Noise Levels in Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington, Wellington, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
54 dBA
Average noise across Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,279
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
35% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington residents
65 dBA
Loudest residential point
Busy restaurant
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington 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 1,279 Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington residents, or 34.7%, live above that level. By land area, 36.1% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington is above 55 dBA.
63.9% below 55 dBA
36.1% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
Average noise levels for Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington residents, grouped by direction from the center of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington. Eastern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington carries the highest population-weighted average; Western Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington carries the lowest. Just 29% of residents in Western Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in Eastern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington.
Central Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
54.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
55.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Northern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
54.6 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Southern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
53.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
52.7 dBA · Moderate
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington sounds about 17% louder than Western Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington to the human ear, a 2.3 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 65 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
65 dBA
Busy restaurant
165 ft
51 dBA
Quiet office
330 ft
43 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 13% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington sits under tree canopy (about average for neighborhoods) and roughly 46% 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
Palm Beach International (PBI) sits east of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington. 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 Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington, particularly to the west, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
The bar chart below shows the share of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington residents in each noise band. About 62% 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 Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington Compares
Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington sits the highest among the peer group. Below: how Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with South Shore of Wellington, village-walk-royal-palm-beach-fl, Smith Dairy West, and Olympia.
Average noise level (dBA)
Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington's 54.1 dBA pop-weighted average is the highest among the peer group. Florida as a whole averages 51.6 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 34.7% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington 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, 36.1% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington'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 Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
- 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 13% of Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington is under tree cover (about average for 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. Palm Beach International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the east. Neighborhoods to the west of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
