Kelford, NC
7 miles southwest
204 people, about a quarter of Aulander's population
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Blown-in attic insulation for Aulander, NC, in Bertie County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Aulander and Its Homes
Aulander grew from Harmon's Crossroads into a railroad town, incorporated in 1885, and the 2010 county survey found it alone among Bertie's railroad towns in keeping an original depot from about 1885 to 1890. A local lumber mill built houses as well as sawing the boards for them.
Aulander, in Bertie County, fell from 758 people in 2020 to 715 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 1.48 square miles. That makes Aulander the second-largest town in Bertie County.
Aulander has about 390 housing units, 4 percent of Bertie County's.
Aulander at a Glance
- County: Bertie County
- Population: 715 (2025), 758 (2020), down 5.7%
- Land area: 1.48 square miles (483 people each)
- Housing units: about 390 (±125)
- Attached houses: under 4%
- Apartments: under 21%
- Mobile homes: 16% (±8)
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Aulander attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Aulander, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Aulander Homes and Their Attics
Brick Homes From the Town's Own Brick Mill
A brick mill was running in Aulander by 1904, and in 1912 its operator patented a brick-making machine. The 2010 county survey ties the mill's success in the 1920s to 1940s to the many substantial brick homes it found in town from those decades. All of them went up long before 1978, when state law first tied a new home's occupancy to insulation standards. We measure the depth in several spots and seal the gaps in the ceiling before any new insulation goes down.
Attic Insulation in Aulander
If the joists show above the insulation in an Aulander attic, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Aulander's center sits about 70 feet above sea level, 7 miles from NOAA's Lewiston station, the best match for Aulander. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,140 heating and 1,750 cooling degree days a year, so at Aulander's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Aulander: NOAA's Murfreesboro station, 16 miles away, averages about 3,720 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
With about 390 housing units in Aulander, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 20 percent of Aulander homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists. In 2010 or later, about 10 percent of Aulander homes went up; check their air sealing as well as the depth.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 8%, about 15 units
- 1940s: 10% (±8), about 40 units
- 1950s: 8% (±7), about 30 units
- 1960s: 17% (±15), about 65 units
- 1970s: 10% (±7), about 40 units
- 1980s: 11% (±10), about 45 units
- 1990s: 20% (±14), about 75 units
- 2000s: 10% (±8), about 40 units
- 2010s: under 16%, about 30 units
- 2020 or later: under 8%, about 10 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Aulander
In Ahoskie, the nearest town to Aulander with solid figures, 65 percent of homes heat with electricity.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Bottled or tank gas: 14% (±12), about 45 households
- Oil or kerosene: under 10%, about 10 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Dominion Energy North Carolina serves most of Aulander, Roanoke Electric Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Aulander is in the Bertie County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Aulander. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats about 14 percent of homes in Aulander.
Rebate to check in Aulander: Home Energy Evaluation (Dominion Energy's contractor network). Before a job in Aulander, check its current terms; the Bertie County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Aulander
In an Aulander attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Aulander attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Aulander
Nearest to Aulander first.
Roxobel, NC
7 miles west
176 people, about a quarter of Aulander's population
Attic insulation in RoxobelAhoskie, NC
8 miles northeast
Its NOAA station logs about 570 more heating degree days than Aulander's; 4,608 people, about 6 times Aulander's population
Attic insulation in AhoskieLewiston Woodville, NC
9 miles southwest
405 people to Aulander's 715
Attic insulation in Lewiston Woodville
Aulander Insulation FAQs
Is my Aulander house on the National Register or in a historic district?
Not according to the state's lists. The State Historic Preservation Office shows no National Register property in Aulander, and no Bertie County body appears in its 2023 directory of local preservation commissions. The depot and several houses are written up in the county's 2010 architectural survey, but a survey is a record, not a rule. So no historic review stands in the way of attic work here.
Does a house from Aulander's railroad years need its wiring checked before insulating?
Yes, if it was wired before about 1930. A house from the town's first decades may still have knob-and-tube wiring running through the attic. ENERGY STAR lists knob-and-tube in contact with insulation as a fire risk to correct first. An electrician looks at it before we begin. Any live knob-and-tube is corrected, or that part of the attic is left uncovered. We never blow insulation over it.
Could the old insulation in an Aulander attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 20 percent of Aulander's homes predate 1960. If an Aulander attic holds a pebble-like gray-brown or silver-gold fill, leave it undisturbed: the EPA says vermiculite may contain asbestos.
Does attic insulation in Aulander need a permit?
Aulander Town Hall can say whether Bertie County Planning & Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Aulander; ask before work starts.
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Aulander, NOAA normals for the Lewiston station, Dominion Energy North Carolina (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Aulander notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Aulander, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Comprehensive Architectural Survey of Bertie County, Final Report, 2010 (listed by the NC HPO as the Bertie County Survey)
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 143-139.2, Enforcement of insulation requirements; certificate for occupancy
- NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
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