Noise Levels in Woodlawn Court, Hattiesburg, MS | Find Quiet Neighborhoods With Our Sound Map
55 dBA
Average noise across Woodlawn Court
Quiet office to normal conversation
1,288
Residents above the EPA 55 dBA threshold
48% of Woodlawn Court residents
76 dBA
Loudest residential point
City bus interior
This map shows modeled outdoor noise across Woodlawn Court 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 1,288 Woodlawn Court residents, or 47.6%, live above that level. By land area, 46.7% of Woodlawn Court is above 55 dBA.
53.3% below 55 dBA
46.7% above 55 dBA
See how noise in Woodlawn Court compares to similar-sized neighborhoods.
Noise by Part of Woodlawn Court
Average noise levels for Woodlawn Court residents, grouped by direction from the center of Woodlawn Court. Eastern Woodlawn Court carries the highest population-weighted average; Southern Woodlawn Court carries the lowest. Just 36% of residents in Southern Woodlawn Court live in blocks above the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, about two-thirds of the share in Eastern Woodlawn Court.
Central Woodlawn Court
54.5 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Woodlawn Court
59.1 dBA · Loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Northern Woodlawn Court
57.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Normal conversation an arm’s length away
Southern Woodlawn Court
53.1 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Western Woodlawn Court
54.0 dBA · Moderate-loud
Quiet office to normal conversation
Eastern Woodlawn Court sounds about 52% louder than Southern Woodlawn Court to the human ear, a 6.0 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 Corinne St do you need to be?
Corinne St 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
42 dBA
Quiet suburban street at night
330 ft
35 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 30% of Woodlawn Court sits under tree canopy (heavier than most neighborhoods) and roughly 20% 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 Woodlawn Court. 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 Woodlawn Court
The bar chart below shows the share of Woodlawn Court residents in each noise band. About 55% of residents live below the EPA's 55 dBA threshold, and roughly 15% live in blocks above 60 dBA. Long-term exposure in that range is linked to elevated stress hormones and cardiovascular risk.
How Woodlawn Court Compares
Woodlawn Court sits at the louder end of the spectrum. Below: how Woodlawn Court's average outdoor noise and share of residents above the EPA threshold compare with westwood-hattiesburg-ms, forrest-park-hattiesburg-ms, woodville-heights-jackson-ms, and Fondren North Renaissance.
Average noise level (dBA)
Woodlawn Court's 55.4 dBA pop-weighted average is at the louder end of the spectrum. Mississippi as a whole averages 47.9 dBA and the U.S. averages 52.0 dBA. Both are lower than Woodlawn Court because most of either area is rural land away from major roads.
Share of residents above 55 dBA
About 47.6% of Woodlawn Court 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, 46.7% of Woodlawn Court's footprint sits above 55 dBA, against a Mississippi average of 17.8% and a national average of 28.1%.
What This Means if You're Moving to Woodlawn Court
- 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 Corinne St 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 30% of Woodlawn Court is under tree cover (heavier than most neighborhoods), and the dominant land cover is low-density developed open space. 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.
