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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 223 Massachusetts towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3; 49 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Boston 10 391 653,833 Worcester 6 21 207,621 Springfield 6 13 153,672 Cambridge 7 31 118,214 Lowell 4 6.0 114,296 Brockton 6 28 104,890 Quincy 5 6.8 101,597 Lynn 9 169 101,241 New Bedford 6 22 100,695 Fall River 3 2.1 93,840 Newton 6 17 88,415 Lawrence 6 28 88,172
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Nantucket 1 0.2 7,446 Greenfield 1 0.3 17,628 Orleans 1 0.3 1,621 Great Barrington 1 0.4 2,231 Lenox 1 0.4 1,675 Housatonic 1 0.4 1,109 Brewster 1 0.5 2,000 North Eastham 1 0.5 1,806 Barre 2 0.5 1,009 Athol 2 0.6 8,265
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Boston 10 391 653,833 Revere 10 291 57,954 Milton 9 196 27,003 Winthrop Town 9 194 18,319 Lynn 9 169 101,241 Chelsea 8 91 38,319 Everett 8 86 50,318 Medford 8 85 58,744 Swampscott 8 82 13,787 Hull 8 81 10,293
All Massachusetts towns
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Town Score Loud / day People A Abington 5 7.5 15,985 Acushnet Center 4 6.7 3,073 Adams 1 0.2 5,515 Agawam Town 5 9.9 28,406 Amesbury Town 3 3.1 17,303 Amherst Town 3 3.0 40,277 Andover 5 8.7 8,762 Arlington 7 31 42,844 Athol 2 0.6 8,265 Attleboro 3 2.1 46,654 Ayer 4 6.5 2,868 B Baldwinville 2 0.6 2,028 Barnstable Town 3 3.5 49,709 Barre 2 0.5 1,009 Belchertown 2 1.5 2,899 Bellingham 3 2.1 4,854 Belmont 7 32 24,729 Beverly 6 25 42,318 Bliss Corner 3 2.0 5,280 Boston 10 391 653,833 Bourne 3 3.1 1,418 Boxford 6 20 2,339 Braintree Town 8 66 38,490 Brewster 1 0.5 2,000 Bridgewater Town 4 6.9 28,818 Brockton 6 28 104,890 Brookline 5 10 58,732 Burlington 6 21 24,498 Buzzards Bay 3 3.5 3,859 C Cambridge 7 31 118,214 Chatham 2 0.6 1,421 Chelsea 8 91 38,319 Chicopee 5 9.6 54,838 Clinton 5 10 7,389 Cochituate 4 7.5 6,569 Cordaville 3 2.0 2,650 D Danvers 8 57 26,493 Dedham 6 22 24,729 Dennis 3 2.2 2,407 Dennis Port 2 1.1 3,162 Devens 4 4.8 1,840 Dover 4 7.0 2,265 Duxbury 4 4.1 1,802 E East Brookfield 3 2.4 1,323 East Dennis 2 1.5 2,753 East Douglas 2 1.2 2,557 East Falmouth 3 2.3 6,038 East Harwich 2 0.9 4,872 East Pepperell 2 1.4 2,059 East Sandwich 4 4.8 3,940 Easthampton Town 4 6.3 16,031 Essex 5 14 1,471 Everett 8 86 50,318 F Fall River 3 2.1 93,840 Falmouth 3 2.3 3,799 Fiskdale 2 1.4 2,583 Fitchburg 4 5.0 41,579 Forestdale 3 3.8 4,099 Foxborough 5 9.8 5,625 Framingham 3 3.8 71,875 Franklin Town 3 3.5 33,125 G Gardner 3 2.1 20,974 Gloucester 3 4.2 29,959 Granby 3 2.1 1,368 Great Barrington 1 0.4 2,231 Greenfield 1 0.3 17,628 Groton 3 2.2 1,124 H Hanson 5 7.6 2,118 Harwich Center 2 0.8 1,798 Harwich Port 2 0.6 1,644 Hatfield 3 4.6 1,318 Haverhill 4 5.3 67,415 Hingham 5 13 5,650 Holbrook 7 43 10,791 Holland 2 1.1 1,464 Holyoke 4 5.9 37,628 Hopedale 3 1.9 3,753 Hopkinton 2 1.5 2,550 Housatonic 1 0.4 1,109 Hudson 3 4.1 14,907 Hull 8 81 10,293 I Ipswich 5 12 4,222 K Kingston 4 4.7 5,591 L Lawrence 6 28 88,172 Lee 2 0.4 2,051 Lenox 1 0.4 1,675 Leominster 4 5.1 43,627 Lexington 5 14 31,394 Littleton Common 6 23 2,789 Longmeadow 7 46 15,784 Lowell 4 6.0 114,296 Lunenburg 3 3.4 1,760 Lynn 9 169 101,241 Lynnfield 7 55 11,596 M Malden 6 26 65,133 Mansfield Center 5 10 7,360 Marblehead 7 40 19,808 Marion Center 3 1.9 1,111 Marlborough 3 3.6 41,179 Marshfield 5 15 4,335 Marshfield Hills 5 11 2,356 Mashpee Neck 3 2.8 1,000 Mattapoisett Center 2 1.8 2,915 Maynard 5 13 10,106 Medfield 4 7.3 6,483 Medford 8 85 58,744 Melrose 7 29 29,357 Methuen Town 4 7.5 53,455 Middleborough Center 3 3.1 7,319 Milford 3 2.1 25,055 Millers Falls 3 2.9 1,139 Millis-Clicquot 3 4.4 4,403 Milton 9 196 27,003 Monson Center 3 1.3 2,107 Monument Beach 3 2.8 2,790 N Nahant 5 11 3,410 Nantucket 1 0.2 7,446 Needham 5 10 28,886 New Bedford 6 22 100,695 Newburyport 4 4.6 18,731 Newton 6 17 88,415 North Adams 1 0.1 12,483 North Attleborough Town 3 2.6 30,943 North Brookfield 4 4.8 2,265 North Eastham 1 0.5 1,806 North Falmouth 3 2.2 3,084 North Lakeville 4 6.6 2,630 North Pembroke 4 5.2 3,292 North Plymouth 4 6.7 3,600 North Scituate 6 20 5,077 North Seekonk 4 4.6 2,643 North Westport 3 2.3 4,571 Northampton 3 4.1 29,370 Northborough 3 1.8 6,167 Northfield 1 0.3 1,089 Northwest Harwich 2 0.7 3,929 Norton Center 6 31 2,671 Norwood 6 34 28,602 O Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock 5 15 4,970 Ocean Grove 4 5.4 2,811 Onset 3 3.1 1,573 Orange 2 1.4 4,018 Orleans 1 0.3 1,621 Oxford 3 2.5 6,103 P Palmer Town 2 1.1 12,315 Peabody 6 18 54,056 Pepperell 2 1.2 2,504 Pinehurst 6 28 7,152 Pittsfield 4 5.8 43,076 Plymouth 4 6.1 7,494 Pocasset 3 3.0 2,851 Provincetown 2 0.6 2,642 Q Quincy 5 6.8 101,597 R Randolph Town 7 45 34,487 Raynham Center 3 4.5 4,100 Reading 6 26 24,747 Revere 10 291 57,954 Rockport 3 2.7 4,966 Rowley 4 6.2 1,416 Rutland 2 0.8 2,111 S Sagamore 3 3.2 3,623 Salem 6 26 44,744 Salisbury 3 4.4 4,869 Sandwich 3 2.6 2,962 Saugus 5 15 26,628 Scituate 5 10 5,245 Sharon 5 16 5,658 Shelburne Falls 1 0.1 1,731 Shirley 3 3.3 1,441 Smith Mills 4 9.5 4,760 Somerset 3 2.1 18,165 Somerville 8 75 80,407 South Ashburnham 2 1.6 1,062 South Deerfield 3 1.4 1,880 South Dennis 2 0.7 3,643 South Duxbury 3 3.6 3,360 South Lancaster 3 2.6 1,894 South Yarmouth 2 1.4 11,092 Southbridge Town 3 2.8 17,880 Spencer 3 4.1 5,700 Springfield 6 13 153,672 Stoneham 7 30 21,437 Sturbridge 4 7.2 2,253 Swampscott 8 82 13,787 T Taunton 4 2.8 60,412 Teaticket 3 2.1 1,692 Topsfield 6 22 2,717 Townsend 3 2.0 1,128 Turners Falls 2 2.0 4,470 U Upton 3 2.5 3,013 V Vineyard Haven 2 1.6 2,114 W Wakefield 7 53 24,932 Walpole 5 13 5,918 Waltham 5 12 64,477 Ware 2 1.2 6,170 Wareham Center 3 2.0 2,896 Warren 2 1.5 1,405 Watertown Town 7 41 35,256 Webster 2 1.3 11,412 Wellesley 4 5.8 27,982 West Brookfield 2 1.5 1,413 West Chatham 2 1.8 1,410 West Concord 6 24 6,028 West Dennis 2 1.2 2,242 West Falmouth 3 2.2 1,738 West Springfield Town 5 9.4 28,424 West Wareham 3 3.0 2,064 West Yarmouth 3 2.1 6,012 Westborough 3 2.3 4,045 Westfield 5 9.9 40,509 Weweantic 3 2.1 2,105 Weymouth Town 4 6.3 59,114 White Island Shores 3 3.2 2,106 Whitinsville 2 1.5 6,704 Wilbraham 3 3.4 3,915 Williamstown 1 0 4,325 Wilmington 6 17 22,325 Winchendon 2 0.8 4,213 Winchester 7 44 21,374 Winthrop Town 9 194 18,319 Woburn 7 39 41,647 Worcester 6 21 207,621 Y Yarmouth Port 3 3.5 5,320
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .