Bethel, NC
5 miles east
Its NOAA station logs about 390 fewer heating degree days than Conetoe's; 1,422 people, about 7 times Conetoe's population
Attic insulation in BethelAttic Insulation in Conetoe, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Conetoe, NC, 5 miles from Bethel, plus removal and air sealing.
About Conetoe and Its Homes
Conetoe, first known as Warren's Station, got a post office in 1883 and a town charter in 1887 where Highway 42 crosses the old Atlantic Coast Line tracks. It is named for Conetoe Creek, a name that shows up on maps as early as 1770.
Conetoe is a town of 201 people on 0.34 square miles of Edgecombe County, by the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate. That makes Conetoe the fifth-largest town in Edgecombe County.
Conetoe has about 150 housing units, 1 percent of Edgecombe County's.
Conetoe at a Glance
- County: Edgecombe County
- Population: 201 (2025)
- Land area: 0.34 square miles (591 people each)
- Housing units: about 150 (±78)
- Mobile homes: 24% (±8)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Conetoe attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Conetoe, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Conetoe Homes and Their Attics
Cottages and Ranches Along the Rail Line
The 2023 county survey dates Conetoe's surviving houses from about 1870 into the late twentieth century. The oldest, triple-A cottages and gable-front-and-wing houses, mostly face the rail line from its west side. Later plats added bungalows and a few two-story houses, then brick Ranches along West Church Street and modest Ranches at the north end. The survey found most of the older buildings heavily altered. A house added onto over a century can end up with several attic pockets at different heights. We find and measure every pocket, then spread the insulation evenly so no corner is left thin.
Attic Insulation in Conetoe
About 25 percent of Conetoe's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Conetoe's center sits about 50 feet above sea level, 7 miles from NOAA's Tarboro 1 S station, the best match for Conetoe. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,320 heating and 1,690 cooling degree days a year, so at Conetoe's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Conetoe: NOAA's Greenville station, 13 miles away, averages about 2,940 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
With about 150 housing units in Conetoe, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 20 percent of Conetoe homes often have little insulation. From 1990 to 2009, about 15 percent of Conetoe homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 9%
- 1940s: under 17%, about 10 units
- 1950s: under 13%
- 1960s: 6% (±6)
- 1970s: 19% (±6), about 30 units
- 1990s: 8% (±7), about 10 units
- 2000s: under 13%
- 2010s: under 9%
- 2020 or later: under 9%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Conetoe
In Bethel, the nearest town to Conetoe with solid figures, about 75 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
- Piped gas: 12% (±10), about 15 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 27% (±4), about 35 households
- Oil or kerosene: under 9%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Progress serves most of Conetoe, Edgecombe-Martin County EMC its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Conetoe is in the Edgecombe County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, and about 12 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats 27 percent of homes in Conetoe.
Rebate to check in Conetoe: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Conetoe, check its current terms; the Edgecombe County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Conetoe
In a Conetoe attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Conetoe attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Conetoe
Nearest to Conetoe first.
Princeville, NC
6 miles northwest
1,286 people, about 6 times Conetoe's population
Attic insulation in PrincevilleParmele, NC
8 miles east
Power from Dominion Energy North Carolina (Conetoe: Duke Energy Progress); 246 people to Conetoe's 201
Attic insulation in ParmeleTarboro, NC
8 miles northwest
Power from its own town system (Conetoe: Duke Energy Progress); 10,979 people, about 55 times Conetoe's population
Attic insulation in TarboroFalkland, NC
9 miles south
51 people, about a quarter of Conetoe's population
Attic insulation in Falkland
Conetoe Insulation FAQs
Is there anything on the National Register in Conetoe itself?
No. Two listed houses in the Conetoe area, from 1974 and 1990, are both placed outside the town by the state's list. Edgecombe's one local preservation commission belongs to Tarboro, on the state's 2023 roster. So there is no historic review to clear before attic work on a house in town.
My Conetoe house has new siding and windows. What does that say about the attic?
Nothing, so the crew still checks the attic itself with you before work starts. The county survey found most of the older houses here heavily altered, but new siding and windows change the walls, not the space above the ceiling. One sign to look for is dark, dirty streaks through the old fill. ENERGY STAR takes them as air pushing through from leaks in the ceiling below. Those leaks are sealed first, and the old insulation is usually fine to keep.
Could the old insulation in a Conetoe attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 20 percent of Conetoe's homes predate 1960. If a Conetoe 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 Conetoe need a permit?
Conetoe Town Hall can say whether Edgecombe County Planning & Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Conetoe; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Progress: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Conetoe, NOAA normals for the Tarboro 1 S station, Duke Energy Progress (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Conetoe notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Conetoe, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Edgecombe County Architectural Survey Update, Final Report, MdM Historical Consultants, 2023 (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
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
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