Aircraft noise in Mississippi towns
NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 191 Mississippi towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 1; 7 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
- 1 Minimal: 117
- 2–3 Minor: 51
- 4–5 Moderate: 16
- 6–7 Major: 2
- 8–9 Severe: 4
- 10 Extreme: 1
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Largest cities
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 6 | 19 | 143,709 |
| Gulfport | 4 | 5.5 | 72,823 |
| Southaven | 10 | 222 | 56,851 |
| Hattiesburg | 1 | 0.3 | 48,414 |
| Biloxi | 4 | 4.8 | 48,235 |
| Olive Branch | 8 | 34 | 47,029 |
| Tupelo | 1 | 0.4 | 37,675 |
| Meridian | 2 | 0.7 | 33,551 |
| Pearl | 6 | 24 | 28,117 |
| Madison | 4 | 7.0 | 27,987 |
| Greenville | 1 | 0.1 | 27,644 |
| Oxford | 1 | 0.2 | 27,008 |
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 1 | 0.1 | 27,644 |
| Verona | 1 | 0.2 | 2,732 |
| Columbus | 1 | 0.3 | 23,035 |
| Shaw | 1 | 0.3 | 1,363 |
| Tupelo | 1 | 0.4 | 37,675 |
| Ellisville | 2 | 0.5 | 4,544 |
| Raymond | 2 | 0.5 | 1,881 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 0.6 | 10,401 |
| Lucedale | 2 | 0.6 | 3,055 |
| Hide-A-Way Lake | 2 | 0.6 | 1,859 |
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Noisiest towns
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven | 10 | 222 | 56,851 |
| Hernando | 9 | 74 | 18,239 |
| Horn Lake | 8 | 52 | 26,468 |
| Lynchburg | 8 | 51 | 2,437 |
| Olive Branch | 8 | 34 | 47,029 |
| Pearl | 6 | 24 | 28,117 |
| Jackson | 6 | 19 | 143,709 |
| Flowood | 5 | 15 | 10,675 |
| Bridgetown | 5 | 10 | 1,742 |
| Brandon | 5 | 8.5 | 25,719 |
All Mississippi towns
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| Aberdeen | 1 | 0.2 | 4,860 |
| Ackerman | 1 | 0.1 | 1,565 |
| Alcorn State University | 1 | 0 | 1,017 |
| Amory | 1 | 0.4 | 6,422 |
| Arnold Line | 1 | 0.1 | 1,719 |
| B | |||
| Baldwyn | 1 | 0 | 3,066 |
| Batesville | 1 | 0.2 | 7,330 |
| Bay Springs | 2 | 0.8 | 1,599 |
| Bay St. Louis | 4 | 5.3 | 10,511 |
| Beechwood | 1 | 0 | 3,426 |
| Belmont | 1 | 0 | 1,815 |
| Belzoni | 1 | 0.1 | 1,764 |
| Biloxi | 4 | 4.8 | 48,235 |
| Booneville | 1 | 0 | 9,081 |
| Brandon | 5 | 8.5 | 25,719 |
| Bridgetown | 5 | 10 | 1,742 |
| Brookhaven | 1 | 0 | 11,571 |
| Bruce | 1 | 0 | 1,608 |
| Byhalia | 3 | 2.4 | 1,357 |
| Byram | 2 | 1.1 | 12,651 |
| C | |||
| Caledonia | 1 | 0.2 | 1,115 |
| Calhoun City | 1 | 0 | 1,482 |
| Canton | 2 | 0.3 | 10,742 |
| Carthage | 1 | 0 | 4,821 |
| Centreville | 1 | 0.1 | 1,168 |
| Charleston | 1 | 0 | 1,722 |
| Clarksdale | 1 | 0 | 13,850 |
| Cleary | 3 | 2.5 | 1,544 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 0.6 | 10,401 |
| Clinton | 3 | 2.0 | 26,698 |
| Coldwater | 4 | 3.4 | 1,339 |
| Collins | 1 | 0.1 | 2,271 |
| Collinsville | 1 | 0.2 | 1,948 |
| Columbia | 1 | 0 | 5,727 |
| Columbus | 1 | 0.3 | 23,035 |
| Columbus AFB | 5 | 8.0 | 1,373 |
| Como | 2 | 0.3 | 1,075 |
| Conehatta | 1 | 0 | 1,342 |
| Corinth | 1 | 0 | 14,259 |
| Crystal Springs | 1 | 0.2 | 4,681 |
| D | |||
| D'Iberville | 3 | 4.3 | 13,286 |
| DeLisle | 3 | 3.1 | 1,147 |
| Decatur | 1 | 0 | 1,920 |
| Diamondhead | 3 | 3.5 | 9,236 |
| Drew | 1 | 0.1 | 1,704 |
| Duck Hill | 1 | 0 | 1,181 |
| Durant | 1 | 0 | 2,017 |
| E | |||
| Ecru | 1 | 0.1 | 1,080 |
| Ellisville | 2 | 0.5 | 4,544 |
| Escatawpa | 3 | 3.3 | 3,722 |
| Eupora | 1 | 0 | 2,096 |
| F | |||
| Farmington | 1 | 0 | 2,015 |
| Fayette | 1 | 0 | 1,358 |
| Flora | 2 | 0.4 | 1,634 |
| Florence | 3 | 3.8 | 4,753 |
| Flowood | 5 | 15 | 10,675 |
| Forest | 1 | 0 | 5,279 |
| Fulton | 1 | 0 | 4,534 |
| G | |||
| Gautier | 2 | 1.1 | 19,021 |
| Glendale | 1 | 0.2 | 1,657 |
| Gluckstadt | 3 | 2.7 | 3,308 |
| Goodman | 1 | 0 | 1,181 |
| Greenville | 1 | 0.1 | 27,644 |
| Greenwood | 1 | 0 | 13,421 |
| Grenada | 1 | 0 | 12,267 |
| Gulf Hills | 2 | 1.8 | 7,144 |
| Gulf Park Estates | 2 | 1.8 | 5,719 |
| Gulfport | 4 | 5.5 | 72,823 |
| Guntown | 1 | 0.1 | 2,427 |
| H | |||
| Hattiesburg | 1 | 0.3 | 48,414 |
| Hazlehurst | 1 | 0 | 3,479 |
| Helena | 3 | 3.9 | 1,184 |
| Hernando | 9 | 74 | 18,239 |
| Hide-A-Way Lake | 2 | 0.6 | 1,859 |
| Hillsboro | 1 | 0 | 1,130 |
| Hollandale | 1 | 0.1 | 2,162 |
| Holly Springs | 2 | 0.7 | 6,732 |
| Horn Lake | 8 | 52 | 26,468 |
| Houston | 1 | 0.1 | 3,713 |
| Hurley | 3 | 4.7 | 1,551 |
| I | |||
| Indianola | 1 | 0.1 | 9,003 |
| Itta Bena | 1 | 0 | 1,549 |
| Iuka | 1 | 0 | 3,077 |
| J | |||
| Jackson | 6 | 19 | 143,709 |
| K | |||
| Kearney Park | 1 | 0.1 | 1,054 |
| Kiln | 4 | 5.5 | 2,238 |
| Kosciusko | 1 | 0.1 | 6,842 |
| L | |||
| Lambert | 1 | 0 | 1,134 |
| Latimer | 3 | 2.8 | 6,079 |
| Laurel | 2 | 0.8 | 16,979 |
| Leakesville | 3 | 1.6 | 3,767 |
| Leland | 1 | 0.2 | 3,693 |
| Lexington | 1 | 0 | 1,447 |
| Long Beach | 3 | 3.9 | 16,991 |
| Louisville | 1 | 0.3 | 5,913 |
| Lucedale | 2 | 0.6 | 3,055 |
| Lumberton | 1 | 0.1 | 1,643 |
| Lyman | 3 | 2.5 | 1,277 |
| Lynchburg | 8 | 51 | 2,437 |
| M | |||
| Macon | 2 | 1.9 | 2,455 |
| Madison | 4 | 7.0 | 27,987 |
| Magee | 1 | 0.5 | 3,938 |
| Magnolia | 1 | 0 | 1,830 |
| Mantachie | 1 | 0 | 1,140 |
| Marion | 2 | 1.0 | 1,690 |
| Marks | 1 | 0 | 1,283 |
| McComb | 1 | 0 | 11,914 |
| Mendenhall | 1 | 0.2 | 2,145 |
| Meridian | 2 | 0.7 | 33,551 |
| Meridian Station | 2 | 0.7 | 1,090 |
| Mississippi State | 1 | 0.2 | 4,005 |
| Mississippi Valley State University | 1 | 0 | 1,182 |
| Monticello | 1 | 0 | 1,384 |
| Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 1,832 |
| Morgantown | 1 | 0.1 | 1,412 |
| Morton | 1 | 0.3 | 3,621 |
| Moss Point | 3 | 2.9 | 11,890 |
| Mound Bayou | 1 | 0.1 | 1,417 |
| N | |||
| Natchez | 1 | 0.1 | 13,933 |
| Nellieburg | 2 | 0.5 | 1,414 |
| Nettleton | 1 | 0.1 | 1,892 |
| New Albany | 1 | 0.1 | 7,706 |
| New Hope | 1 | 0.1 | 3,193 |
| Newton | 1 | 0 | 3,108 |
| Nicholson | 2 | 0.8 | 3,092 |
| North Tunica | 4 | 3.3 | 1,035 |
| O | |||
| Ocean Springs | 2 | 1.7 | 18,997 |
| Okolona | 1 | 0.1 | 2,443 |
| Olive Branch | 8 | 34 | 47,029 |
| Oxford | 1 | 0.2 | 27,008 |
| P | |||
| Pascagoula | 2 | 0.7 | 21,582 |
| Pass Christian | 3 | 3.8 | 6,255 |
| Pearl | 6 | 24 | 28,117 |
| Pearl River | 1 | 0.1 | 3,601 |
| Pearlington | 2 | 1.3 | 1,332 |
| Pelahatchie | 3 | 2.9 | 1,286 |
| Petal | 1 | 0.2 | 11,403 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0.2 | 6,921 |
| Picayune | 2 | 0.9 | 11,862 |
| Pontotoc | 1 | 0.2 | 5,882 |
| Poplarville | 1 | 0.3 | 2,818 |
| Port Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1,170 |
| Purvis | 1 | 0 | 1,943 |
| Q | |||
| Quitman | 1 | 0 | 1,973 |
| R | |||
| Raleigh | 1 | 0.4 | 1,087 |
| Rawls Springs | 1 | 0.3 | 1,254 |
| Raymond | 2 | 0.5 | 1,881 |
| Richland | 4 | 5.8 | 7,400 |
| Ridgeland | 5 | 7.8 | 24,459 |
| Ripley | 1 | 0 | 5,338 |
| Robinhood | 3 | 3.2 | 1,605 |
| Rolling Fork | 1 | 0 | 1,509 |
| Rosedale | 1 | 0.2 | 1,460 |
| Ruleville | 1 | 0 | 2,485 |
| S | |||
| Saltillo | 1 | 0.3 | 4,955 |
| Sardis | 1 | 0.3 | 1,686 |
| Saucier | 3 | 3.2 | 1,342 |
| Senatobia | 3 | 0.7 | 8,287 |
| Shannon | 1 | 0.1 | 1,480 |
| Sharon | 1 | 0.2 | 1,406 |
| Shaw | 1 | 0.3 | 1,363 |
| Shelby | 1 | 0.1 | 1,870 |
| Southaven | 10 | 222 | 56,851 |
| St. Martin | 3 | 3.0 | 7,730 |
| Starkville | 1 | 0.2 | 25,444 |
| Summit | 1 | 0 | 1,455 |
| Sumrall | 1 | 0.1 | 2,064 |
| T | |||
| Taylorsville | 1 | 0.2 | 1,112 |
| Tchula | 1 | 0 | 1,630 |
| Terry | 2 | 0.9 | 1,479 |
| Tunica Resorts | 2 | 0.3 | 1,910 |
| Tupelo | 1 | 0.4 | 37,675 |
| Tutwiler | 1 | 0 | 2,418 |
| Tylertown | 1 | 0 | 1,471 |
| U | |||
| Union | 1 | 0.1 | 2,004 |
| University | 1 | 0.1 | 4,202 |
| V | |||
| Vancleave | 2 | 1.1 | 5,886 |
| Vardaman | 1 | 0 | 1,058 |
| Verona | 1 | 0.2 | 2,732 |
| Vicksburg | 1 | 0 | 20,192 |
| W | |||
| Wade | 4 | 5.3 | 1,074 |
| Walls | 5 | 6.6 | 1,389 |
| Water Valley | 1 | 0 | 3,381 |
| Waveland | 4 | 5.4 | 6,990 |
| Waynesboro | 1 | 0.3 | 4,534 |
| Wesson | 1 | 0 | 1,796 |
| West Hattiesburg | 1 | 0.1 | 5,909 |
| West Point | 1 | 0.3 | 9,770 |
| Wiggins | 2 | 0.6 | 4,259 |
| Winona | 1 | 0 | 4,079 |
| Y | |||
| Yazoo City | 1 | 0 | 9,754 |