Noise Levels in Rio Lindo, Oxnard, CA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
59 dBA
Average noise across Rio Lindo
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
1,907
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
58% of Rio Lindo residents
78 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Rio Lindo 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.
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35 dBa55 dBa (EPA limit)90+ dBa
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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 1,907 Rio Lindo residents, or 58.1%, live above that level. By land area, 66.2% of Rio Lindo is above 55 dBA.
Average noise levels for Rio Lindo residents, grouped by direction from the center of Rio Lindo. Southern Rio Lindo carries the highest population-weighted average; Northern Rio Lindo carries the lowest. Just 50% of residents in Northern Rio Lindo live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in Southern Rio Lindo.
Central Rio Lindo
57.4 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
67% of people above 55 dBA
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Eastern Rio Lindo
66.7 dBA · Loud
Highway traffic 50 ft away
46% of people above 55 dBA
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Northern Rio Lindo
56.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
50% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern Rio Lindo
68.1 dBA · Loud
Highway traffic 50 ft away
100% of people above 55 dBA
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Western Rio Lindo
57.4 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
31% of people above 55 dBA
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Southern Rio Lindo sounds about 130% louder than Northern Rio Lindo to the human ear, a 12.0 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 78 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
78 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
56 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
660 ft
48 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
40 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 1% of Rio Lindo sits under tree canopy (much lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 61% 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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How Noise Is Distributed Across Rio Lindo
The bar chart below shows the share of Rio Lindo residents in each noise band. About 15% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 33% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Rio Lindo Compares
Rio Lindo sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how Rio Lindo's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with East Village Oxnard, La Colonia, West Village, and Bartolo Square North.
Average noise level (dBA)
Rio Lindo's 59.3 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. California as a whole averages 54.0 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Rio Lindo because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 58.1% of Rio Lindo residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's more than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 66.2% of Rio Lindo's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a California average of 36.0% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Rio Lindo
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 1% of Rio Lindo is under tree cover (much lighter than most 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.
Sources & Methodology
The BestNeighborhood noise model is calibrated against nearly one million federal ground-truth measurements across four states. Road noise is computed from segment-level federal traffic data and propagated outward using physics-based acoustic decay, with attenuation rates that depend on the surrounding land cover.
All inputs are published federal datasets. Block-level noise is computed by combining road, rail, and aviation sound sources in the energy domain, the same physics used in professional environmental noise assessments. Read the full methodology.
