Mooresboro, NC
4 miles northwest
297 people, under a tenth of Boiling Springs' population
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Blown-in attic insulation for Boiling Springs, NC, in Cleveland County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Boiling Springs and Its Homes
Boiling Springs, incorporated in 1911 and named for a spring the Cherokee knew, is home to Gardner-Webb University, which grew out of a high school founded there in 1905. The housing figures show that most of its homes date from 1970 onward, yet one neighborhood goes back to the late 1940s.
Boiling Springs, in Cleveland County, grew from 4,728 people in 2020 to 4,799 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 4.48 square miles. That makes Boiling Springs the third-largest town in Cleveland County.
Boiling Springs has about 1,300 housing units, 3 percent of Cleveland County's; about 76 percent of the town's households own their home.
Boiling Springs at a Glance
- County: Cleveland County
- Population: 4,799 (2025), 4,728 (2020), up 1.5%
- Land area: 4.48 square miles (1,071 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,300 (±196)
- Median year built: 1994 (±3); Cleveland County: 1979
- Owner-occupied: 76% (±7); Cleveland County: 71%
- Detached houses: 87% (±3); Cleveland County: 70%
- Attached houses: 4% (±4)
- Apartments: 7% (±5)
- Mobile homes: under 4%
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Boiling Springs attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Boiling Springs, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Boiling Springs Homes and Their Attics
Memorial Drive's Postwar Houses
The county's 2019 survey of buildings from 1945 to 1975 points to the Memorial Drive neighborhood, begun in the late 1940s, for its Minimal Traditional houses. It describes the type as plain and boxy, side-gabled, and now and then fitted with a front-gable wing. In a house with that front wing, the wing's roof forms a second attic space that meets the main one at a right angle. Where the two join, the space is cramped and easy to skip. We measure the depth in both, since ENERGY STAR wants insulation laid evenly, with no thin patches.
Attic Insulation in Boiling Springs
About 10 percent of Boiling Springs' homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
From 1990 to 2009, about 60 percent of Boiling Springs homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
The Local Climate
Boiling Springs' center sits about 890 feet above sea level, 7 miles from NOAA's Shelby 2 NW station, the best match for Boiling Springs. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,560 heating and 1,460 cooling degree days a year, so at Boiling Springs' station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 87 percent of Boiling Springs housing units are detached single-family houses.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 25 percent of Boiling Springs homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 30 percent of Boiling Springs' housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 1%
- 1940s: under 2%, about 15 units
- 1950s: 2% (±2), about 30 units
- 1960s: 7% (±6), about 95 units
- 1970s: 17% (±8), about 220 units
- 1980s: 8% (±5), about 110 units
- 1990s: 36% (±8), about 470 units
- 2000s: 23% (±7), about 300 units
- 2010s: under 6%, about 40 units
- 2020 or later: under 4%, about 20 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Boiling Springs
In Boiling Springs, about 64 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: 64% (±7), about 740 households; Cleveland County: 74%
- Piped gas: 32% (±10), about 370 households
- Bottled or tank gas: under 5%, about 30 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Boiling Springs, Broad River Electric Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Boiling Springs is in the Cleveland County franchise of Enbridge Gas North Carolina, and about 32 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas. Duke's free House Call fits many Boiling Springs homes: about 64 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Boiling Springs: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Boiling Springs, check its current terms; the Cleveland County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Boiling Springs
In a Boiling Springs attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Boiling Springs attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Boiling Springs
Nearest to Boiling Springs first.
Lattimore, NC
4 miles north
468 people, about a tenth of Boiling Springs' population
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7 miles east
Median home built 1970 (Boiling Springs: 1994); Power from its own town system (Boiling Springs: Duke Energy Carolinas)
Insulation contractor serving ShelbyEllenboro, NC
8 miles northwest
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Attic insulation in EllenboroKingstown, NC
8 miles north
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Boiling Springs Insulation FAQs
Can the owner of a Boiling Springs rental near Gardner-Webb have its attic insulated?
Yes. Attic work is the property owner's decision, whether the house is a rental near campus or the owner's own home. If you rent, the person to ask is your landlord, and we talk the plan through with the owner. If you own the rental, a time between tenants is often the easiest, though the work can also happen with the tenant's notice. Either way, the day of the job starts with the crew checking what is in the attic now.
Is my Boiling Springs house on a historic register?
Not on the National Register. The only listing in Boiling Springs is E. B. Hamrick Hall, the oldest building on the Gardner-Webb campus, completed in 1925 and rebuilt inside after a fire in 1937. No historic district takes in houses here. A Cleveland County commission does appear on the state's 2023 roster. If you wonder whether your house was ever made a local landmark, the county planning office can tell you.
Does attic insulation in Boiling Springs need a permit?
Boiling Springs Town Hall can say whether Cleveland County Building Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Boiling Springs; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Boiling Springs, NOAA normals for the Shelby 2 NW station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Boiling Springs notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Boiling Springs, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Boiling Springs town, via Census Reporter
- Cleveland County Architectural Survey Update of Historic Resources from 1945 to 1975, 2019 (NC HPO)
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- E. B. Hamrick Hall (Gardner-Webb College), National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
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