Cooleemee, NC
9 miles northeast
Its NOAA station logs about 330 more heating degree days than Cleveland's
Attic insulation in CooleemeeAttic Insulation in Cleveland, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Cleveland, NC, 9 miles from Cooleemee, plus removal and air sealing.
About Cleveland and Its Homes
Cleveland, the only incorporated town in western Rowan County, grew up at a Western North Carolina Railroad stop called Third Creek and took that name at its 1883 incorporation. The town points to its historic homes, and a 2019 nomination found houses mostly from the 1940s and 1950s along Krider and Clement streets.
Cleveland, in Rowan County, grew from 859 people in 2020 to 902 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 1.53 square miles.
Cleveland has about 500 housing units, 1 percent of Rowan County's; about 79 percent of the town's households own their home.
Cleveland at a Glance
- County: Rowan County
- Population: 902 (2025), 859 (2020), up 5.0%
- Land area: 1.53 square miles (590 people each)
- Housing units: about 500 (±125)
- Owner-occupied: 79% (±10); Rowan County: 72%
- Detached houses: 80% (±7); Rowan County: 72%
- Apartments: 9% (±8)
- Mobile homes: 10% (±9)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Cleveland attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Cleveland, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Cleveland
About 25 percent of Cleveland's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
From 1990 to 2009, 37 percent of Cleveland homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
The Local Climate
Cleveland's center sits about 810 feet above sea level, 4 miles from NOAA's Salisbury 9 WNW station, the best match for Cleveland. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,760 heating and 1,440 cooling degree days a year, so at Cleveland's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 80 percent of Cleveland housing units are detached single-family houses, about 10 percent mobile homes.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 15 percent of Cleveland homes often have little insulation.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 10% (±7), about 50 units
- 1940s: under 5%, about 10 units
- 1950s: 7% (±5), about 35 units
- 1960s: 6% (±4), about 30 units
- 1980s: 12% (±7), about 55 units
- 1990s: 22% (±3), about 110 units
- 2000s: 15% (±8), about 70 units
- 2010s: 4% (±4), about 20 units
- 2020 or later: under 4%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Cleveland
In Statesville, the nearest town to Cleveland with solid figures, 55 percent of homes heat with electricity.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Cleveland, EnergyUnited its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Cleveland is in the Rowan County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Cleveland.
Rebate to check in Cleveland: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Cleveland, check its current terms; the Rowan County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Cleveland
In a Cleveland attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Cleveland attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Cleveland
Nearest to Cleveland first.
Statesville, NC
11 miles west
Power from its own town system (Cleveland: Duke Energy Carolinas); Its NOAA station logs about 240 more heating degree days than Cleveland's
Insulation contractor serving StatesvilleTroutman, NC
12 miles west
4,336 people, about 5 times Cleveland's population
Attic insulation in TroutmanSalisbury, NC
12 miles southeast
Its NOAA station logs about 220 fewer heating degree days than Cleveland's; 36,879 people, about 41 times Cleveland's population
Insulation company serving SalisburyChina Grove, NC
13 miles southeast
4,650 people, about 5 times Cleveland's population
Attic insulation in China Grove
Cleveland Insulation FAQs
There are gray-brown pebbles in the attic of our 1950s Cleveland house. What now?
Leave them alone. Loose, pebble-like fill that is gray-brown or silver-gold may be vermiculite, and EPA advises handling it as though it contains asbestos. Most of the vermiculite sold in this country from 1919 to 1990 came from one asbestos-tainted mine in Montana. The 2019 school nomination dates most houses on Krider and Clement streets to the 1940s and 1950s, inside that span. Keep boxes and storage out of that attic, and leave any removal to a trained asbestos contractor. That fill is never something we disturb or bury.
Are there historic rules on houses in Cleveland?
Not on private houses, by the state's records. Two National Register listings carry a Cleveland address. One is Christ Episcopal Church, whose chapel, begun in 1826, stands just past the eastern town line. The other is the 1930 Cleveland School, built with Rosenwald Fund help. The other listings nearby, farms and an old church among them, are vicinity listings out in the countryside. No historic district covers the town, and the state's 2023 commission list has no entry for it.
Does attic insulation in Cleveland need a permit?
Cleveland Town Hall can say whether Rowan County Building Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Cleveland; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Cleveland, NOAA normals for the Salisbury 9 WNW station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Cleveland introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- History, Town of Cleveland
- Cleveland, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Christ Episcopal Church, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Cleveland School, National Register nomination (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)
- Protect Your Family from Exposures to Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite Insulation, U.S. EPA
Cleveland, NC
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