Currituck County and Its Homes
Currituck County grew 17 percent from 2020 to 2025, to 33,158 people by the Census Bureau's estimate, in about 17,100 housing units.
Currituck County has no incorporated town; the Census Bureau maps three communities in it, each listed below.
The nearest towns with pages here: Duck (Dare County), Elizabeth City (Pasquotank County), Southern Shores (Dare County).
Currituck County at a Glance
- Population: 33,158 (2025), 28,405 (2020)
- Housing units: about 17,100
- Median year built: 1998 (North Carolina: 1991)
- Built before 1980: 16% (statewide: 34%)
- Detached houses: 87%
- Mobile homes: 9%
- Owner-occupied: 87%
- Heated with electricity: 85% (statewide: 65%)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- Census-designated communities: 3
Census Bureau estimates for Currituck County (housing: 2020 to 2024).
Communities in Currituck County
Moyock
about 2,200 housing units · median home 2004 · Dominion Energy
Grandy
about 1,200 housing units · median home 1995 · Dominion Energy
Coinjock
Dominion Energy
What We Do in Currituck County
Attic Insulation in Currituck County
Some 16 percent of Currituck County housing units predate 1980; joists showing above their insulation mean more blown-in fiberglass is due, R-49 from bare.
Attic Insulation Removal in Currituck County
Wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation comes out of Currituck County attics, and a mouse-soiled Currituck County attic is sanitized and deodorized; in the 6 percent of homes built before 1960, vermiculite is ruled out first.
Air Sealing in Currituck County
Some 85 percent of Currituck County homes heat with electricity, often through attic ducts; their joints and the ceiling's gaps are sealed first.
Homes in Currituck County
Half of Currituck County's 17,100 housing units were built before 1998: 9 percent before 1970 (22 percent statewide), 16 percent before 1980 (nearly all before the state's 1978 insulation rule) and 23 percent in 2010 or later. The largest share went up in the 2000s, under codes that asked for less than ENERGY STAR now suggests; ENERGY STAR notes insulation is often thinnest at the eaves.
Only about 11,800 of Currituck County's 17,100 housing units were someone's usual home in the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 survey; the heating shares below describe those households. Currituck County by type: 87 percent detached houses and 9 percent mobile homes. In Currituck County, 85 percent of households heat with electricity, 6 percent with piped gas (24 percent statewide) and 7 percent with tank gas.
Currituck County Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: about 590 units, 3% (±1)
- 1940s: about 100 units, 1% (±1)
- 1950s: about 260 units, 2% (±1)
- 1960s: about 630 units, 4% (±1)
- 1970s: about 1,190 units, 7% (±1)
- 1980s: about 2,840 units, 17% (±2)
- 1990s: about 3,610 units, 21% (±2)
- 2000s: about 3,990 units, 23% (±2)
- 2010s: about 3,050 units, 18% (±2)
- 2020 or later: about 800 units, 5% (±1)
Climate Across Currituck County
NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals at the station matched to each Currituck County community (miles away): Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station (Grandy, 17 miles; Coinjock, 14 miles): about 3,050 heating and 1,760 cooling degree days; Elizabeth City station (Moyock, 13 miles): about 2,850 heating and 1,900 cooling degree days.
Power and Gas in Currituck County
By the territory maps, Dominion Energy North Carolina serves Coinjock, Grandy and Moyock; the power bill names the utility of an address.
Piedmont Natural Gas holds the Currituck County gas franchise (NC Utilities Commission map), and 6 percent of Currituck County homes heat with piped gas.
Energy Programs for Currituck County Homes
Check each program's current terms for a Currituck County home; some pay only through the utility's contractor network.
Programs for Currituck County
- Home Energy Evaluation (Dominion Energy rebate; Coinjock, Grandy and Moyock).
- Income and Age Qualifying Home Improvements (Dominion Energy income-qualified; Coinjock, Grandy and Moyock).
- Energy Saver North Carolina (statewide income-qualified; any Currituck County address).
- Weatherization Assistance Program (statewide income-qualified; any Currituck County address).
- Piedmont Natural Gas lists rebates for high-efficiency gas furnaces, and none for insulation or air sealing (program page).
Currituck County Insulation FAQs
Do you serve all of Currituck County?
Yes: Moyock, Grandy, Coinjock and every other Currituck County address.
Which utilities offer insulation rebates in Currituck County?
Dominion Energy's Home Energy Evaluation (Coinjock, Grandy and Moyock).
Does attic insulation in Currituck County need a permit?
Ask Currituck County Permits & Inspections before work starts.
Counties Near Currituck County
Camden County · Pasquotank County · Perquimans County · Tyrrell County · Chowan County · All service areas
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Currituck County, Census Bureau place list, NOAA normals for the Elizabeth City station, NOAA normals for the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, HIFLD electric territory map, NC Utilities Commission natural gas map (October 2026). How the town and county pages are made.
Currituck County, NC
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