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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 433 North Carolina 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 Charlotte 7 40 911,311 Raleigh 4 6.0 482,295 Greensboro 5 7.4 302,296 Durham 5 8.8 296,186 Winston-Salem 4 3.4 252,975 Fayetteville 4 5.9 209,749 Cary 7 34 180,010 Wilmington 6 20 122,698 High Point 5 6.5 116,926 Concord 4 8.3 110,119 Asheville 6 17 95,056 Greenville 4 5.9 90,053
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Williamston 1 0.2 5,051 Wanchese 1 0.2 1,642 Goldsboro 1 0.3 33,469 Salem 1 0.3 2,218 Rockingham 1 0.4 8,890 Tobaccoville 1 0.4 2,696 Cordova 1 0.4 1,775 Stoneville 1 0.4 1,335 Franklinville 2 0.4 1,240 Roseboro 2 0.4 1,155
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Morrisville 10 241 31,703 Mount Holly 9 159 18,373 Lowesville 8 120 2,945 Ranlo 8 91 4,664 Lowell 8 88 3,794 Westport 8 83 4,026 Marvin 8 78 6,813 Stanley 8 67 4,065 Mountain Home 7 50 3,622 Gastonia 7 43 83,942
All North Carolina towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Aberdeen 3 1.5 9,488 Advance 2 1.1 1,138 Ahoskie 1 0.1 4,651 Alamance 7 42 1,028 Albemarle 2 1.6 16,936 Andrews 1 0 1,737 Angier 3 2.8 7,283 Apex 6 17 72,225 Archdale 3 2.7 12,084 Archer Lodge 3 2.8 5,365 Asheboro 2 0.9 27,726 Asheville 6 17 95,056 Atlantic Beach 1 0.4 1,407 Avery Creek 7 41 1,950 Ayden 3 2.3 5,092 B Badin 4 9.1 1,864 Balfour 7 42 1,187 Banner Elk 1 0.2 1,130 Barker Heights 5 11 1,254 Bayboro 1 0.2 1,026 Bayshore 4 4.7 3,393 Beaufort 1 0.4 4,804 Belhaven 1 0 1,406 Belmont 5 6.3 15,515 Belville 6 26 2,427 Benson 2 1.5 4,401 Bent Creek 4 6.7 1,287 Bermuda Run 2 1.0 3,239 Bessemer City 3 3.1 5,625 Bethel 3 2.5 1,399 Bethlehem 2 1.3 4,214 Beulaville 2 0.9 1,138 Biltmore Forest 5 10 1,435 Biscoe 2 0.8 1,852 Black Mountain 3 1.5 8,530 Bladenboro 1 0 1,634 Blowing Rock 1 0.2 1,353 Boiling Spring Lakes 2 1.0 6,658 Boiling Springs 2 0.7 4,637 Boone 1 0.2 19,811 Boonville 2 0.5 1,201 Brevard 2 1.3 7,847 Brices Creek 5 9.0 3,073 Broad Creek 1 0.4 2,334 Broadway 3 2.0 1,345 Brogden 2 0.5 2,633 Brunswick 1 0.1 1,070 Bryson City 1 0.3 1,510 Buies Creek 5 9.6 2,942 Burgaw 2 1.4 3,415 Burlington 5 16 60,032 Burnsville 2 0.5 1,623 Butner 5 8.7 8,108 Buxton 1 0 1,273 C Cajah's Mountain 2 0.5 2,698 Calabash 1 0.1 2,433 Canton 2 1.0 4,418 Cape Carteret 2 0.3 2,270 Carolina Beach 3 2.8 6,826 Carolina Shores 1 0.3 5,307 Carrboro 4 2.7 21,103 Carthage 3 3.1 2,951 Cary 7 34 180,010 Castle Hayne 5 12 1,202 Cedar Point 1 0.4 1,814 Chadbourn 1 0 1,544 Chapel Hill 4 3.7 62,043 Charlotte 7 40 911,311 Cherokee 1 0.2 2,138 Cherryville 2 1.8 6,278 China Grove 5 9.8 4,572 Claremont 2 0.9 1,729 Clayton 3 2.2 30,216 Clemmons 2 1.4 22,159 Clinton 2 0.6 8,320 Clyde 2 0.5 1,383 Coats 3 2.3 2,261 Columbus 2 0.6 1,097 Concord 4 8.3 110,119 Connelly Springs 2 1.0 1,538 Conover 2 0.9 8,635 Cordova 1 0.4 1,775 Cornelius 6 24 33,139 Cove Creek 1 0 1,171 Cramerton 6 19 5,496 Creedmoor 6 14 5,026 Cricket 1 0.3 1,855 Cullowhee 1 0.1 6,228 D Dallas 3 2.4 6,156 Dana 4 6.7 3,329 Davidson 5 10 14,521 Denton 2 0.8 1,556 Denver 6 27 2,309 Dobson 1 0.2 1,463 Dortches 2 0.6 1,113 Drexel 2 0.9 1,759 Dunn 3 1.5 8,581 Durham 5 8.8 296,186 E East Flat Rock 4 7.6 4,995 East Rockingham 2 0.6 3,736 East Spencer 3 2.2 1,607 Eastover 3 3.3 3,684 Eden 2 0.7 15,332 Edenton 1 0.1 4,485 Edneyville 3 2.8 2,367 Elizabeth City 2 0.8 18,948 Elizabethtown 3 0.3 3,265 Elkin 2 0.5 4,088 Elm City 2 1.8 1,214 Elon 3 2.8 11,520 Elroy 2 0.6 3,869 Emerald Isle 1 0.2 3,966 Enfield 1 0.1 1,798 Enochville 4 7.9 2,925 Erwin 3 2.3 4,739 Etowah 4 7.1 6,944 F Fairfield Harbour 2 1.1 2,952 Fairmont 1 0 2,203 Fairplains 1 0.3 2,120 Fairview 3 3.0 2,678 Fairview 3 3.7 3,699 Farmville 2 0.7 4,546 Fayetteville 4 5.9 209,749 Fearrington Village 4 4.6 2,339 Flat Rock 6 19 3,563 Flat Rock 1 0 1,556 Fletcher 4 7.4 8,158 Forest City 1 0.2 7,387 Forest Oaks 2 1.4 3,890 Foscoe 1 0.1 1,370 Four Oaks 3 3.4 2,530 Foxfire 2 1.4 1,376 Franklin 3 3.2 4,328 Franklinton 5 13 2,718 Franklinville 2 0.4 1,240 Fremont 2 1.5 1,199 Fruitland 4 6.8 2,031 Fuquay-Varina 3 1.9 43,817 G Gamewell 2 0.6 3,704 Garner 3 2.6 35,265 Gastonia 7 43 83,942 Gibsonville 2 1.4 9,496 Glen Alpine 1 0.2 1,525 Glen Raven 3 2.9 2,750 Goldsboro 1 0.3 33,469 Gorman 4 7.6 1,011 Graham 3 2.1 18,354 Granite Falls 2 1.6 4,914 Granite Quarry 3 4.2 3,068 Green Level 2 0.8 3,293 Greensboro 5 7.4 302,296 Greenville 4 5.9 90,053 Grifton 2 1.2 2,507 H Half Moon 2 1.4 8,352 Hamlet 2 0.8 5,928 Hampstead 5 14 4,083 Harkers Island 1 0.2 1,207 Harrisburg 6 23 19,883 Havelock 3 3.2 16,500 Haw River 2 1.0 2,348 Hays 1 0.2 1,851 Hemby Bridge 4 5.5 1,711 Henderson 1 0.1 14,857 Hendersonville 5 11 15,466 Hertford 1 0.3 1,980 Hickory 3 2.1 44,415 High Point 5 6.5 116,926 Highlands 1 0.2 1,110 Hildebran 3 3.9 1,678 Hillsborough 2 0.7 9,757 Holly Ridge 4 3.7 5,170 Holly Springs 3 3.5 46,271 Hoopers Creek 4 5.1 1,056 Hope Mills 3 2.3 17,973 Horse Shoe 4 4.8 2,351 Hudson 2 0.7 3,767 Huntersville 6 30 64,688 I Icard 3 2.6 2,664 Indian Trail 4 5.4 42,854 J Jackson Heights 2 1.2 1,141 Jacksonville 3 0.6 72,879 James City 3 3.1 5,899 Jamestown 5 14 3,721 Jefferson 1 0 1,635 Jonesville 2 0.6 2,326 K Kannapolis 5 17 59,321 Kenly 2 0.7 1,642 Kernersville 5 11 28,016 Kill Devil Hills 5 12 7,778 King 2 0.6 7,561 Kings Grant 6 24 8,113 Kings Mountain 3 2.9 11,823 Kinston 3 2.5 19,411 Kitty Hawk 3 3.1 3,713 Knightdale 3 1.8 20,275 Kure Beach 3 1.9 2,156 L La Grange 2 0.6 2,868 Lake Junaluska 2 0.5 2,734 Lake Lure 1 0.4 1,387 Lake Norman of Iredell 6 32 7,411 Lake Park 4 5.0 3,504 Lake Royale 2 0.9 2,506 Lake Waccamaw 1 0.1 1,255 Landis 4 5.9 3,803 Laurel Hill 1 0.2 1,254 Laurel Park 7 37 2,299 Laurinburg 2 0.5 15,021 Leland 5 9.9 30,542 Lenoir 2 0.2 18,238 Lewisville 3 2.3 14,002 Lexington 3 2.9 19,840 Liberty 2 1.1 2,704 Lillington 4 4.0 4,692 Lincolnton 4 6.5 12,128 Locust 2 1.3 5,854 Long View 3 2.0 5,207 Louisburg 2 1.0 3,269 Lowell 8 88 3,794 Lowesville 8 120 2,945 Lucama 2 0.5 1,046 Lumberton 1 0.1 19,121 M Madison 1 0.3 2,156 Maggie Valley 1 0.2 1,744 Maiden 2 1.6 3,845 Manteo 2 1.1 1,610 Mar-Mac 2 0.5 3,615 Marion 2 0.8 7,493 Mars Hill 2 0.5 2,222 Marshville 2 1.2 2,660 Marvin 8 78 6,813 Matthews 5 15 30,934 Maury 2 0.8 1,685 Maxton 3 3.5 2,114 Mayodan 1 0.2 2,452 McLeansville 2 1.2 1,021 Mebane 2 0.9 20,212 Midland 3 2.5 4,930 Midway 3 2.9 4,948 Millers Creek 1 0.1 2,112 Mills River 3 3.7 7,337 Mineral Springs 4 5.7 3,379 Mint Hill 5 8.1 27,815 Mocksville 2 1.5 6,147 Monroe 4 6.7 37,797 Mooresville 4 8.6 53,721 Moravian Falls 1 0.1 1,901 Morehead City 2 1.1 9,863 Morganton 2 0.5 17,708 Morrisville 10 241 31,703 Mount Airy 1 0 10,610 Mount Gilead 2 0.6 1,178 Mount Holly 9 159 18,373 Mount Olive 2 1.4 4,261 Mount Pleasant 2 1.6 1,748 Mountain Home 7 50 3,622 Mountain View 2 1.1 3,552 Moyock 2 1.0 3,759 Mulberry 1 0.2 2,332 Murfreesboro 1 0.1 2,371 Murphy 2 0.6 1,657 Murraysville 6 31 14,215 Myrtle Grove 3 3.1 8,875 N Nags Head 5 7.7 3,142 Nashville 2 1.2 5,737 Navassa 4 7.0 1,737 Neuse Forest 4 4.1 2,005 New Bern 4 5.2 32,226 Newport 2 1.2 4,494 Newton 2 0.8 13,399 North Topsail Beach 2 1.5 1,069 North Wilkesboro 1 0.3 4,338 Northchase 7 31 3,747 Northlakes 2 1.8 1,534 Northwest 3 1.8 1,005 Norwood 2 0.5 2,462 O Oak Island 2 1.1 9,480 Oak Ridge 4 4.6 7,776 Oakboro 2 0.9 2,218 Ogden 3 4.5 6,766 Oxford 3 2.6 8,972 P Pembroke 1 0.2 2,832 Pilot Mountain 1 0.2 1,431 Pine Knoll Shores 1 0.4 1,426 Pine Level 2 1.7 2,277 Pinebluff 2 1.0 1,536 Pinehurst 3 3.5 18,449 Pinetops 2 0.8 1,193 Pineville 7 36 11,153 Piney Green 2 0.5 13,293 Pittsboro 3 2.5 4,839 Plain View 2 1.0 1,961 Pleasant Garden 3 1.8 5,057 Plymouth 1 0 3,204 Polkton 2 0.8 2,268 Porters Neck 3 3.8 6,204 Princeton 2 0.8 1,461 Princeville 2 0.8 1,281 Pumpkin Center 3 3.0 2,222 R Raeford 3 3.0 4,544 Raleigh 4 6.0 482,295 Ramseur 2 0.5 1,785 Randleman 2 0.5 4,674 Ranlo 8 91 4,664 Red Oak 1 0.1 3,425 Red Springs 2 0.3 3,142 Reidsville 3 2.4 14,585 Richlands 4 4.4 2,415 River Bend 3 3.3 2,921 River Road 2 0.5 4,394 Roanoke Rapids 1 0 14,669 Robbins 3 0.7 1,254 Robersonville 2 0.5 1,218 Rockfish 3 3.2 3,298 Rockingham 1 0.4 8,890 Rockwell 3 3.1 2,370 Rocky Mount 3 2.7 54,245 Rocky Point 4 4.8 1,602 Rolesville 3 1.9 11,297 Rose Hill 1 0.3 1,381 Roseboro 2 0.4 1,155 Roxboro 2 0.5 8,212 Royal Pines 3 4.0 4,272 Rural Hall 3 3.5 3,513 Rutherford College 2 0.6 1,217 Rutherfordton 1 0.4 3,685 S Salem 1 0.3 2,218 Salisbury 4 8.8 36,319 Sanford 3 2.8 32,064 Sawmills 2 1.0 5,025 Saxapahaw 2 1.0 1,648 Scotland Neck 1 0.1 1,598 Sea Breeze 3 2.8 1,969 Selma 3 2.1 7,012 Seven Lakes 3 1.2 4,888 Shallotte 1 0.1 5,171 Sharpsburg 3 2.5 1,747 Shelby 2 1.4 22,010 Siler City 3 2.0 8,043 Silver Lake 3 3.9 5,598 Skippers Corner 6 21 2,785 Smithfield 4 6.8 12,468 Sneads Ferry 2 0.7 2,646 Snow Hill 2 1.1 1,470 South Henderson 1 0.2 1,213 South Rosemary 1 0 2,836 Southern Pines 3 2.9 16,728 Southern Shores 3 3.7 3,138 Southmont 3 2.0 1,470 Southport 2 0.9 4,377 Sparta 1 0 1,894 Spencer 4 5.2 3,354 Spindale 2 0.5 4,284 Spring Hope 2 0.7 1,333 Spring Lake 7 13 11,507 Spruce Pine 3 0.6 2,191 St. James 3 2.4 7,443 St. Pauls 2 0.8 2,056 St. Stephens 3 1.9 8,759 Stallings 4 5.8 17,212 Stanfield 3 2.4 1,659 Stanley 8 67 4,065 Statesville 3 3.3 30,220 Stedman 2 0.8 1,296 Stem 5 7.6 1,015 Stokesdale 6 16 6,016 Stoneville 1 0.4 1,335 Stony Point 2 1.3 1,317 Summerfield 5 7.8 11,150 Sunset Beach 1 0.1 4,544 Surf City 3 2.2 4,781 Swannanoa 3 1.7 4,576 Swansboro 1 0.3 4,137 Swepsonville 2 1.4 2,535 Sylva 1 0.3 2,668 T Tabor City 1 0.1 3,670 Tarboro 3 1.4 10,859 Taylorsville 2 0.4 2,273 Thomasville 3 1.9 27,435 Toast 1 0.1 1,450 Tobaccoville 1 0.4 2,696 Trent Woods 4 4.5 4,106 Trinity 3 2.6 7,155 Troutman 3 3.2 3,980 Troy 2 0.5 2,952 Tryon 3 2.2 1,606 Tyro 3 2.3 3,879 U Unionville 3 3.3 7,087 V Valdese 2 0.7 4,699 Valley Hill 6 27 2,070 Vander 2 1.6 1,146 Vass 3 2.6 1,018 W Wadesboro 2 0.6 4,935 Wake Forest 4 6.2 54,337 Walkertown 4 3.5 5,950 Wallace 1 0.4 3,472 Wallburg 4 4.4 3,188 Walnut Cove 2 0.6 1,598 Walnut Creek 1 0.3 1,098 Wanchese 1 0.2 1,642 Warsaw 1 0.3 2,735 Washington 5 8.5 9,683 Waxhaw 5 8.3 23,073 Waynesville 2 1.0 10,667 Weaverville 2 1.2 4,693 Weddington 3 3.3 14,080 Welcome 2 0.8 4,162 Weldon 1 0.1 1,383 Wendell 2 1.3 14,400 Wentworth 2 0.7 2,715 Wesley Chapel 3 4.6 9,280 West Canton 2 0.7 1,247 West Jefferson 1 0.1 1,334 West Marion 2 0.7 1,348 Westport 8 83 4,026 Whispering Pines 5 15 5,320 White Plains 1 0.1 1,074 Whiteville 1 0 4,677 Wilkesboro 1 0.3 3,661 Williamston 1 0.2 5,051 Wilmington 6 20 122,698 Wilson 2 1.5 47,833 Wilson's Mills 6 31 2,820 Windsor 1 0.1 3,250 Wingate 2 1.9 4,342 Winston-Salem 4 3.4 252,975 Winterville 3 3.0 10,821 Woodfin 3 4.4 8,012 Wrightsboro 6 18 4,896 Wrightsville Beach 4 5.8 2,420 Y Yadkinville 3 0.6 3,018 Yanceyville 2 0.5 2,002 Youngsville 3 2.4 2,291 Z Zebulon 2 1.2 9,401
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .