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Power from its own town system (Lucama: a town system); 708 people to Lucama's 1,052
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Blown-in attic insulation for Lucama, NC, in Wilson County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Lucama and Its Homes
Lucama grew out of Lucas Crossroads once the railroad's Fayetteville Branch opened in 1886, and was incorporated in 1889. Within its historic district, frame houses of one and two stories put up between about 1890 and 1930 predominate, many of them cottages broken up by cross gables and side wings.
Lucama, in Wilson County, grew from 1,027 people in 2020 to 1,052 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.61 square miles. That makes Lucama the third-largest town in Wilson County.
Lucama has about 400 housing units, 1 percent of Wilson County's; about 52 percent of the town's households own their home.
Lucama at a Glance
- County: Wilson County
- Population: 1,052 (2025), 1,027 (2020), up 2.4%
- Land area: 0.61 square miles (1,725 people each)
- Housing units: about 400 (±104)
- Median year built: 1975 (±4); Wilson County: 1986
- Owner-occupied: 52% (±7); Wilson County: 60%
- Detached houses: 46% (±9); Wilson County: 63%
- Apartments: under 21%
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Lucama attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Lucama, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Lucama Homes and Their Attics
Cross-Gabled Cottages of the Railroad Years
The district's nomination describes Victorian cottages from 1887 to about 1905, several with multiple cross gables. One-story Colonial Revival cottages followed from about 1900 to 1915, pairing hipped roofs with lopsided wings. Under a roof like that there may not be one open attic. Each gable and wing can close off a pocket of its own, with a different depth. Every pocket gets reached and measured. ENERGY STAR's guide wants the layer even, without low spots, and in a Lucama cottage that means filling every pocket rather than only the open middle.
Attic Insulation in Lucama
About 35 percent of Lucama's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Lucama's center sits about 130 feet above sea level, 5 miles from NOAA's Wilson 3 SW station, the best match for Lucama. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,060 heating and 1,840 cooling degree days a year, so at Lucama's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 46 percent of Lucama housing units are detached single-family houses. With about 400 housing units in Lucama, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built before 1940, about 10 percent of Lucama homes can hide knob-and-tube wiring and vermiculite, jobs for an electrician and an asbestos contractor first. Built from 1940 to 1969, about 25 percent of Lucama homes often have little insulation.
About 70 percent of Lucama's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 12% (±7), about 50 units
- 1940s: under 11%, about 15 units
- 1950s: 12% (±9), about 45 units
- 1960s: 7% (±5), about 30 units
- 1970s: 32% (±12), about 130 units
- 1980s: 9% (±8), about 35 units
- 1990s: 10% (±8), about 40 units
- 2000s: under 17%, about 30 units
- 2010s: under 11%, about 20 units
- 2020 or later: under 3%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Lucama
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Electricity: 73% (±15), about 265 households; Wilson County: 63%
- Piped gas: under 7%, about 10 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 23% (±9), about 85 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Lucama, an ElectriCities public power town, runs its own electric system. For gas, Lucama is in the Wilson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Lucama. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats about 23 percent of homes in Lucama.
Program to ask about in Lucama: ElectriCities energy audits (the town's electric system), home energy audits for member-town customers; ask the town's utility office. Before a job in Lucama, check its current terms; the Wilson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Lucama
In a Lucama attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Lucama attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Lucama
Nearest to Lucama first.
Wilson, NC
7 miles northeast
Median home built 1983 (Lucama: 1975); 49,572 people, about 47 times Lucama's population
Insulation contractor serving WilsonKenly, NC
7 miles southwest
Median home built 1973 (Lucama: 1975); Power from Duke Energy Progress (Lucama: a town system)
Attic insulation in Kenly
Lucama Insulation FAQs
My Lucama house has a brick chimney. Does that change the attic work?
That depends on the chimney's position. The district's inventory shows cottages whose chimneys stand outside a gable wall, plus at least one house with a chimney in the middle. An outside chimney never passes through the attic floor. A middle one does, and the opening around it lets warm house air climb straight up. ENERGY STAR calls for thin aluminum sheet sealed in with high-heat caulk, and a metal shield holding insulation back from the masonry, typically two inches.
What does the Lucama Municipal Historic District mean for my house?
Recognition rather than rules. The district, 65 parcels between Main Street, Black Creek Road and the railroad, went on the National Register in 1986. Per the state's preservation office, being listed does not limit what a private owner pays to repair or alter. No commission for Lucama appears on the office's 2023 roster, so attic insulation and air sealing call for no design review here.
Does attic insulation in Lucama need a permit?
Lucama Town Hall can say whether Wilson County Inspections Division, the town itself or another office handles permits in Lucama; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- An energy audit program from the town's own utility: home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Lucama, NOAA normals for the Wilson 3 SW station, Lucama's municipal electric system (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Lucama notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Lucama, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Lucama Municipal Historic District, National Register nomination (Kate Ohno, 1981; NC HPO)
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- Furnace Flues Require Special Sealing Techniques, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- What Is 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)
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