Noise Levels in Roosevelt Park, MI | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
50 dBA
Average noise across Roosevelt Park
Quiet office
277
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
8% of Roosevelt Park residents
76 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Roosevelt Park 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 277 Roosevelt Park residents, or 7.6%, live above that level. By land area, 12.3% of Roosevelt Park is above 55 dBA.
87.7% below 55 dBA
12.3% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Roosevelt Park compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Roosevelt Park
Average noise levels for Roosevelt Park residents, grouped by direction from the center of Roosevelt Park. The highest population-weighted average is in northeastern Roosevelt Park; the lowest is in western Roosevelt Park, where just 6% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, a third of the share in the loudest section.
Northeastern Roosevelt Park
60.5 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Eastern Roosevelt Park
53.3 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Central Roosevelt Park
53.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southwestern Roosevelt Park
50.5 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
Western Roosevelt Park
50.2 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office
To the human ear, noise in northeastern Roosevelt Park sounds about 104% louder than in western Roosevelt Park, a 10.3 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 Glenside Blvd do you need to be?
Glenside Blvd produces an estimated 55 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
55 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
165 ft
43 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
330 ft
36 dBA
Soft rainfall
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 19% of Roosevelt Park sits under tree canopy (lighter than most cities) and roughly 41% 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 Roosevelt Park. 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 Roosevelt Park
The bar chart below shows the share of Roosevelt Park residents in each noise band. About 88% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 1% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Roosevelt Park Compares
Roosevelt Park sits at the louder end of the spectrum. Below: how Roosevelt Park's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with North Muskegon, Ferrysburg, Nunica, and Ravenna.
Average noise level (dBA)
Roosevelt Park's 50.3 dBA pop-weighted average is at the louder end of the spectrum. Michigan as a whole averages 49.3 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Roosevelt Park because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 7.6% of Roosevelt Park 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, 12.3% of Roosevelt Park's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Michigan average of 19.9% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Roosevelt Park
- 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 Glenside Blvd 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 19% of Roosevelt Park is under tree cover (lighter than most 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.
