Noise Levels in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, St. Petersburg, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
51 dBA
Average noise across Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
Quiet office to normal conversation
706
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
16% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates residents
69 dBA
Loudest residential point
Highway traffic 50 ft away
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Pasadena Bear Creek Estates 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 706 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates residents, or 15.8%, live above that level. By land area, 16.8% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates is above 55 dBA.
83.2% below 55 dBA
16.8% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Pasadena Bear Creek Estates compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
Average noise levels for Pasadena Bear Creek Estates residents, grouped by direction from the center of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates. Western Pasadena Bear Creek Estates carries the highest population-weighted average; Central Pasadena Bear Creek Estates carries the lowest. Just 4% of residents in Central Pasadena Bear Creek Estates live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a third of the share in Western Pasadena Bear Creek Estates.
Central Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
49.4 dBA · Mostly quiet
Quiet office
Eastern Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
51.1 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northern Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
51.3 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
51.7 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
53.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Pasadena Bear Creek Estates sounds about 28% louder than Central Pasadena Bear Creek Estates to the human ear, a 3.6 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 do you need to be?
produces an estimated 69 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
69 dBA
Highway traffic 50 ft away
165 ft
56 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
330 ft
49 dBA
Quiet office
660 ft
42 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 10% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates sits under tree canopy (lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 43% 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
Tampa International (TPA) sits northeast of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates. The U.S. Department of Transportation measures aviation noise around this airport directly, 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 75 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates, 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
The bar chart below shows the share of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates residents in each noise band. About 89% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 2% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Pasadena Bear Creek Estates Compares
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Pasadena Bear Creek Estates's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Holiday Park, Disston Heights, Pinellas Point, and Central Oak Park.
Average noise level (dBA)
Pasadena Bear Creek Estates's 51.2 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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 15.8% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates 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, 16.8% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates'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 Pasadena Bear Creek Estates
- 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 10% of Pasadena Bear Creek Estates is under tree cover (lighter 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. Tampa International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the northeast. Neighborhoods to the southwest of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
