Hoke County and Its Homes
Hoke County grew 9 percent from 2020 to 2025, to 56,939 people by the Census Bureau's estimate, in about 20,900 housing units.
Its one incorporated town, Raeford, has a page here. About 10 percent of Hoke County's housing units are inside town limits, the rest in unincorporated areas.
Hoke County at a Glance
- Population: 56,939 (2025), 52,230 (2020)
- Housing units: about 20,900
- Median year built: 2000 (North Carolina: 1991)
- Built before 1980: 22% (statewide: 34%)
- Detached houses: 73%
- Mobile homes: 21%
- Owner-occupied: 73%
- Heated with electricity: 86% (statewide: 65%)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- Towns with pages here: 1
Census Bureau estimates for Hoke County (housing: 2020 to 2024).
Towns and Communities in Hoke County
Raeford
4,703 people · median home 1975 · Duke Energy Progress
Unincorporated communities the Census Bureau maps in Hoke County: Rockfish (about 1,500 housing units, median year built 1996), Silver City (median year built 1974), Five Points (median year built 2005), Ashley Heights, Bowmore and Dundarrach.
What We Do in Hoke County
Attic Insulation in Hoke County
Some 22 percent of Hoke 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 Hoke County
Wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation comes out of Hoke County attics, and a mouse-soiled Hoke County attic is sanitized and deodorized; in the 7 percent of homes built before 1960, vermiculite is ruled out first.
Air Sealing in Hoke County
Some 86 percent of Hoke County homes heat with electricity, often through attic ducts; their joints and the ceiling's gaps are sealed first.
Homes in Hoke County
Half of Hoke County's 20,900 housing units were built before 2000: 12 percent before 1970, 22 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. Raeford's median home dates from 1975, 25 years older than Hoke County's as a whole.
Hoke County by type: 73 percent detached houses, 5 percent in buildings of two or more homes and 21 percent mobile homes. In Hoke County, 86 percent of homes heat with electricity, 5 percent with piped gas (24 percent statewide) and 8 percent with tank gas.
Hoke County Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: about 430 units, 2% (±1)
- 1940s: about 250 units, 1% (±1)
- 1950s: about 730 units, 3% (±1)
- 1960s: about 1,140 units, 5% (±1)
- 1970s: about 2,000 units, 10% (±1)
- 1980s: about 1,980 units, 9% (±1)
- 1990s: about 3,930 units, 19% (±2)
- 2000s: about 5,710 units, 27% (±2)
- 2010s: about 3,970 units, 19% (±2)
- 2020 or later: about 780 units, 4% (±1)
Climate Across Hoke County
NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals for Hoke County towns, by station: Raeford station (Raeford): about 3,280 heating and 1,650 cooling degree days. NOAA's Laurinburg Maxton Airport station, 15 miles from Raeford, has about 2,660 heating and 2,110 cooling degree days.
Power and Gas in Hoke County
The card lists Hoke County's town utilities by the territory maps; a power bill confirms the one at an address.
Piedmont Natural Gas holds the Hoke County gas franchise (NC Utilities Commission map), and 5 percent of Hoke County homes heat with piped gas.
Who Supplies Power in Hoke County
- Duke Energy Progress: Raeford
- Lumbee River EMC: homes near Raeford
Energy Programs for Hoke County Homes
Check each program's current terms for a Hoke County home; some pay only through the utility's contractor network. Insulation Pros is an approved Duke Energy trade ally for Duke's rebate.
Programs for Hoke County
- Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy rebate; Raeford).
- Weatherization Rebate (Lumbee River EMC; near Raeford): air sealing and insulation rebates.
- Home Energy House Call (Duke Energy home assessment; Raeford).
- Income-qualified Weatherization (Duke Energy income-qualified; Raeford).
- Energy Saver North Carolina (statewide income-qualified; any Hoke County address).
- Weatherization Assistance Program (statewide income-qualified; any Hoke County address).
- Piedmont Natural Gas lists rebates for high-efficiency gas furnaces, and none for insulation or air sealing (program page).
Hoke County Insulation FAQs
Do you serve all of Hoke County?
Yes: Raeford and every unincorporated Hoke County address.
Which utilities offer insulation rebates in Hoke County?
Duke Energy's Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Raeford); Lumbee River EMC's Weatherization Rebate (homes near Raeford).
Does attic insulation in Hoke County need a permit?
Ask Hoke County Inspections before work starts. For an address in Raeford, the town or city hall can tell you whether Hoke County's office handles its permits.
Counties Near Hoke County
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