Noise Levels in Oak Hill, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
50 dBA
Average noise across Oak Hill
Quiet office
307
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
13% of Oak Hill residents
82 dBA
Loudest residential point
Food blender at arm’s length
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Oak Hill 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 307 Oak Hill residents, or 13.0%, live above that level. By land area, 13.4% of Oak Hill is above 55 dBA.
86.6% below 55 dBA
13.4% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Oak Hill compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Oak Hill
Average noise levels for Oak Hill residents, grouped by direction from the center of Oak Hill. Central Oak Hill carries the highest population-weighted average; Eastern Oak Hill carries the lowest. Just 2% of residents in Eastern Oak Hill live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a fifth of the share in Central Oak Hill.
Central Oak Hill
53.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Oak Hill
45.4 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet suburban street at night
Northern Oak Hill
49.5 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Southern Oak Hill
51.9 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Oak Hill
49.0 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Central Oak Hill sounds about 79% louder than Eastern Oak Hill to the human ear, a 8.4 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 I-95 do you need to be?
I-95 produces an estimated 77 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 suburban street at night.
At source
77 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
56 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
660 ft
49 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
41 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 40% of Oak Hill sits under tree canopy (about average for cities) and roughly 17% 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 Oak Hill. 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.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Oak Hill
The bar chart below shows the share of Oak Hill residents in each noise band. About 84% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 3% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Oak Hill Compares
Oak Hill sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Oak Hill's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Osteen, Scottsmoor, Ponce Inlet, and Christmas.
Average noise level (dBA)
Oak Hill's 49.7 dBA pop-weighted average is at the quieter end of the spectrum. Florida as a whole averages 51.6 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Oak Hill because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 13.0% of Oak Hill 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, 13.4% of Oak Hill's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Florida average of 31.8% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Oak Hill
- 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 I-95 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 40% of Oak Hill is under tree cover (about average for cities), 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.
