Noise Levels in Miller Park Minne Lusa Area, Omaha, NE | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
49 dBA
Average noise across Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
Quiet office
568
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
20% of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area residents
74 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
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.
63.4% below 55 dBA
36.6% 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. Southern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area carries the highest population-weighted average; Western Miller Park Minne Lusa Area carries the lowest. Just 0% of residents in Western Miller Park Minne Lusa Area live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Southern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area.
Central Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
48.7 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Eastern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
51.0 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
Northern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
46.4 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Southern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
51.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Miller Park Minne Lusa Area
44.1 dBA · Quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
Southern Miller Park Minne Lusa Area sounds about 67% louder than Western Miller Park Minne Lusa Area to the human ear, a 7.4 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 22% of Miller Park Minne Lusa Area sits under tree canopy (heavier than most neighborhoods) and roughly 34% 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
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.
