Noise Levels in Weymouth Town, MA | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
54 dBA
Average noise across Weymouth Town
Quiet office to normal conversation
19,182
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
37% of Weymouth Town residents
88 dBA
Loudest residential point
Lawnmower at 1 m
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Weymouth Town 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 19,182 Weymouth Town residents, or 37.0%, live above that level. By land area, 39.5% of Weymouth Town is above 55 dBA.
60.5% below 55 dBA
39.5% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Weymouth Town compares to similar-sized cities.
Noise by Part of Weymouth Town
Average noise levels for Weymouth Town residents, grouped by direction from the center of Weymouth Town. The highest population-weighted average is in western Weymouth Town; the lowest is in eastern Weymouth Town, where just 28% of residents live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in the loudest section.
Western Weymouth Town
65.0 dBA · Loud
Busy restaurant
Southeastern Weymouth Town
58.9 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Southern Weymouth Town
56.2 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northeastern Weymouth Town
53.7 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Weymouth Town
53.3 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
To the human ear, noise in western Weymouth Town sounds about 125% louder than in eastern Weymouth Town, a 11.7 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 Pilgrim's Hwy do you need to be?
Pilgrim's Hwy produces an estimated 76 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 quiet suburban street at night.
At source
76 dBA
City bus interior
165 ft
64 dBA
Busy restaurant
330 ft
56 dBA
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
660 ft
49 dBA
Quiet office
¼ mile
42 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
½ mile
35 dBA
Soft rainfall
Calculated from the model's calibrated attenuation formula. About 44% of Weymouth Town sits under tree canopy (heavier than most cities) and roughly 30% 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 Weymouth Town. 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
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) sits north of Weymouth Town. The U.S. Department of Transportation measures aviation noise around this airport directly, 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 75 dBA on the map's Overall layer. Blocks on the opposite side of Weymouth Town, particularly to the south, show no measurable aviation contribution. Use the Aviation toggle on the map above to isolate the airport's footprint.
How Noise Is Distributed Across Weymouth Town
The bar chart below shows the share of Weymouth Town residents in each noise band. About 64% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 9% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Weymouth Town Compares
Weymouth Town sits the lowest among the peer group. Below: how Weymouth Town's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with Braintree Town, Revere, Malden, and Brookline.
Average noise level (dBA)
Weymouth Town's 54.3 dBA pop-weighted average is the lowest among the peer group. Massachusetts as a whole averages 54.3 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Weymouth Town because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 37.0% of Weymouth Town 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, 39.5% of Weymouth Town's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Massachusetts average of 40.0% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Weymouth Town
- 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 Pilgrim's Hwy 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 44% of Weymouth Town is under tree cover (heavier 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.
- Airport noise is directional. General Edward Lawrence Logan International's approach paths concentrate aviation noise to the north. Neighborhoods to the south of downtown show no measurable contribution from the airport.
