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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 423 Michigan towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 38 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Detroit 7 37 633,218 Grand Rapids 7 8.5 196,608 Warren 5 8.2 136,655 Sterling Heights 3 2.5 133,306 Ann Arbor 5 15 119,381 Lansing 4 3.5 112,115 Dearborn 7 35 105,811 Livonia 8 83 92,185 Troy 4 8.3 87,339 Westland 7 41 82,574 Farmington Hills 6 25 82,528 Flint 3 3.9 79,661
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Shelby 1 0.1 2,174 Hart 1 0.1 2,055 Brown City 1 0.1 1,295 Eaton Rapids 1 0.2 5,165 Paw Paw Lake 1 0.2 3,511 Newaygo 1 0.2 2,542 Twin Lake 1 0.2 1,720 Wakefield 1 0.2 1,681 Elk Rapids 1 0.2 1,594 Quincy 1 0.2 1,532
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Romulus 10 310 24,702 Inkster 9 214 25,056 Dearborn Heights 9 171 60,872 Livonia 8 83 92,185 Lincoln Park 8 79 38,646 Melvindale 8 68 12,402 Ecorse 7 59 8,941 Flat Rock 7 49 10,289 Allen Park 7 48 27,528 Kentwood 7 48 53,987
All Michigan towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Adrian 3 2.3 20,238 Albion 1 0.4 7,329 Algonac 4 1.1 4,125 Allegan 2 1.3 5,162 Allen Park 7 48 27,528 Allendale 2 0.8 17,579 Alma 1 0.2 9,364 Almont 2 1.6 2,847 Alpena 1 0 10,130 Ann Arbor 5 15 119,381 Argentine 2 1.5 2,525 Armada 2 1.4 1,669 Au Sable 1 0 1,404 Auburn 2 1.4 2,044 Auburn Hills 6 34 25,597 B Bad Axe 1 0 2,977 Bangor 1 0.1 1,977 Baraga 1 0 1,922 Bath 2 0.9 2,083 Battle Creek 5 12 52,175 Bay City 3 2.3 32,082 Beaverton 1 0.2 1,170 Beecher 3 2.0 10,232 Beechwood 2 1.5 3,015 Belding 1 0.4 5,972 Bellaire 1 0.2 1,038 Belleville 5 10 3,904 Bellevue 1 0.2 1,338 Benton Harbor 3 2.1 8,875 Benton Heights 3 4.1 4,084 Berkley 5 10 14,934 Berrien Springs 4 7.4 1,790 Bessemer 2 0.7 1,779 Beverly Hills 5 9.4 10,390 Big Rapids 2 0.4 7,912 Bingham Farms 5 15 1,085 Birch Run 2 0.7 1,540 Birmingham 5 17 21,434 Blissfield 2 1.0 3,263 Bloomfield Hills 5 11 4,377 Boyne City 1 0 3,831 Breckenridge 1 0.3 1,263 Bridgeport 3 1.9 6,950 Bridgman 2 0.9 2,053 Brighton 4 6.5 7,958 Bronson 1 0.2 2,272 Brooklyn 2 1.1 1,387 Brown City 1 0.1 1,295 Brownlee Park 2 1.0 2,108 Buchanan 3 2.8 4,191 Buena Vista 3 4.1 6,816 Burt 2 0.7 1,228 Burton 3 2.0 29,376 Byron Center 5 11 5,822 C Cadillac 1 0.1 10,430 Caledonia 6 28 1,775 Canadian Lakes 1 0.1 2,756 Capac 1 0.4 1,968 Carleton 6 25 2,337 Caro 2 0.6 4,272 Carson City 1 0.1 1,123 Cass City 1 0 2,487 Cassopolis 2 0.6 1,718 Cedar Springs 2 0.9 3,671 Center Line 5 9.9 8,354 Centreville 1 0.3 1,321 Charlevoix 1 0 2,347 Charlotte 2 0.5 9,242 Cheboygan 1 0 4,847 Chelsea 3 2.2 5,364 Chesaning 2 0.8 2,412 Clare 2 0.4 3,278 Clawson 6 23 11,176 Clinton 3 1.9 2,487 Clio 2 1.2 2,471 Coldwater 2 1.2 14,439 Coleman 1 0.1 1,269 Coloma 1 0.3 1,424 Colon 1 0.2 1,198 Comstock Northwest 3 2.5 5,455 Comstock Park 3 2.6 10,088 Concord 2 0.5 1,084 Constantine 2 0.8 1,990 Coopersville 2 0.6 4,846 Corunna 4 7.1 3,022 Croswell 1 0.1 2,296 Crystal Falls 1 0 1,612 Cutlerville 6 17 14,370 D Davison 2 1.6 5,056 DeWitt 3 2.1 4,779 Dearborn 7 35 105,811 Dearborn Heights 9 171 60,872 Decatur 1 0.3 1,660 Detroit 7 37 633,218 Detroit Beach 5 13 2,087 Dexter 3 4.4 4,509 Dimondale 3 2.1 1,170 Dollar Bay 1 0 1,082 Douglas 2 0.9 1,411 Dowagiac 2 0.7 5,673 Dryden 2 1.8 1,031 Dundee 5 16 5,980 Durand 3 2.2 3,470 E East Grand Rapids 4 5.0 11,429 East Jordan 1 0 2,250 East Lansing 3 3.5 48,528 East Tawas 1 0.1 2,680 Eastpointe 5 15 33,676 Eastwood 5 8.1 6,340 Eaton Rapids 1 0.2 5,165 Ecorse 7 59 8,941 Edgemont Park 3 3.0 2,358 Edmore 1 0.1 1,254 Edwardsburg 3 2.5 1,290 Elk Rapids 1 0.2 1,594 Escanaba 1 0 12,343 Essexville 2 1.7 3,304 Evart 1 0.1 1,765 F Fair Plain 2 1.3 7,631 Farmington 6 14 11,391 Farmington Hills 6 25 82,528 Fennville 2 0.6 1,739 Fenton 3 2.6 11,863 Ferndale 5 12 19,083 Ferrysburg 3 2.4 2,931 Flat Rock 7 49 10,289 Flint 3 3.9 79,661 Flushing 3 2.6 8,243 Forest Hills 4 5.5 25,867 Fowler 2 0.4 1,230 Fowlerville 3 2.7 2,931 Frankenmuth 2 1.1 5,163 Frankfort 1 0.1 1,277 Franklin 6 17 3,121 Fraser 3 2.0 14,434 Freeland 6 16 6,969 Fremont 3 1.9 4,595 Fruitport 4 5.6 1,153 G Galesburg 4 7.3 2,059 Garden City 6 26 26,325 Gaylord 1 0 4,374 Gibraltar 6 32 4,873 Gladstone 1 0 5,237 Gladwin 2 0.3 3,117 Goodrich 3 3.0 2,019 Grand Blanc 3 3.3 7,925 Grand Haven 3 2.6 11,002 Grand Ledge 4 4.1 7,784 Grand Rapids 7 8.5 196,608 Grandville 3 3.1 16,682 Grass Lake 2 1.4 1,096 Grayling 1 0 1,946 Greenville 2 0.6 8,989 Greilickville 1 0.2 1,530 Grosse Pointe 5 9.7 5,449 Grosse Pointe Farms 5 12 9,757 Grosse Pointe Park 5 8.9 11,124 Grosse Pointe Woods 5 11 15,854 Gwinn 1 0 1,917 H Hamtramck 6 26 27,339 Hancock 1 0 4,507 Harbor Beach 1 0 1,576 Harbor Springs 1 0 1,270 Harper Woods 5 14 14,895 Harrison 2 0.3 2,162 Hart 1 0.1 2,055 Hartford 1 0.1 2,479 Harvey 1 0.2 1,393 Haslett 4 3.8 19,220 Hastings 3 1.9 7,512 Hazel Park 5 9.2 14,808 Hemlock 3 3.3 1,466 Highland Park 7 35 8,443 Hillsdale 2 1.1 7,998 Holland 2 1.2 34,540 Holly 2 1.7 5,938 Holt 2 1.3 23,973 Homer 1 0.3 1,610 Houghton 1 0 8,508 Houghton Lake 1 0.1 3,427 Howard City 1 0.3 1,895 Howell 5 9.4 10,008 Hubbard Lake 1 0 1,002 Hudson 1 0.3 2,362 Hudsonville 3 2.9 7,879 Huntington Woods 5 12 6,260 I Imlay City 2 0.6 3,744 Indian River 1 0 1,959 Inkster 9 214 25,056 Ionia 2 0.5 12,249 Iron Mountain 1 0.2 7,519 Iron River 1 0 3,032 Ironwood 2 0.8 4,957 Ishpeming 1 0 6,183 Ithaca 1 0.2 2,813 J Jackson 3 2.1 30,854 Jenison 3 2.1 16,538 Jonesville 1 0.4 2,171 K K. 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Sawyer 1 0 2,624 Kalamazoo 5 11 73,126 Kalkaska 1 0 2,239 Keego Harbor 5 12 2,729 Kent City 1 0.4 1,360 Kentwood 7 48 53,987 Kingsford 1 0.1 5,134 Kingsley 2 0.7 1,436 L L'Anse 1 0 1,936 Laingsburg 2 0.8 1,414 Lake Fenton 3 2.2 5,559 Lake Isabella 1 0 1,929 Lake Linden 1 0 1,018 Lake Michigan Beach 2 0.7 1,216 Lake Odessa 3 3.2 2,065 Lake Orion 3 4.4 2,832 Lakeview 1 0.2 1,034 Lakewood Club 2 0.3 1,324 Lambertville 4 4.7 9,953 Lansing 4 3.5 112,115 Lapeer 3 2.2 9,128 Lathrup Village 5 10 4,013 Laurium 1 0 1,876 Lawrence 1 0.2 1,012 Lawton 2 0.5 1,789 Leslie 2 0.6 1,903 Level Park-Oak Park 4 5.0 3,409 Lewiston 1 0 1,392 Lincoln Park 8 79 38,646 Linden 3 3.3 4,160 Litchfield 1 0.5 1,384 Livonia 8 83 92,185 Lowell 3 3.5 4,103 Ludington 3 2.7 7,597 Luna Pier 2 1.8 1,353 M Madison Heights 4 7.7 28,238 Mancelona 1 0 1,388 Manchester 3 2.1 2,065 Manistee 2 0.5 6,279 Manistique 1 0 2,860 Manitou Beach-Devils Lake 2 0.5 2,019 Manton 1 0.1 1,449 Marcellus 2 0.3 1,049 Marine City 3 0.9 4,017 Marlette 1 0.3 1,853 Marquette 1 0.2 21,079 Marshall 2 0.5 6,774 Marysville 3 2.0 9,917 Mason 2 1.1 8,153 Mattawan 2 0.8 2,756 Melvindale 8 68 12,402 Memphis 2 0.7 1,062 Menominee 2 0.9 8,207 Michigan Center 2 0.7 4,672 Middleville 6 15 4,424 Midland 3 1.8 42,663 Milan 5 8.8 6,009 Milford 5 10 6,419 Millington 1 0.4 1,019 Mio 1 0 1,826 Monroe 4 5.4 20,089 Montague 1 0.4 2,417 Montrose 2 0.6 1,709 Morenci 1 0.3 2,222 Mount Clemens 4 4.8 15,378 Mount Morris 2 1.3 3,092 Mount Pleasant 1 0.3 20,859 Munising 1 0 1,963 Muskegon 2 1.8 37,183 Muskegon Heights 4 5.1 9,815 N Napoleon 2 1.2 1,258 Nashville 1 0.2 1,611 Negaunee 1 0.1 4,653 New Baltimore 4 2.0 11,992 New Buffalo 2 1.8 1,693 New Haven 3 1.8 6,657 Newaygo 1 0.2 2,542 Newberry 1 0 1,424 Niles 3 3.1 11,665 North Branch 1 0.3 1,105 North Muskegon 2 1.1 4,082 Northview 3 2.0 14,541 Northville 5 8.8 5,982 Norton Shores 6 25 25,005 Norway 1 0.1 2,837 Novi 4 5.2 66,314 O Oak Park 5 14 29,023 Okemos 3 3.0 21,369 Olivet 1 0.1 1,347 Ontonagon 1 0 1,282 Orchard Lake Village 5 13 2,206 Ortonville 2 1.3 1,331 Otsego 2 1.2 4,054 Ovid 1 0.3 1,485 Owosso 3 2.0 14,581 Oxford 3 3.9 3,449 P Parchment 5 11 1,893 Paw Paw 1 0.4 3,389 Paw Paw Lake 1 0.2 3,511 Pearl Beach 2 1.0 2,829 Perry 2 1.2 2,126 Petersburg 3 2.1 1,156 Petoskey 1 0 5,846 Pigeon 1 0 1,198 Pinckney 3 2.2 2,353 Pinconning 1 0.1 1,184 Plainwell 3 1.5 3,747 Pleasant Ridge 5 12 2,577 Plymouth 6 21 9,153 Pontiac 6 17 61,689 Port Huron 3 1.6 28,383 Portage 4 4.0 49,302 Portland 1 0.3 3,797 Potterville 2 0.6 3,092 Prudenville 1 0.2 1,682 Q Quincy 1 0.2 1,532 Quinnesec 1 0.2 1,191 R Rapid City 1 0.2 1,352 Ravenna 2 0.6 1,377 Reading 1 0.1 1,085 Reed City 1 0.2 2,521 Reese 2 0.9 1,268 Richmond 2 1.6 5,831 River Rouge 6 20 6,882 Riverview 4 5.0 11,976 Rochester 4 6.6 12,779 Rochester Hills 5 14 76,002 Rockford 2 1.3 6,171 Rockwood 4 5.8 3,135 Rogers City 1 0 2,909 Romeo 5 10 3,731 Romulus 10 310 24,702 Roosevelt Park 3 3.9 4,132 Roseville 4 3.9 46,666 Royal Oak 5 9.8 57,452 S Saginaw 3 3.1 43,185 Saline 4 6.3 9,006 Sand Lake 1 0.1 1,412 Sandusky 1 0 2,685 Saranac 4 3.7 1,381 Sault Ste. Marie 1 0 13,320 Schoolcraft 2 1.5 1,445 Scottville 1 0.3 1,356 Sebewaing 2 0.5 1,705 Shelby 1 0.1 2,174 Shepherd 1 0.4 1,503 Shields 3 3.3 6,587 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 2 1.2 1,344 Skidway Lake 1 0 3,392 South Gull Lake 3 3.3 1,182 South Haven 1 0.4 4,001 South Lyon 4 6.9 11,941 South Monroe 3 3.6 6,433 South Rockwood 5 11 1,575 Southfield 6 19 75,687 Southgate 6 23 29,002 Sparta 2 1.5 4,271 Spring Arbor 2 0.9 2,881 Spring Lake 3 1.9 2,521 Springfield 5 15 5,281 St. Charles 2 0.7 1,956 St. Clair 2 1.0 5,887 St. Clair Shores 4 7.4 57,548 St. Helen 1 0.1 2,668 St. Ignace 1 0 2,293 St. Johns 2 0.5 7,699 St. Joseph 2 1.2 7,729 St. Louis 1 0.2 7,008 Standish 1 0.1 1,457 Stanton 1 0 1,372 Sterling Heights 3 2.5 133,306 Stevensville 2 1.2 1,143 Stockbridge 2 1.2 1,278 Stony Point 5 11 1,724 Sturgis 2 1.1 11,012 Swartz Creek 6 17 5,840 Sylvan Lake 5 12 1,702 T Tawas City 1 0 1,843 Taylor 4 4.7 61,241 Tecumseh 4 3.7 8,596 Temperance 2 1.1 8,517 Three Oaks 2 0.9 1,390 Three Rivers 2 0.9 7,928 Traverse City 2 0.6 15,707 Trenton 4 6.0 17,891 Trowbridge Park 1 0.2 2,176 Troy 4 8.3 87,339 Twin Lake 1 0.2 1,720 U Union City 2 1.3 1,695 Utica 3 2.0 5,124 V Vandercook Lake 2 1.3 4,721 Vassar 1 0.4 2,698 Vicksburg 4 7.7 3,929 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores 5 9.1 2,542 W Wacousta 3 1.7 1,440 Wakefield 1 0.2 1,681 Walker 3 1.8 25,289 Walled Lake 6 19 7,297 Warren 5 8.2 136,655 Watervliet 1 0.3 1,650 Waverly 4 4.8 23,925 Wayland 3 3.4 4,484 Wayne 6 27 17,078 Webberville 3 1.6 1,289 West Branch 1 0 2,358 West Ishpeming 1 0 2,662 West Monroe 5 13 3,503 Westland 7 41 82,574 Westwood 3 2.1 8,653 White Cloud 1 0.4 1,477 White Pigeon 2 1.1 1,725 Whitehall 1 0.5 3,105 Whitmore Lake 4 8.9 6,423 Williamston 3 2.0 3,772 Wixom 5 9.7 17,134 Wolf Lake 2 1.3 4,104 Wolverine Lake 6 24 4,436 Woodhaven 5 10 12,559 Woodland Beach 5 13 2,049 Wyandotte 5 14 24,057 Wyoming 4 4.5 77,451 Y Yale 1 0.2 1,890 Ypsilanti 5 13 19,393 Z Zeeland 2 1.4 5,645 Zilwaukee 3 2.4 1,498
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .