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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 226 Kentucky towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 48 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 5 9.1 622,981 Lexington-Fayette urban county 5 11 320,154 Bowling Green 4 4.8 76,212 Owensboro 1 0.2 60,140 Covington 7 34 40,972 Georgetown 3 3.5 39,462 Richmond 2 1.4 37,206 Elizabethtown 5 8.5 32,978 Florence 9 119 32,917 Nicholasville 4 4.9 32,425 Hopkinsville 5 6.1 30,813 Independence 7 39 29,503
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Murray 1 0.2 18,086 Jeffersonville 1 0.2 1,744 Leitchfield 1 0.3 6,463 Benton 1 0.3 4,765 Eminence 1 0.3 2,744 Ledbetter 1 0.3 1,683 Stanford 1 0.4 3,698 Calvert City 1 0.4 2,517 Carlisle 1 0.4 2,112 Camargo 1 0.4 1,036
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Brooks 10 254 2,401 Hillview 10 217 8,874 Pioneer Village 10 180 2,738 Hebron 9 136 5,929 Florence 9 119 32,917 Hebron Estates 9 118 1,040 Audubon Park 9 114 1,410 Shepherdsville 9 95 14,691 Union 9 94 7,671 Lyndon 8 75 10,909
All Kentucky towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Albany 1 0.1 1,735 Alexandria 5 11 10,673 Anchorage 6 22 2,475 Annville 1 0 1,095 Ashland 1 0.1 21,154 Auburn 1 0.4 1,637 Audubon Park 9 114 1,410 Augusta 1 0.2 1,090 B Barbourmeade 8 56 1,204 Barbourville 1 0 3,145 Bardstown 5 9.2 13,832 Beattyville 1 0.1 2,148 Beaver Dam 1 0.1 3,498 Beechwood Village 6 30 1,259 Bellevue 5 8.0 5,671 Benton 1 0.3 4,765 Berea 2 1.2 15,998 Bowling Green 4 4.8 76,212 Brandenburg 2 0.6 2,944 Breckinridge Center 1 0 2,080 Brodhead 1 0 1,124 Brooks 10 254 2,401 Buckner 3 2.2 5,837 Burgin 2 1.0 1,000 Burkesville 1 0 1,388 Burlington 7 30 15,926 C Cadiz 2 0.5 2,713 Calvert City 1 0.4 2,517 Camargo 1 0.4 1,036 Campbellsville 2 1.2 11,653 Carlisle 1 0.4 2,112 Carrollton 2 0.3 3,914 Catlettsburg 1 0 1,738 Cave City 2 0.5 2,360 Central City 1 0 5,800 Claryville 3 3.6 2,355 Clay City 1 0.3 1,178 Clinton 1 0.2 1,202 Cloverport 1 0.1 1,140 Coal Run Village 1 0.2 1,600 Cold Spring 6 24 6,414 Coldstream 4 6.7 1,283 Columbia 1 0.2 4,880 Corbin 1 0 7,841 Covington 7 34 40,972 Crescent Springs 8 19 4,550 Crestview Hills 5 11 3,227 Crestwood 3 4.0 6,424 Crittenden 6 13 4,106 Cumberland 1 0 1,821 Cynthiana 3 3.2 6,534 D Danville 2 1.1 17,383 Dawson Springs 1 0.3 2,211 Dayton 4 6.5 5,790 Doe Valley 2 0.8 1,931 Douglass Hills 7 48 5,403 Dry Ridge 3 2.5 2,199 E Earlington 1 0.1 1,249 Eddyville 1 0.2 2,444 Edgewood 6 21 8,398 Edmonton 1 0.1 1,706 Elizabethtown 5 8.5 32,978 Elkton 3 1.4 2,230 Elsmere 6 21 9,147 Eminence 1 0.3 2,744 Erlanger 6 18 19,777 F Falmouth 2 1.2 2,211 Farley 3 1.1 4,701 Flatwoods 1 0 7,227 Flemingsburg 1 0.1 2,988 Florence 9 119 32,917 Fort Campbell North 8 27 13,685 Fort Knox 4 7.2 10,124 Fort Mitchell 7 22 8,639 Fort Thomas 6 27 16,973 Fort Wright 8 69 6,061 Francisville 6 16 7,944 Frankfort 5 16 28,285 Franklin 2 0.9 10,468 Fulton 1 0.1 2,289 G Georgetown 3 3.5 39,462 Glasgow 2 0.7 15,313 Graymoor-Devondale 7 36 2,816 Grayson 1 0 3,807 Greensburg 1 0.3 2,233 Greenup 1 0 1,056 Greenville 1 0.2 4,374 Guthrie 3 1.7 1,335 H Hardinsburg 3 1.7 2,448 Harlan 1 0 1,854 Harrodsburg 2 0.5 9,219 Hartford 1 0.1 2,647 Hazard 1 0 4,964 Hebron 9 136 5,929 Hebron Estates 9 118 1,040 Henderson 1 0 27,734 Hendron 3 1.6 4,687 Heritage Creek 5 6.3 1,203 Hickman 1 0.1 2,303 Highland Heights 7 37 6,612 Hillview 10 217 8,874 Hodgenville 2 0.5 3,309 Hopkinsville 5 6.1 30,813 Horse Cave 2 0.6 2,258 Hurstbourne 7 38 4,645 Hurstbourne Acres 6 19 1,943 I Independence 7 39 29,503 Indian Hills 7 29 2,854 Irvine 1 0.3 2,284 Irvington 3 0.8 1,382 J Jackson 1 0 2,128 Jamestown 1 0.1 1,876 Jeffersontown 5 12 28,716 Jeffersonville 1 0.2 1,744 Jenkins 1 0 1,791 Junction City 3 2.3 2,289 L La Grange 3 1.4 10,417 Lakeside Park 7 23 2,815 Lancaster 2 1.0 4,050 Lawrenceburg 3 2.5 12,112 Lebanon 2 0.6 6,517 Lebanon Junction 6 10 1,795 Ledbetter 1 0.3 1,683 Leitchfield 1 0.3 6,463 Lewisport 1 0.1 1,732 Lexington-Fayette urban county 5 11 320,154 Liberty 1 0 2,003 Livermore 1 0.1 1,198 London 1 0 7,596 Louisa 1 0 2,591 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) 5 9.1 622,981 Ludlow 7 51 4,332 Lyndon 8 75 10,909 M Madisonville 1 0.1 19,355 Manchester 1 0 1,428 Marion 1 0 2,894 Masonville 1 0.2 1,014 Massac 2 1.2 4,505 Mayfield 3 1.3 9,713 Maysville 1 0 8,687 Middlesborough 1 0 9,012 Middletown 7 34 9,630 Midway 4 4.7 1,755 Monticello 1 0 5,715 Morehead 1 0.1 6,740 Morganfield 1 0 3,143 Morgantown 1 0 2,474 Mount Sterling 4 5.5 7,571 Mount Vernon 1 0 2,456 Mount Washington 7 28 18,637 Muldraugh 4 3.7 1,014 Munfordville 2 0.4 1,711 Murray 1 0.2 18,086 N Newport 4 5.7 13,812 Nicholasville 4 4.9 32,425 North Corbin 1 0 1,773 O Oak Grove 4 7.8 7,973 Oakbrook 7 44 9,036 Olive Hill 1 0 1,546 Orchard Grass Hills 4 5.3 1,592 Owensboro 1 0.2 60,140 Owenton 1 0.2 1,669 Owingsville 1 0.5 1,595 P Paducah 3 1.8 26,749 Paintsville 1 0 4,160 Paris 3 2.0 10,089 Park Hills 7 47 3,149 Pewee Valley 4 8.6 1,634 Pikeville 4 0.3 7,437 Pine Knot 1 0 1,621 Pineville 1 0 1,604 Pioneer Village 10 180 2,738 Plano 2 1.3 1,117 Prestonsburg 1 0 3,721 Princeton 1 0.1 6,194 Prospect 5 15 4,564 Providence 1 0 2,822 R Raceland 1 0 2,301 Radcliff 4 4.2 22,749 Reidland 2 0.8 4,491 Richmond 2 1.4 37,206 Russell 1 0 3,644 Russell Springs 1 0.2 2,794 Russellville 1 0.4 7,398 S Salyersville 1 0 1,525 Scottsville 2 0.4 4,533 Sebree 1 0.1 1,529 Shelbyville 2 1.4 17,804 Shepherdsville 9 95 14,691 Shively 5 8.6 15,455 Silver Grove 6 20 1,204 Simpsonville 3 3.2 3,068 Somerset 1 0 12,267 South Shore 1 0 1,064 Southgate 5 8.5 3,752 Springfield 2 0.8 2,941 St. Matthews 6 30 17,356 St. Regis Park 7 60 1,420 Stanford 1 0.4 3,698 Stanton 1 0.3 3,183 Stearns 1 0 1,416 Sturgis 1 0 1,674 T Taylor Mill 5 10 6,937 Taylorsville 3 1.2 1,310 Tompkinsville 1 0.2 2,286 U Union 9 94 7,671 V Vanceburg 1 0 1,398 Verona 6 18 1,455 Versailles 5 11 10,491 Villa Hills 6 19 7,537 Vine Grove 4 5.0 6,907 W Walton 7 35 5,629 Warsaw 4 3.2 1,759 West Buechel 5 7.1 1,357 West Liberty 1 0 3,450 Westwood 1 0 4,746 Whitesburg 1 0 1,658 Whitley City 1 0 1,170 Wilder 6 23 3,100 Williamsburg 1 0 5,169 Williamstown 3 2.3 3,964 Wilmore 4 5.7 6,104 Winchester 2 1.3 19,254 Windy Hills 7 33 2,403 Worthington 1 0 1,456 Worthington Hills 4 6.7 1,553
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .