Aircraft noise in Oregon towns
NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 214 Oregon towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 3; 22 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
- 1 Minimal: 82
- 2–3 Minor: 45
- 4–5 Moderate: 65
- 6–7 Major: 17
- 8–9 Severe: 3
- 10 Extreme: 2
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Largest cities
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 5 | 11 | 630,498 |
| Eugene | 5 | 7.4 | 177,899 |
| Salem | 6 | 26 | 177,432 |
| Gresham | 7 | 36 | 110,685 |
| Hillsboro | 9 | 268 | 107,730 |
| Bend | 4 | 7.0 | 104,557 |
| Beaverton | 4 | 5.7 | 96,945 |
| Medford | 7 | 29 | 85,098 |
| Corvallis | 5 | 9.2 | 61,087 |
| Springfield | 3 | 2.0 | 61,085 |
| Albany | 3 | 2.4 | 57,053 |
| Tigard | 4 | 5.4 | 55,590 |
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astoria | 1 | 0.2 | 9,986 |
| Vernonia | 1 | 0.3 | 2,425 |
| Willamina | 1 | 0.3 | 2,258 |
| Milton-Freewater | 1 | 0.4 | 6,977 |
| Philomath | 1 | 0.4 | 5,714 |
| South Lebanon | 1 | 0.4 | 1,005 |
| Umatilla | 2 | 0.5 | 7,755 |
| Nyssa | 2 | 0.5 | 3,253 |
| Sheridan | 2 | 0.6 | 6,483 |
| Shady Cove | 2 | 0.6 | 3,064 |
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Noisiest towns
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 10 | 252 | 10,782 |
| Wood Village | 10 | 247 | 4,717 |
| Hillsboro | 9 | 268 | 107,730 |
| Troutdale | 9 | 123 | 15,717 |
| Redmond | 8 | 70 | 37,009 |
| Dayton | 7 | 40 | 2,650 |
| Gresham | 7 | 36 | 110,685 |
| Junction City | 7 | 35 | 7,072 |
| Bethany | 7 | 33 | 20,646 |
| Damascus | 7 | 33 | 10,539 |
All Oregon towns
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
| Town | Score | Loud / day | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| Adair Village | 3 | 2.2 | 1,018 |
| Albany | 3 | 2.4 | 57,053 |
| Aloha | 4 | 6.2 | 49,425 |
| Altamont | 1 | 0 | 19,257 |
| Amity | 4 | 5.6 | 1,763 |
| Ashland | 4 | 3.5 | 21,061 |
| Astoria | 1 | 0.2 | 9,986 |
| Athena | 1 | 0.4 | 1,186 |
| Aumsville | 3 | 2.8 | 4,164 |
| Aurora | 6 | 18 | 1,118 |
| B | |||
| Baker City | 1 | 0.1 | 10,225 |
| Bandon | 1 | 0 | 3,304 |
| Banks | 4 | 6.1 | 1,807 |
| Barview | 1 | 0.2 | 1,844 |
| Bay City | 3 | 1.8 | 1,386 |
| Beavercreek | 4 | 5.6 | 4,485 |
| Beaverton | 4 | 5.7 | 96,945 |
| Bend | 4 | 7.0 | 104,557 |
| Bethany | 7 | 33 | 20,646 |
| Boardman | 1 | 0.2 | 4,268 |
| Brookings | 1 | 0 | 6,672 |
| Brownsville | 2 | 0.8 | 1,849 |
| Bull Mountain | 4 | 7.6 | 9,133 |
| Bunker Hill | 1 | 0.1 | 1,444 |
| Burns | 1 | 0 | 2,710 |
| C | |||
| Canby | 4 | 7.8 | 17,944 |
| Cannon Beach | 1 | 0 | 1,503 |
| Canyonville | 1 | 0 | 1,662 |
| Carlton | 4 | 5.5 | 2,225 |
| Cascade Locks | 2 | 0.6 | 1,359 |
| Cave Junction | 1 | 0 | 2,052 |
| Cedar Hills | 6 | 17 | 8,300 |
| Cedar Mill | 6 | 32 | 14,546 |
| Central Point | 5 | 8.2 | 19,171 |
| Chenoweth | 1 | 0.1 | 1,855 |
| Clatskanie | 1 | 0.1 | 1,753 |
| Coburg | 4 | 5.3 | 1,311 |
| Columbia City | 5 | 8.3 | 1,944 |
| Coos Bay | 1 | 0.2 | 15,595 |
| Coquille | 1 | 0 | 3,991 |
| Cornelius | 5 | 11 | 14,981 |
| Corvallis | 5 | 9.2 | 61,087 |
| Cottage Grove | 2 | 1.5 | 10,623 |
| Creswell | 6 | 19 | 5,597 |
| Culver | 3 | 2.8 | 1,670 |
| D | |||
| Dallas | 2 | 1.1 | 17,644 |
| Damascus | 7 | 33 | 10,539 |
| Dayton | 7 | 40 | 2,650 |
| Depoe Bay | 1 | 0.2 | 1,528 |
| Deschutes River Woods | 4 | 4.9 | 5,077 |
| Donald | 5 | 9.6 | 1,000 |
| Drain | 1 | 0.1 | 1,194 |
| Dundee | 4 | 8.2 | 3,179 |
| Dunes City | 1 | 0.1 | 1,407 |
| Durham | 4 | 6.2 | 1,860 |
| E | |||
| Eagle Crest | 5 | 16 | 1,696 |
| Eagle Point | 3 | 3.2 | 9,829 |
| Elgin | 1 | 0.1 | 1,692 |
| Enterprise | 1 | 0 | 2,130 |
| Estacada | 3 | 2.1 | 5,421 |
| Eugene | 5 | 7.4 | 177,899 |
| F | |||
| Fairview | 10 | 252 | 10,782 |
| Falls City | 1 | 0.2 | 1,066 |
| Florence | 1 | 0.2 | 9,470 |
| Forest Grove | 5 | 19 | 26,799 |
| Four Corners | 5 | 12 | 15,947 |
| G | |||
| Garden Home-Whitford | 6 | 22 | 6,674 |
| Gearhart | 1 | 0.1 | 1,870 |
| Gervais | 4 | 4.9 | 2,547 |
| Gladstone | 4 | 5.1 | 11,865 |
| Glide | 1 | 0 | 1,795 |
| Gold Beach | 1 | 0 | 2,327 |
| Gold Hill | 2 | 0.6 | 1,321 |
| Grand Ronde | 1 | 0.2 | 1,661 |
| Grants Pass | 1 | 0 | 39,149 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 7,515 |
| Gresham | 7 | 36 | 110,685 |
| H | |||
| Happy Valley | 6 | 24 | 28,409 |
| Harbor | 1 | 0 | 2,391 |
| Harrisburg | 3 | 3.1 | 3,701 |
| Hayesville | 4 | 5.3 | 19,936 |
| Heppner | 1 | 0 | 1,120 |
| Hermiston | 3 | 2.3 | 19,489 |
| Hillsboro | 9 | 268 | 107,730 |
| Hines | 1 | 0 | 1,626 |
| Hood River | 4 | 6.4 | 8,346 |
| Hubbard | 4 | 6.5 | 3,372 |
| I | |||
| Independence | 6 | 22 | 10,247 |
| Irrigon | 1 | 0.2 | 2,008 |
| Island City | 2 | 1.2 | 1,121 |
| J | |||
| Jacksonville | 2 | 1.4 | 2,936 |
| Jefferson | 2 | 1.5 | 3,267 |
| Jennings Lodge | 4 | 8.0 | 7,315 |
| John Day | 1 | 0 | 1,659 |
| Joseph | 1 | 0 | 1,198 |
| Junction City | 7 | 35 | 7,072 |
| K | |||
| Keizer | 3 | 3.0 | 38,564 |
| King City | 5 | 13 | 4,968 |
| Klamath Falls | 1 | 0 | 21,888 |
| L | |||
| La Grande | 4 | 1.7 | 12,973 |
| La Pine | 1 | 0.1 | 2,540 |
| Lafayette | 5 | 15 | 4,530 |
| Lake Oswego | 5 | 9.0 | 39,924 |
| Lakeside | 1 | 0.1 | 1,854 |
| Lakeview | 1 | 0 | 2,458 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 0.7 | 19,726 |
| Lincoln Beach | 1 | 0.1 | 2,045 |
| Lincoln City | 1 | 0.1 | 10,007 |
| Lowell | 1 | 0.3 | 1,256 |
| Lyons | 1 | 0.3 | 1,207 |
| M | |||
| Madras | 4 | 7.8 | 7,744 |
| McMinnville | 5 | 10 | 34,450 |
| Medford | 7 | 29 | 85,098 |
| Merlin | 1 | 0 | 1,615 |
| Metolius | 4 | 5.0 | 1,022 |
| Metzger | 5 | 12 | 3,765 |
| Mill City | 1 | 0.1 | 1,990 |
| Millersburg | 3 | 3.4 | 3,311 |
| Milton-Freewater | 1 | 0.4 | 6,977 |
| Milwaukie | 5 | 9.7 | 21,594 |
| Mission | 1 | 0.3 | 1,037 |
| Molalla | 3 | 1.8 | 10,103 |
| Monmouth | 3 | 2.8 | 11,270 |
| Mount Angel | 4 | 4.7 | 3,429 |
| Mulino | 4 | 4.2 | 2,103 |
| Myrtle Creek | 1 | 0 | 3,501 |
| Myrtle Point | 1 | 0 | 2,471 |
| N | |||
| New Hope | 1 | 0 | 1,515 |
| Newberg | 4 | 8.0 | 26,095 |
| Newport | 1 | 0.2 | 10,489 |
| North Bend | 1 | 0.3 | 10,054 |
| North Plains | 5 | 12 | 3,378 |
| Nyssa | 2 | 0.5 | 3,253 |
| O | |||
| Oak Grove | 4 | 8.3 | 16,629 |
| Oak Hills | 5 | 15 | 11,333 |
| Oakridge | 1 | 0 | 3,147 |
| Oatfield | 4 | 4.3 | 13,415 |
| Odell | 2 | 1.4 | 2,255 |
| Ontario | 3 | 2.8 | 11,866 |
| Oregon City | 4 | 5.8 | 37,351 |
| P | |||
| Pacific City | 1 | 0.1 | 1,035 |
| Pendleton | 2 | 0.8 | 17,289 |
| Philomath | 1 | 0.4 | 5,714 |
| Phoenix | 5 | 13 | 4,422 |
| Pilot Rock | 1 | 0.1 | 1,307 |
| Port Orford | 1 | 0 | 1,135 |
| Portland | 5 | 11 | 630,498 |
| Prineville | 2 | 1.5 | 11,745 |
| R | |||
| Rainier | 2 | 1.3 | 1,926 |
| Raleigh Hills | 6 | 22 | 5,896 |
| Redmond | 8 | 70 | 37,009 |
| Redwood | 1 | 0 | 2,627 |
| Reedsport | 1 | 0 | 4,321 |
| Riddle | 1 | 0 | 1,224 |
| Rockaway Beach | 2 | 0.6 | 1,449 |
| Rockcreek | 5 | 11 | 9,316 |
| Rogue River | 1 | 0.2 | 2,357 |
| Rose Lodge | 1 | 0.1 | 1,894 |
| Roseburg | 1 | 0 | 23,861 |
| Roseburg North | 1 | 0 | 5,912 |
| S | |||
| Salem | 6 | 26 | 177,432 |
| Sandy | 4 | 5.3 | 12,946 |
| Scappoose | 5 | 10 | 8,259 |
| Seaside | 1 | 0.1 | 7,164 |
| Shady Cove | 2 | 0.6 | 3,064 |
| Sheridan | 2 | 0.6 | 6,483 |
| Sherwood | 4 | 6.2 | 19,957 |
| Siletz | 1 | 0.1 | 1,220 |
| Silverton | 3 | 2.3 | 10,341 |
| Sisters | 3 | 3.8 | 2,979 |
| South Lebanon | 1 | 0.4 | 1,005 |
| Springfield | 3 | 2.0 | 61,085 |
| St. Helens | 4 | 5.1 | 14,437 |
| Stafford | 4 | 5.5 | 1,577 |
| Stanfield | 2 | 0.6 | 2,099 |
| Stayton | 2 | 1.5 | 8,225 |
| Sublimity | 2 | 1.6 | 2,912 |
| Sunriver | 2 | 0.9 | 1,393 |
| Sutherlin | 1 | 0.1 | 8,652 |
| Sweet Home | 1 | 0.2 | 10,206 |
| T | |||
| Talent | 5 | 10 | 6,332 |
| Tangent | 2 | 1.0 | 1,247 |
| Terrebonne | 5 | 16 | 1,257 |
| The Dalles | 1 | 0.1 | 15,786 |
| Three Rivers | 3 | 2.3 | 3,014 |
| Tigard | 4 | 5.4 | 55,590 |
| Tillamook | 4 | 5.3 | 5,196 |
| Toledo | 1 | 0 | 3,514 |
| Tri-City | 1 | 0 | 3,931 |
| Troutdale | 9 | 123 | 15,717 |
| Tualatin | 5 | 9.8 | 27,383 |
| Turner | 5 | 11 | 2,393 |
| U | |||
| Umatilla | 2 | 0.5 | 7,755 |
| Union | 3 | 0.6 | 2,118 |
| V | |||
| Vale | 1 | 0.2 | 1,933 |
| Veneta | 3 | 2.2 | 5,183 |
| Vernonia | 1 | 0.3 | 2,425 |
| W | |||
| Waldport | 1 | 0.2 | 2,257 |
| Warm Springs | 1 | 0 | 2,945 |
| Warren | 5 | 17 | 1,787 |
| Warrenton | 3 | 3.3 | 6,255 |
| West Haven-Sylvan | 6 | 17 | 8,001 |
| West Linn | 5 | 9.5 | 26,629 |
| West Slope | 5 | 13 | 6,554 |
| White City | 4 | 4.6 | 7,975 |
| Willamina | 1 | 0.3 | 2,258 |
| Williams | 1 | 0 | 1,072 |
| Wilsonville | 6 | 16 | 26,345 |
| Winston | 1 | 0 | 5,678 |
| Wood Village | 10 | 247 | 4,717 |
| Woodburn | 3 | 3.8 | 29,033 |
| Y | |||
| Yachats | 1 | 0.2 | 1,010 |
| Yamhill | 4 | 6.3 | 1,153 |
| Yoncalla | 1 | 0.1 | 1,038 |