Philly Among Nation's Noisiest Cities, New Study Says

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is a loud city. From car horns honking in traffic to the seemingly ubiquitous construction projects, the city has a lot of sounds going on.

And all the noise in Philadelphia puts it among the nation's 10 noisiest cities, according to a new study.

Steel Guard Safety, which manufactures industrial fabrics, examined various factors in cities across the country, including population density, traffic density, public transportation, construction projects, number of flights per day, and more.

These were all weighted and assigned values to draft the list of the noisiest cities.

With those factors considered, Philadelphia was the No. 8 noisiest city in the country.

"Philadelphia is a city of balance – old and new, rivalries and brotherly love, 11,665 people per square mile and 13 percent of those miles being made up of park space," the study reads. "There’s no overwhelming reason for Philadelphia’s noisiness – its ranking lies in a mixture of its 625 flights per day, 11.1 nightlife venues per square mile, 457.8 construction permits per 100,000 metro residents, and more than 2,700 public transit vehicles in circulation."

Philadelphia was ranked No. 8 for cities with the highest population density and No. 10 for the cities with the highest traffic density, per the study's findings.

Below are the top 10 noisiest cities, per the study:

1. New York, New York
2. Chicago, Illinois
3. Jersey City, New Jersey
4. Newark, New Jersey
5. Boston, Massachusetts
6. San Francisco, California
7. Miami, Florida
8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Long Beach, California
10. Los Angeles, California

See the full findings of the study online here.