Wadesboro, NC
5 miles west
Median home built 1972 (Lilesville: 1966); 5,035 people, about 13 times Lilesville's population
Attic insulation in WadesboroAttic Insulation in Lilesville, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Lilesville, NC, 5 miles from Wadesboro, plus removal and air sealing.
About Lilesville and Its Homes
Lilesville, in eastern Anson County, had a post office by 1827 and was incorporated in 1874, taking its name from a local merchant named Liles. No study of its houses has been published, so an attic here is judged by the house itself, not by a town pattern.
Lilesville, in Anson County, grew from 390 people in 2020 to 398 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.99 square miles. That makes Lilesville the fourth-largest town in Anson County.
Lilesville has about 300 housing units, 3 percent of Anson County's; about 88 percent of the town's households own their home.
Lilesville at a Glance
- County: Anson County
- Population: 398 (2025), 390 (2020), up 2.1%
- Land area: 0.99 square miles (402 people each)
- Housing units: about 300 (±109)
- Median year built: 1966 (±5); Anson County: 1974
- Owner-occupied: 88% (±8); Anson County: 69%
- Mobile homes: 25% (±12)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Lilesville attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Lilesville, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Lilesville
If the joists show above the insulation in a Lilesville attic, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Lilesville's center sits about 500 feet above sea level, 5 miles from NOAA's Wadesboro station, the best match for Lilesville. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,000 heating and 1,840 cooling degree days a year, so at Lilesville's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
With about 300 housing units in Lilesville, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 20 percent of Lilesville homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists. From 1990 to 2009, about 20 percent of Lilesville 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: 18% (±12), about 55 units
- 1940s: 11% (±10), about 30 units
- 1950s: 5% (±3), about 15 units
- 1970s: 14% (±9), about 40 units
- 1980s: under 10%, about 15 units
- 1990s: 18% (±12), about 55 units
- 2000s: under 3%
- 2010s: under 5%
- 2020 or later: under 5%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Lilesville
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Piped gas: under 3%
- Bottled or tank gas: 39% (±11), about 110 households
- Oil or kerosene: under 8%, about 10 households
- Wood: under 3%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy serves most of Lilesville, Pee Dee Electric its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Lilesville is in the Anson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Lilesville. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats about 39 percent of homes in Lilesville.
Rebate to check in Lilesville: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Lilesville, check its current terms; the Anson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Lilesville
In a Lilesville attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Lilesville attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Lilesville
Nearest to Lilesville first.
McFarlan, NC
11 miles south
Center about 190 feet lower than Lilesville's; Its NOAA station logs about 210 fewer heating degree days than Lilesville's
Attic insulation in McFarlanAnsonville, NC
12 miles northwest
Center about 170 feet lower than Lilesville's; 461 people to Lilesville's 398
Attic insulation in AnsonvillePolkton, NC
12 miles west
Median home built 1991 (Lilesville: 1966); 1,722 people, about 4 times Lilesville's population
Attic insulation in Polkton
Lilesville Insulation FAQs
Is there a historic district in Lilesville that controls work on my house?
Not one the state lists. Lilesville has no entry on the State Historic Preservation Office's National Register list, and the office's 2023 roster of preservation commissions shows no commission anywhere in Anson County. The town's website does carry a historic preservation page, so if you think your house has a local designation, ask town hall. Even then, a commission reviews outside changes, and attic insulation is inside work.
Can air from inside the walls reach the attic of an old Lilesville house?
It can, if the house is balloon framed. A state training text from Iowa notes that most walls framed this way have no plate across the top, so each wall cavity can open straight into the attic. Warm air then rises through the walls and escapes. We look for those openings along the edges of the attic floor and close them before any insulation goes down.
Does attic insulation in Lilesville need a permit?
Lilesville Town Hall can say whether Anson County Building Inspections & Permitting, the town itself or another office handles permits in Lilesville; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Lilesville, NOAA normals for the Wadesboro station, Duke Energy (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Lilesville introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Lilesville, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Architectural Survey Status, Records, and Reports (survey reports by county), NC State Historic Preservation Office
- 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)
- Historic Preservation, Town of Lilesville
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 160D-947, Certificate of appropriateness required
- Building Construction Problem Areas, weatherization training text, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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