% of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area is under tree cover (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.
- Airport noise is directional. Eppley Airfield's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the east. Neighborhoods to the west of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
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.
Federal datasets used:
FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System: road geometry, traffic counts, lane configuration
U.S. DoT Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Noise Map: aviation and rail noise, road calibration ground truth
USGS / MRLC National Land Cover Database: land cover and impervious surface coverage
USDA Forest Service Tree Canopy Cover: vegetation density for sound propagation
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line: block-level geography and population
U.S. EPA Levels Document: 55 dBA outdoor reference level
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.