Mapping the Loudest and Quietest Sleep Locations in America

Many people don’t get enough quality sleep, impacting their physical and mental health. A person might have trouble getting to and staying asleep for many reasons, from stress levels to screen time. The team at NapLab focused on a crucial aspect with their new study. They determined the noisiest and quietest places to sleep in the country and labeled them on a map.

The team used data from the National Transportation Noise Exposure Map to determine these locations. They considered a conversational decibel level of 6 to 70 as a baseline for noise-disrupting sleep. Based on the team’s study, these cities were the loudest:

• Denver Country, CO
• El Paso County, CO
• Arapahoe County, CO
• Adams County, CO
• Suffolk County, MA
• Jefferson County, CO
• NY County, NY
• San Francisco County, CA
• Cook County, IL
• Bronx County, NY

As for the quietest locations, these ten counties topped the list:

• Pasco County, FL
• Lee County, FL
• Ocean County, NJ
• Lancaster County, PA
• Chester County, PA
• Polk County, FL
• Gwinnett County, GA
• Fort Bend County, TX
• Pinellas County, FL
• Oklahoma County, OK

Colorado had many of the noisiest locations because of a growing population. City centers like Denver are expanding, and the busy Denver International Airport creates a lot of noise from air and ground traffic. As for quieter locations, many are located in Florida, where retirees flock to communities with strict noise ordinance laws.