Pink Hill, NC
9 miles north
459 people, about a third of Beulaville's population
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Blown-in attic insulation for Beulaville, NC, in Duplin County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Beulaville and Its Homes
Beulaville grew from a lumber and turpentine crossroads in eastern Duplin County, took its name from Beulah Baptist Church in 1874 and was incorporated in 1915. Almost nothing has been published on its homes, so the advice here goes by how a given house was built.
Beulaville, in Duplin County, grew from 1,114 people in 2020 to 1,176 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 1.54 square miles. That makes Beulaville the fourth-largest town in Duplin County.
Beulaville has about 770 housing units, 3 percent of Duplin County's.
Beulaville at a Glance
- County: Duplin County
- Population: 1,176 (2025), 1,114 (2020), up 5.6%
- Land area: 1.54 square miles (764 people each)
- Housing units: about 770 (±171)
- Median year built: 1987 (±6); Duplin County: 1986
- Detached houses: 48% (±8); Duplin County: 60%
- Attached houses: 5% (±5)
- Apartments: 27% (±8)
- Mobile homes: 20% (±15)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Beulaville attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Beulaville, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Beulaville
About 30 percent of Beulaville's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Beulaville's center sits about 90 feet above sea level, 14 miles from NOAA's Warsaw 5 E station, the best match for Beulaville. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,490 heating and 1,420 cooling degree days a year, so at Beulaville's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Beulaville: NOAA's Richlands station, 15 miles away, averages about 3,080 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 48 percent of Beulaville housing units are detached single-family houses. With about 770 housing units in Beulaville, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1940 to 1969, about 25 percent of Beulaville homes often have little insulation. Built from 1970 to 1989, about 30 percent of Beulaville homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 35 percent of Beulaville's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too. About 27 percent of Beulaville units sit in buildings of two or more homes, where the attic is often shared.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 5%, about 15 units
- 1940s: 3% (±2), about 25 units
- 1950s: 11% (±5), about 80 units
- 1960s: 12% (±7), about 95 units
- 1970s: 7% (±5), about 55 units
- 1980s: 20% (±8), about 155 units
- 1990s: 13% (±8), about 100 units
- 2000s: 24% (±11), about 180 units
- 2010s: 4% (±3), about 35 units
- 2020 or later: under 7%, about 25 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Beulaville
In Beulaville, about 86 percent of homes heat with electricity; where that heat is forced air, ducts often run through the attic.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Electricity: 86% (±11), about 580 households; Duplin County: 77%
- Piped gas: under 3%
- Bottled or tank gas: 12% (±7), about 80 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Progress serves most of Beulaville, Tri-County EMC its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Beulaville is in the Duplin County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Beulaville. Duke's free House Call fits many Beulaville homes: about 86 percent heat with electricity. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats about 12 percent of homes in Beulaville.
Rebate to check in Beulaville: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Beulaville, check its current terms; the Duplin County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Beulaville
In a Beulaville attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Beulaville attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Beulaville
Nearest to Beulaville first.
Greenevers, NC
11 miles southwest
Median home built 1987, as in Beulaville; Its NOAA station logs about 590 fewer heating degree days than Beulaville's
Attic insulation in GreeneversKenansville, NC
11 miles west
Median home built 1978 (Beulaville: 1987); 814 people to Beulaville's 1,176
Attic insulation in KenansvilleRichlands, NC
13 miles east
Its NOAA station logs about 410 fewer heating degree days than Beulaville's; 2,485 people, about twice Beulaville's population
Attic insulation in RichlandsRose Hill, NC
16 miles southwest
Median home built 1968 (Beulaville: 1987); 1,429 people to Beulaville's 1,176
Attic insulation in Rose Hill
Beulaville Insulation FAQs
Does any house in Beulaville have a historic listing?
None that the state lists. The National Register has no property in town, and the 1994 Duplin County survey names only one local building, the Neoclassical Revival school of 1947. On the state's 2023 roll of local preservation commissions, the lone Duplin entry belongs to Warsaw. That leaves attic work on your home free of any historic review.
There is a boxed-in soffit over my kitchen cabinets. Does that affect the attic?
It can. By Census estimates, most of the homes in town went up in 1970 or later, so there is a fair chance your kitchen is no older than that. Either way, ENERGY STAR warns that a dropped soffit over cabinets can be open on top to the attic, sometimes hidden under the insulation. From the attic we pull the insulation back and cover the opening with a rigid board, caulked tight all around. Only then does the insulation go back over it.
Does attic insulation in Beulaville need a permit?
Beulaville Town Hall can say whether Duplin County Building Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Beulaville; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Progress: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Beulaville, NOAA normals for the Warsaw 5 E station, Duke Energy Progress (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Beulaville introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- History, Town of Beulaville
- Beulaville, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Historic and Architectural Resources of Duplin County, North Carolina, ca. 1790-1943, National Register multiple property documentation form (NC HPO)
- 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)
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Beulaville town, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Sealing Air Leaks in the Attic, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
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