Noise Levels in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie, FL | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
47 dBA
Average noise across The Reserve
Quiet office
241
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
7% of The Reserve residents
81 dBA
Loudest residential point
Food blender at arm’s length
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across The Reserve 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 241 The Reserve residents, or 6.6%, live above that level. By land area, 32.7% of The Reserve is above 55 dBA.
67.3% below 55 dBA
32.7% above 55 dBA
See how noise in The Reserve compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of The Reserve
Average noise levels for The Reserve residents, grouped by direction from the center of The Reserve. The highest population-weighted average is in eastern The Reserve; the lowest is in southwestern The Reserve, where just 9% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about half the share in the loudest section.
Eastern The Reserve
64.5 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Northern The Reserve
64.5 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Central The Reserve
59.4 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Southern The Reserve
58.2 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Southwestern The Reserve
55.9 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in eastern The Reserve sounds about 82% louder than in southwestern The Reserve, a 8.6 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 I-95 do you need to be?
I-95 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 soft rainfall.
At source
77 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
63 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
55 dBA
Quiet office to normal conversation
660 ft
47 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
39 dBA
Soft rainfall
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 8% of The Reserve sits under tree canopy (lighter than most neighborhoods) and roughly 31% 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 The Reserve. 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 The Reserve
The bar chart below shows the share of The Reserve residents in each noise band. About 99% 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 The Reserve Compares
The Reserve sits at the quieter end of the spectrum. Below: how The Reserve's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Tradition, River Park, North River Shores, and Golden Gate.
Average noise level (dBA)
The Reserve's 46.7 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 The Reserve because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 6.6% of The Reserve residents live in blocks where outdoor levels exceed the EPA's 55 dBA threshold. That's fewer than any of its peer group. Measured by land area instead, 32.7% of The Reserve'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 The Reserve
- 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 I-95 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 8% of The Reserve is under tree cover (lighter than most 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.
