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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 276 Tennessee towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 2; 30 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) 6 21 687,788 Memphis 9 152 618,639 Knoxville 6 16 198,162 Chattanooga 4 7.5 187,030 Clarksville 4 5.1 180,716 Murfreesboro 4 7.8 165,430 Franklin 6 25 88,558 Johnson City 4 4.3 73,337 Jackson 4 3.2 68,264 Hendersonville 9 153 63,618 Spring Hill 3 1.8 57,637 Smyrna 6 31 57,418
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Graysville 1 0.2 1,496 Lewisburg 1 0.3 13,135 Algood 1 0.3 4,117 New Tazewell 1 0.3 2,803 Decherd 1 0.3 2,444 Decatur 1 0.3 1,630 Kimball 1 0.3 1,607 Monteagle 1 0.3 1,403 Lafayette 1 0.4 5,839 McEwen 1 0.4 1,717
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Hendersonville 9 153 63,618 Memphis 9 152 618,639 Oak Hill 8 104 4,457 Forest Hills 8 88 4,479 Belle Meade 8 71 2,594 East Ridge 8 71 21,961 Mount Juliet 8 62 42,912 Goodlettsville 7 43 17,429 Green Hill 7 42 6,618 Harrison 7 35 7,769
All Tennessee towns
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Town Score Loud / day People A Adamsville 1 0 2,276 Alamo 1 0.3 2,333 Alcoa 4 6.4 13,349 Algood 1 0.3 4,117 Altamont 1 0.2 1,152 Apison 4 4.7 2,469 Ardmore 2 0.8 1,224 Arlington 3 1.5 15,305 Ashland City 4 5.8 5,586 Athens 2 0.8 14,731 Atoka 5 6.2 10,593 B Banner Hill 1 0.2 1,497 Bartlett 4 4.6 56,030 Baxter 2 0.4 1,934 Bean Station 2 0.5 3,071 Belle Meade 8 71 2,594 Bells 2 0.5 2,475 Benton 2 0.8 1,444 Berry Hill 6 19 1,840 Blaine 2 0.7 2,139 Bloomingdale 2 0.9 9,888 Blountville 6 25 3,074 Bluff City 4 7.0 1,839 Bolivar 1 0.1 5,136 Bon Aqua Junction 2 0.4 1,230 Brentwood 5 11 45,265 Brighton 5 4.9 2,881 Bristol 4 5.3 27,854 Brownsville 3 0.6 9,386 Bruceton 1 0 1,503 Burns 2 0.8 1,813 C Camden 1 0.1 3,683 Carthage 1 0.1 2,264 Caryville 1 0.1 2,191 Celina 1 0 1,399 Centerville 2 0.1 3,567 Central 4 5.9 2,279 Chapel Hill 2 1.9 1,854 Charlotte 3 1.4 1,708 Chattanooga 4 7.5 187,030 Church Hill 2 0.4 7,232 Clarksville 4 5.1 180,716 Cleveland 3 3.3 49,086 Clifton 1 0 2,257 Clinton 2 0.7 10,337 Coalfield 2 0.5 2,463 Collegedale 5 9.2 11,476 Collierville 7 23 51,317 Colonial Heights 3 3.4 6,934 Columbia 2 1.0 47,445 Cookeville 2 1.1 36,657 Coopertown 3 2.7 4,698 Cornersville 1 0.1 1,323 Covington 2 0.4 8,568 Cowan 2 0.6 1,770 Cross Plains 4 4.8 1,893 Crossville 2 1.3 12,652 D Dandridge 2 1.0 3,617 Dayton 2 0.6 7,362 Decatur 1 0.3 1,630 Decherd 1 0.3 2,444 Dickson 2 0.5 16,744 Dodson Branch 1 0 1,074 Dover 3 0.4 1,875 Dresden 1 0.1 2,953 Dunlap 1 0.1 5,804 Dyer 1 0.2 2,321 Dyersburg 2 0.2 15,968 E Eagleton Village 4 5.1 5,052 East Cleveland 4 4.7 1,608 East Ridge 8 71 21,961 Elizabethton 5 14 14,302 Englewood 2 1.0 1,553 Erin 2 0.8 1,192 Erwin 1 0.4 5,989 Estill Springs 1 0.2 2,270 Etowah 2 0.7 3,690 F Fairfield Glade 2 0.8 6,989 Fairmount 3 3.6 2,825 Fairview 2 1.5 10,240 Fall Branch 3 1.8 1,291 Falling Water 3 3.7 1,232 Farragut 4 5.6 25,579 Fayetteville 1 0.3 7,047 Fincastle 1 0.2 1,618 Forest Hills 8 88 4,479 Franklin 6 25 88,558 G Gallatin 6 20 50,355 Gatlinburg 1 0.2 3,701 Germantown 6 19 40,267 Gleason 1 0 1,359 Goodlettsville 7 43 17,429 Gordonsville 1 0.1 1,380 Gray 6 24 1,222 Graysville 1 0.2 1,496 Green Hill 7 42 6,618 Greenback 4 7.8 1,194 Greenbrier 4 5.2 6,951 Greeneville 2 1.0 15,776 Greenfield 1 0.1 2,018 Grimsley 1 0.1 1,167 Gruetli-Laager 1 0.1 1,784 H Halls 1 0.1 2,049 Harriman 2 1.1 6,171 Harrison 7 35 7,769 Harrogate 1 0 4,403 Hartsville/Trousdale County 3 2.4 12,271 Henderson 1 0.1 6,412 Hendersonville 9 153 63,618 Hohenwald 1 0 3,892 Hopewell 2 1.2 1,874 Humboldt 2 1.2 7,840 Hunter 2 1.6 1,854 Huntingdon 1 0.1 4,504 Huntsville 1 0.1 1,735 J Jacksboro 1 0.1 2,279 Jackson 4 3.2 68,264 Jamestown 1 0 2,077 Jasper 2 0.5 3,621 Jefferson City 3 3.9 8,761 Jellico 1 0 2,132 Johnson City 4 4.3 73,337 Jonesborough 3 3.3 6,480 K Kenton 1 0.1 1,257 Kimball 1 0.3 1,607 Kingsport 3 1.8 56,704 Kingston 2 0.6 6,218 Kingston Springs 3 2.0 2,775 Knoxville 6 16 198,162 L La Follette 1 0.1 7,242 La Vergne 5 12 39,597 Lafayette 1 0.4 5,839 Lake Tansi 2 0.4 3,803 Lakeland 4 2.6 14,147 Lakesite 6 21 1,938 Lawrenceburg 1 0.1 11,990 Lebanon 6 24 48,112 Lenoir City 3 2.7 11,754 Lewisburg 1 0.3 13,135 Lexington 1 0 7,988 Linden 1 0 1,093 Livingston 1 0 4,040 Lone Oak 3 1.7 1,206 Lookout Mountain 4 5.2 2,053 Loretto 1 0.1 1,802 Loudon 2 1.3 6,652 Louisville 5 9.4 4,347 Luttrell 2 0.9 1,064 Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government 1 0.1 6,748 M Madisonville 3 2.3 5,318 Manchester 1 0.3 13,272 Martin 1 0.3 11,000 Maryville 6 17 32,436 Mascot 3 3.7 2,411 Mason 3 1.7 1,354 Maynardville 2 0.6 2,581 McEwen 1 0.4 1,717 McKenzie 1 0.1 5,586 McMinnville 1 0.2 13,790 Medina 2 0.7 5,526 Memphis 9 152 618,639 Middle Valley 4 4.3 12,684 Midtown 2 0.9 1,360 Milan 2 0.4 8,292 Millersville 6 17 6,299 Millington 6 19 11,467 Monteagle 1 0.3 1,403 Monterey 1 0.1 2,746 Morristown 3 3.2 32,099 Mosheim 2 0.6 2,544 Mount Carmel 2 0.5 5,556 Mount Juliet 8 62 42,912 Mount Pleasant 2 1.8 4,824 Mountain City 1 0.2 2,463 Mowbray Mountain 3 2.1 1,615 Munford 5 4.9 6,751 Murfreesboro 4 7.8 165,430 N Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) 6 21 687,788 New Johnsonville 1 0 1,806 New Market 3 3.2 1,383 New Tazewell 1 0.3 2,803 New Union 1 0.2 1,431 Newbern 1 0.2 3,274 Newport 2 0.3 6,973 Nolensville 6 17 15,437 Norris 2 0.5 1,620 O Oak Grove 6 25 4,425 Oak Hill 8 104 4,457 Oak Ridge 2 1.1 33,397 Oakland 3 1.7 10,488 Oliver Springs 2 1.0 3,398 Olivet 1 0 1,350 Oneida 1 0.1 3,815 P Paris 1 0.1 10,343 Park City 2 0.9 2,442 Parsons 1 0 2,112 Pegram 4 4.3 2,034 Pigeon Forge 2 0.6 6,357 Pikeville 1 0.1 1,880 Pine Crest 3 4.5 2,388 Piperton 6 9.1 2,689 Plainview 2 0.7 2,175 Pleasant View 3 3.8 5,488 Portland 2 1.3 13,578 Powells Crossroads 2 0.4 1,282 Pulaski 1 0.1 8,276 R Red Bank 4 5.8 12,065 Red Boiling Springs 1 0.1 1,214 Ridgely 1 0 1,613 Ridgetop 4 4.7 2,134 Ripley 1 0.2 7,626 Roan Mountain 1 0.2 1,360 Rockwood 2 0.9 5,635 Rocky Top 2 0.5 1,640 Rogersville 1 0.2 4,633 Rossville 5 7.3 1,166 Rural Hill 4 7.2 2,007 Rutherford 1 0.1 1,141 Rutledge 2 0.6 1,331 S Sale Creek 2 0.7 2,845 Savannah 1 0 7,311 Selmer 1 0 4,482 Sevierville 3 3.6 18,102 Sewanee 2 1.0 2,311 Seymour 5 10 10,919 Shackle Island 6 23 2,844 Shelbyville 1 0.1 25,132 Signal Mountain 3 2.8 8,916 Smithville 1 0.2 5,392 Smyrna 6 31 57,418 Sneedville 1 0.1 1,349 Soddy-Daisy 3 3.1 13,234 Somerville 3 2.3 3,525 South Carthage 1 0.1 1,580 South Cleveland 3 1.9 6,912 South Fulton 1 0.2 2,197 South Pittsburg 1 0.1 2,976 Sparta 1 0.1 4,915 Spencer 2 0.4 1,539 Spring City 2 0.4 1,948 Spring Hill 3 1.8 57,637 Springfield 3 2.3 19,494 Spurgeon 6 31 3,957 Surgoinsville 1 0.2 1,913 Sweetwater 2 1.4 6,628 T Tazewell 1 0.3 2,354 Tellico Village 3 3.8 5,791 Tennessee Ridge 2 0.6 1,345 Thompson's Station 5 9.7 8,580 Three Way 2 1.4 1,909 Tiptonville 1 0 3,437 Tracy City 1 0.2 1,435 Trenton 1 0.4 4,092 Troy 1 0 1,417 Tullahoma 1 0.1 21,001 Tusculum 2 0.6 3,367 U Unicoi 2 0.5 3,818 Union City 1 0.2 10,954 Unionville 2 0.7 1,368 V Vonore 3 1.8 1,666 W Walden 4 4.9 1,979 Walnut Hill 4 5.6 2,394 Watertown 3 1.8 1,605 Waverly 1 0.2 4,275 Waynesboro 1 0 2,319 Westmoreland 2 0.7 2,784 White Bluff 2 1.4 4,161 White House 5 15 15,340 White Pine 2 1.0 2,571 Whiteville 1 0.1 4,561 Whitwell 2 0.4 1,612 Wildwood 5 12 1,098 Wildwood Lake 3 1.9 3,124 Winchester 1 0.4 9,978 Winfield 1 0 1,004 Woodbury 1 0.2 2,849
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .