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NoiseAbove scores aircraft noise from 1 (minimal) to 10 (extreme) for 380 Washington towns and cities with 1,000 or more people, from a year of recorded flight tracks. The typical (median) town scores 4; 89 score 6 or higher (major aircraft noise or worse).
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Largest cities
Town Score Loud / day People Seattle 10 413 755,078 Spokane 8 68 229,447 Tacoma 7 34 222,906 Vancouver 4 7.3 196,442 Bellevue 7 38 151,574 Kent 7 37 133,378 Everett 5 10 111,180 Spokane Valley 5 12 108,235 Renton 8 121 104,491 Federal Way 10 395 97,701 Yakima 6 9.4 96,750 Bellingham 3 2.6 94,720
Quietest towns
Lowest scores among towns where receivers track low aircraft well (high confidence).
Town Score Loud / day People Peaceful Valley 1 0.1 3,324 Colfax 1 0.1 2,773 Ilwaco 1 0.2 1,116 Prosser 1 0.3 6,366 Basin City 1 0.3 1,092 Cosmopolis 1 0.4 1,666 Aberdeen 2 0.4 17,014 Granite Falls 2 0.5 4,829 Cascade Valley 2 0.5 2,246 McCleary 2 0.5 2,037
Noisiest towns
Town Score Loud / day People Boulevard Park 10 641 5,287 SeaTac 10 615 31,799 Des Moines 10 601 31,988 White Center 10 546 13,495 Seattle 10 413 755,078 Federal Way 10 395 97,701 Lakeland North 10 374 12,942 Milton 10 289 8,693 Tukwila 10 280 21,135 Fife Heights 9 198 2,137
All Washington towns
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Town Score Loud / day People A Aberdeen 2 0.4 17,014 Ahtanum 3 3.3 3,601 Airway Heights 5 8.5 10,973 Alderton 6 30 2,893 Alderwood Manor 7 34 8,442 Algona 7 38 3,191 Allyn 5 9.3 1,963 Amboy 3 2.0 1,608 Ames Lake 3 2.5 1,486 Anacortes 3 4.1 18,012 Anderson Island 4 6.1 1,037 Arlington 4 5.1 21,206 Arlington Heights 2 1.6 2,284 Artondale 5 12 12,653 Asotin 1 0.1 1,198 Auburn 8 112 83,870 B Bainbridge Island 5 12 24,254 Bangor Base 2 0.7 6,054 Barberton 6 21 5,661 Basin City 1 0.3 1,092 Battle Ground 4 8.3 22,285 Belfair 3 2.3 3,931 Bellevue 7 38 151,574 Bellingham 3 2.6 94,720 Benton City 2 1.1 3,733 Bethel 4 7.0 3,713 Big Lake 3 3.2 1,835 Birch Bay 3 2.5 8,413 Black Diamond 5 11 6,602 Blaine 4 2.2 6,232 Bonney Lake 7 41 22,835 Bothell 7 40 50,213 Bothell East 6 27 8,018 Bothell West 6 29 16,607 Boulevard Park 10 641 5,287 Bremerton 5 18 45,450 Brewster 1 0 2,044 Bridgeport 1 0 2,156 Brier 7 48 6,460 Brush Prairie 5 16 2,652 Bryant 3 2.0 1,870 Bryn Mawr-Skyway 5 10 15,645 Buckley 5 8.0 5,603 Bunk Foss 5 9.6 3,570 Burbank 5 11 3,291 Burien 9 132 50,730 Burley 4 8.8 2,057 Burlington 3 2.3 10,358 C Camas 5 15 27,254 Canterwood 5 11 3,079 Canyon Creek 2 0.6 3,200 Carnation 3 2.0 2,176 Carson 1 0.1 2,279 Cascade Valley 2 0.5 2,246 Cashmere 3 2.0 3,259 Castle Rock 2 1.0 2,437 Cathcart 5 12 2,458 Cavalero 5 9.4 4,660 Central Park 2 0.8 2,685 Centralia 5 9.3 18,754 Chain Lake 3 3.6 3,741 Chehalis 5 7.6 7,571 Chelan 1 0 4,412 Cheney 5 12 12,620 Chewelah 1 0 2,659 Chico 3 4.2 2,259 Clarkston 1 0 7,242 Clarkston Heights-Vineland 1 0.4 6,326 Cle Elum 1 0 2,211 Clear Lake 3 4.4 1,419 Clear Lake 2 0.7 1,002 Clearview 5 14 3,324 Clover Creek 5 16 6,522 Clyde Hill 7 61 3,077 Colfax 1 0.1 2,773 College Place 3 2.7 9,762 Colville 1 0 5,037 Connell 1 0.1 4,735 Cosmopolis 1 0.4 1,666 Cottage Lake 4 6.3 22,494 Coulee Dam 1 0 1,223 Country Homes 4 5.9 5,841 Coupeville 5 8.9 1,928 Covington 6 29 21,125 Crocker 5 9.8 1,268 D Dallesport 1 0.1 1,202 Darrington 1 0.1 1,466 Davenport 1 0.2 1,775 Dayton 1 0 2,510 Deer Park 5 11 4,898 Des Moines 10 601 31,988 Desert Aire 1 0 1,626 DuPont 4 7.5 9,784 Duluth 5 9.9 1,544 Duvall 3 4.5 8,517 E East Port Orchard 4 7.3 5,919 East Renton Highlands 4 5.9 11,140 East Wenatchee 4 5.7 14,102 Eastmont 5 9.8 20,101 Eatonville 3 3.7 2,804 Edgewood 8 100 13,257 Edmonds 6 26 42,701 Elk Plain 4 7.3 14,205 Ellensburg 1 0 18,694 Elma 2 0.6 3,460 Enetai 4 6.3 2,286 Entiat 1 0 1,400 Enumclaw 4 7.4 12,697 Ephrata 3 2.5 8,665 Esperance 6 34 3,601 Everett 5 10 111,180 Everson 2 0.8 3,071 F Fairchild AFB 8 20 2,776 Fairwood 6 20 19,102 Fairwood 4 6.9 7,905 Fall City 3 3.6 1,993 Federal Way 10 395 97,701 Felida 7 48 7,385 Fern Prairie 7 61 1,884 Ferndale 3 2.2 15,992 Fife 8 106 10,723 Fife Heights 9 198 2,137 Finley 3 3.8 6,012 Fircrest 4 4.4 6,932 Five Corners 7 31 18,159 Fobes Hill 6 20 2,418 Fords Prairie 3 4.5 1,959 Forks 1 0 3,418 Fort Lewis 8 31 11,046 Fox Island 5 16 3,633 Frederickson 5 11 18,719 Freeland 3 3.4 2,045 Friday Harbor 7 45 2,736 G Garrett 3 2.8 1,419 Geneva 2 1.1 2,321 Gig Harbor 4 8.5 12,604 Gleed 4 4.4 2,906 Gold Bar 2 0.6 2,411 Goldendale 1 0 3,473 Graham 5 15 23,491 Grand Mound 4 5.3 2,981 Grandview 1 0.1 11,149 Granger 1 0.1 3,700 Granite Falls 2 0.5 4,829 H Hansville 3 4.1 3,091 Hazel Dell 5 13 19,435 High Bridge 5 11 2,994 Hobart 4 7.7 6,221 Hockinson 4 6.4 4,771 Home 4 6.3 1,377 Hoquiam 1 0.1 8,789 I Ilwaco 1 0.2 1,116 Indianola 6 24 3,500 Issaquah 4 4.9 38,977 K Kalama 3 3.2 3,033 Kelso 2 1.1 12,648 Kenmore 8 61 23,391 Kennewick 5 6.9 85,158 Kent 7 37 133,378 Kettle Falls 1 0 1,656 Key Center 4 6.1 3,692 Kingston 5 13 2,099 Kirkland 7 31 91,194 Kittitas 1 0 1,439 L La Center 4 5.3 4,357 Lacey 4 5.6 58,326 Lake Cassidy 4 5.0 3,415 Lake Forest Park 8 113 13,006 Lake Holm 6 31 3,221 Lake Marcel-Stillwater 2 1.7 1,277 Lake Morton-Berrydale 8 74 10,160 Lake Shore 5 13 6,571 Lake Stevens 5 10 40,521 Lake Stickney 7 71 7,777 Lake Tapps 7 42 11,859 Lakeland North 10 374 12,942 Lakeland South 9 129 11,574 Lakewood 3 4.1 62,303 Langley 4 7.1 1,146 Larch Way 6 25 3,318 Leavenworth 1 0.1 2,412 Lewisville 3 3.7 1,722 Liberty Lake 4 4.6 13,188 Lochsloy 3 4.4 2,533 Lofall 4 4.7 2,289 Long Beach 1 0.1 1,756 Longbranch 4 7.0 3,784 Longview 2 0.9 37,925 Longview Heights 2 0.7 3,851 Lynden 4 4.6 16,551 Lynnwood 7 39 43,867 M Mabton 1 0.1 1,943 Machias 3 4.5 1,178 Maltby 5 16 10,830 Manchester 5 8.8 5,413 Manson 1 0 1,468 Maple Heights-Lake Desire 5 9.8 3,152 Maple Valley 5 15 28,434 Maplewood 6 18 5,138 Marietta-Alderwood 6 29 3,906 Martha Lake 5 14 15,473 Marysville 6 23 72,916 Mattawa 1 0 3,761 McChord AFB 5 10 2,507 McCleary 2 0.5 2,037 McMillin 6 31 1,547 Mead 5 13 7,275 Meadow Glade 5 14 2,541 Meadowdale 5 17 2,826 Medical Lake 5 9.4 4,957 Medina 8 102 2,841 Mercer Island 5 11 24,742 Midland 5 13 8,962 Mill Creek 5 9.7 20,742 Mill Creek East 5 16 15,709 Millwood 6 25 1,856 Milton 10 289 8,693 Minnehaha 4 6.2 9,771 Mirrormont 4 3.7 3,659 Monroe 5 9.4 19,447 Monroe North 3 3.9 1,666 Montesano 2 0.9 4,179 Morton 1 0 1,088 Moses Lake 2 0.7 26,299 Moses Lake North 2 1.2 4,418 Mount Vernon 4 7.1 35,259 Mount Vista 5 11 7,850 Mountlake Terrace 7 58 21,516 Moxee 2 0.9 4,827 Mukilteo 7 56 21,011 N Naches 1 0.1 1,080 Napavine 3 2.4 2,140 Navy Yard City 3 3.2 2,477 Newcastle 5 11 12,761 Newport 1 0.1 2,217 Nooksack 2 0.6 1,539 Normandy Park 5 5.4 6,527 North Bend 3 1.6 8,268 North Bonneville 3 1.5 1,422 North Fort Lewis 6 21 2,699 North Lynnwood 7 55 16,574 North Puyallup 7 54 1,743 North Yelm 5 4.2 2,906 O Oak Harbor 5 13 24,016 Ocean Park 1 0.2 1,573 Ocean Shores 1 0.1 7,549 Okanogan 1 0 2,418 Olympia 4 6.8 55,733 Omak 1 0 5,004 Orchards 6 21 19,556 Oroville 1 0 1,852 Orting 5 17 8,955 Othello 1 0.1 8,878 Otis Orchards-East Farms 5 9.2 6,220 P Pacific 7 33 6,927 Palouse 2 0.6 1,041 Parkland 5 14 35,803 Parkwood 4 7.1 7,126 Pasco 8 115 80,038 Peaceful Valley 1 0.1 3,324 Picnic Point 7 50 8,809 Point Roberts 4 5.8 1,314 Pomeroy 1 0 1,428 Port Angeles 6 25 20,101 Port Angeles East 5 9.1 3,036 Port Hadlock-Irondale 7 40 3,580 Port Ludlow 3 2.4 2,603 Port Orchard 4 5.4 17,950 Port Townsend 3 2.3 10,502 Poulsbo 4 5.0 12,171 Prairie Heights 6 17 4,405 Prairie Ridge 6 22 11,464 Prosser 1 0.3 6,366 Pullman 5 11 32,863 Purdy 5 11 1,544 Puyallup 7 49 42,179 Q Quincy 1 0.1 8,315 R Rainier 3 2.8 2,476 Ravensdale 4 8.4 1,101 Raymond 1 0 3,227 Redmond 4 7.2 80,280 Renton 8 121 104,491 Republic 1 0 1,014 Richland 5 8.8 63,757 Ridgefield 5 9.4 15,027 Ritzville 1 0 1,711 Riverbend 2 1.0 2,132 Rochester 3 2.5 2,388 Rock Island 4 5.9 1,613 Rocky Point 4 6.5 1,564 Rosedale 4 6.2 4,044 Royal City 1 0.1 1,897 Ruston 6 18 1,028 S Salmon Creek 7 46 19,686 Sammamish 4 8.0 65,116 SeaTac 10 615 31,799 Seabeck 2 1.4 1,105 Seattle 10 413 755,078 Sedro-Woolley 2 1.3 12,940 Selah 3 2.0 8,571 Sequim 4 6.0 8,203 Shadow Lake 5 17 2,262 Shelton 6 22 10,806 Shoreline 7 58 61,353 Silver Firs 5 13 20,891 Silverdale 4 4.5 19,204 Sisco Heights 3 3.8 2,696 Snohomish 4 6.6 10,243 Snoqualmie 4 5.4 13,465 Soap Lake 2 0.6 1,744 South Bend 1 0 1,770 South Creek 4 7.2 2,507 South Hill 8 90 52,431 South Wenatchee 4 5.8 1,553 Southworth 5 10 2,185 Spanaway 5 12 27,227 Spokane 8 68 229,447 Spokane Valley 5 12 108,235 Stansberry Lake 4 5.7 2,101 Stanwood 4 6.1 9,016 Steilacoom 5 14 6,610 Stevenson 1 0.2 1,621 Sudden Valley 2 0.6 6,441 Sultan 2 0.8 6,766 Sumas 3 3.5 1,665 Summit 7 40 7,985 Summit View 8 79 7,236 Sumner 7 36 10,853 Sunnyside 1 0.1 16,264 Sunnyslope 4 3.4 3,252 Suquamish 5 10 4,140 T Tacoma 7 34 222,906 Tanglewilde 4 5.7 5,892 Tenino 4 4.9 1,943 Terrace Heights 2 1.0 6,937 Three Lakes 3 2.3 3,184 Tieton 2 0.8 1,638 Tonasket 1 0 1,110 Toppenish 1 0 8,650 Town and Country 6 26 4,857 Tracyton 4 7.0 5,233 Tukwila 10 280 21,135 Tumwater 5 15 27,239 Twisp 1 0.1 1,065 U Union Gap 6 30 6,439 Union Hill-Novelty Hill 4 5.1 18,805 University Place 3 2.3 35,049 V Vancouver 4 7.3 196,442 Vashon 7 55 10,624 Venersborg 4 4.5 3,745 W Waitsburg 1 0.1 1,174 Walla Walla 4 8.2 33,339 Walla Walla East 4 4.3 1,672 Waller 5 15 7,922 Wapato 3 1.3 4,486 Warden 1 0.3 2,667 Warm Beach 3 4.4 2,437 Washougal 6 27 16,985 Waterville 1 0 1,128 Wauna 4 7.4 4,186 Wenatchee 3 2.4 35,526 West Clarkston-Highland 1 0 5,261 West Pasco 5 15 3,739 West Richland 3 3.4 18,456 Westport 1 0.2 2,286 Whidbey Island Station 8 29 1,541 White Center 10 546 13,495 White Salmon 2 1.1 2,583 Wilderness Rim 3 1.1 1,523 Winlock 2 1.1 1,944 Wollochet 8 135 6,651 Woodinville 7 31 13,718 Woodland 5 9.8 6,493 Woods Creek 2 1.8 5,589 Woodway 6 27 1,304 Y Yacolt 2 0.6 1,620 Yakima 6 9.4 96,750 Yarrow Point 6 20 1,105 Yelm 2 1.2 10,780 Z Zillah 1 0.2 3,122
Loud / day: aircraft louder than 60 dBA outdoors per day. Flight data November 13, 2025 to November 11, 2026. How the score works .