Noise Levels in Pear Orchard, Beaumont, TX | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
56 dBA
Average noise across Pear Orchard
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,065
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
29% of Pear Orchard residents
78 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Pear Orchard 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 1,065 Pear Orchard residents, or 28.7%, live above that level. By land area, 33.5% of Pear Orchard is above 55 dBA.
66.5% below 55 dBA
33.5% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Pear Orchard compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Pear Orchard
Average noise levels for Pear Orchard residents, grouped by direction from the center of Pear Orchard. The highest population-weighted average is in southeastern Pear Orchard; the lowest is in northeastern Pear Orchard, where just 34% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, three-quarters of the share in the loudest section.
Southeastern Pear Orchard
61.5 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Western Pear Orchard
59.5 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northwestern Pear Orchard
56.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Central Pear Orchard
56.2 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northeastern Pear Orchard
53.8 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in southeastern Pear Orchard sounds about 71% louder than in northeastern Pear Orchard, a 7.7 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 US Hwy 287 do you need to be?
US Hwy 287 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 16% of Pear Orchard sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 28% 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 Pear Orchard. 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 Pear Orchard
The bar chart below shows the share of Pear Orchard residents in each noise band. About 60% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 36% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Pear Orchard Compares
Pear Orchard sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how Pear Orchard's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with North End, South Park, Western Hills, and south-cana-beaumont-tx.
Average noise level (dBA)
Pear Orchard's 55.7 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. Texas as a whole averages 50.8 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Pear Orchard because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 28.7% of Pear Orchard 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, 33.5% of Pear Orchard'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 Pear Orchard
- 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 US Hwy 287 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 16% of Pear Orchard is under tree cover (about average for neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is low-density developed open space. 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.
