Noise Levels in Pinewood-West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
55 dBA
Average noise across Pinewood-West Palm Beach
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,543
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
46% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach residents
64 dBA
Loudest residential point
Busy restaurant
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Pinewood-West Palm Beach 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 1,543 Pinewood-West Palm Beach residents, or 46.3%, live above that level. By land area, 54.0% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach is above 55 dBA.
46.0% below 55 dBA
54.0% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Pinewood-West Palm Beach compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Pinewood-West Palm Beach
Average noise levels for Pinewood-West Palm Beach residents, grouped by direction from the center of Pinewood-West Palm Beach. The highest population-weighted average is in southwestern Pinewood-West Palm Beach; the lowest is in northeastern Pinewood-West Palm Beach, where just 23% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about half the share in the loudest section.
Southwestern Pinewood-West Palm Beach
57.6 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Central Pinewood-West Palm Beach
55.5 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northeastern Pinewood-West Palm Beach
52.3 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in southwestern Pinewood-West Palm Beach sounds about 44% louder than in northeastern Pinewood-West Palm Beach, a 5.3 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 64 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
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
50 dBA
Quiet office
330 ft
42 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
660 ft
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
¼ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 11% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 50% 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 Pinewood-West Palm Beach. 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.
Airport Noise
Palm Beach International (PBI) sits southwest of Pinewood-West Palm Beach. 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 Pinewood-West Palm Beach, particularly to the northeast, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Pinewood-West Palm Beach
The bar chart below shows the share of Pinewood-West Palm Beach residents in each noise band. About 45% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 13% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Pinewood-West Palm Beach Compares
Pinewood-West Palm Beach sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how Pinewood-West Palm Beach's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Northwood Hills, Palm Club Village, Pineapple Park, and Palm Beach Lakes.
Average noise level (dBA)
Pinewood-West Palm Beach's 54.6 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 Pinewood-West Palm Beach because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 46.3% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach 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, 54.0% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach'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 Pinewood-West Palm Beach
- 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 11% of Pinewood-West Palm Beach is under tree cover (about average for neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is medium-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. Palm Beach International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the southwest. Neighborhoods to the northeast of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
