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Broadway-Manchester noise map: how loud is it?
Broadway-Manchester is one of Los Angeles's louder neighborhoods: 17.7% of residents live with average-day transportation noise of 60 dB or more — road, rail and aviation combined — which ranks it the 9th-loudest of 110 Los Angeles neighborhoods. The map below shows how that noise concentrates along its busiest corridors.
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| Rank in Los Angeles (of 110 neighborhoods) | #9 |
|---|---|
| Residents above 60 dB | 17.7% |
| Residents above 70 dB | 7.2% |
| Residents in the 45–60 dB band | 82.3% |
| Residents (ACS 2016–2020, area-weighted) | 29,120 |
| Census tracts mapped | 19 |
Broadway-Manchester is home to about 29,120 residents across 19 census tracts. 17.7% of them are exposed to 60 dB or more of average-day road, rail and aviation noise. Within that, 7.2% face the most severe band — 70 dB or louder, the level at which sustained exposure starts to threaten hearing. A further 82.3% sit in the 45–60 dB band — a noticeable background hum rather than a hearing risk. That ranks Broadway-Manchester #9 of 110 Los Angeles neighborhoods, louder than most Los Angeles neighborhoods. Among Los Angeles neighborhoods it sits just below Echo Park (#8) and just above Harbor Gateway (#10).
The exposure is not spread evenly. The 7.2% in the 70 dB-plus band are the households packed right against a freeway, rail corridor or flight path, while blocks a few streets inland fall away fast. On the map that reads as a bright ribbon of noise tracing the corridor through Broadway-Manchester.
Broadway-Manchester noise: the specifics
- Ranks #9 of 110 Los Angeles neighborhoods by share of residents exposed to ≥60 dB transportation noise.
- 17.7% of Broadway-Manchester's ~29,120 residents live with 60 dB or louder average-day transportation noise.
- 7.2% are in the severe 70 dB+ band; 82.3% sit in the 45–60 dB moderate range.
- Area-weighted across 19 census tracts from the federal BTS 2020 noise map × ACS 2016–2020 population.
- #9 of 110 — see the full Los Angeles ranking.
What share of Broadway-Manchester residents are exposed to 60 dB or louder transportation noise?
17.7% of Broadway-Manchester residents live with average-day transportation noise (road, rail and aviation) at or above 60 dB, and 7.2% are above 70 dB — ranking Broadway-Manchester #9 of 110 Los Angeles neighborhoods by noise exposure.
How Broadway-Manchester compares
How this is measured
This is a transparent aggregation of federal data, not an estimate: the US DOT 2020 National Transportation Noise Map (road + rail + aviation), paired with Census population by the University of Washington and area-weighted to the Los Angeles Times boundary for Broadway-Manchester. It does not count sirens, construction, nightlife or neighbors, and it resolves busy corridors better than quiet local streets. For your exact spot, measure it with the free online decibel meter →
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