Locust, NC
5 miles east
Power from Duke Energy (Midland: Duke Energy Carolinas); Center about 220 feet higher than Midland's
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Blown-in attic insulation for Midland, NC, 5 miles from Locust, plus removal and air sealing.
About Midland and Its Homes
Midland, in southern Cabarrus County, takes its name from its place on the railroad halfway between Charlotte and Norwood and became a town only in 2000. The ground is far older than the town: inside its limits is a farm whose gold mine shaft dates to about 1832.
Midland, in Cabarrus County, grew from 4,707 people in 2020 to 5,151 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 13.3 square miles. That makes Midland the fourth-largest town in Cabarrus County.
Midland has about 1,790 housing units, 2 percent of Cabarrus County's; 84 percent of the town's households own their home.
Midland at a Glance
- County: Cabarrus County
- Population: 5,151 (2025), 4,707 (2020), up 9.4%
- Land area: 13.3 square miles (386 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,790 (±169)
- Median year built: 2010 (±4); Cabarrus County: 1997
- Owner-occupied: 84% (±3); Cabarrus County: 71%
- Detached houses: 87% (±2); Cabarrus County: 76%
- Attached houses: 4% (±3)
- Apartments: under 8%
- Mobile homes: 6% (±4)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Midland attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Midland, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Midland
If the joists show above the insulation in a Midland attic, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
In 2010 or later, about 50 percent of Midland homes went up; check their air sealing as well as the depth.
The Local Climate
Midland's center sits about 500 feet above sea level, 17 miles from NOAA's Monroe 2 SE station, the best match for Midland. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,200 heating and 1,740 cooling degree days a year, so at Midland's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 87 percent of Midland housing units are detached single-family houses.
From 1990 to 2009, about 25 percent of Midland homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
About 15 percent of Midland's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 4%, about 30 units
- 1940s: under 2%, about 10 units
- 1950s: under 1%
- 1960s: 5% (±4), about 90 units
- 1970s: 9% (±5), about 165 units
- 1980s: 8% (±5), about 135 units
- 1990s: 9% (±5), about 170 units
- 2000s: 17% (±7), about 310 units
- 2010s: 43% (±9), about 770 units
- 2020 or later: 6% (±4), about 105 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Midland
In Midland, about 74 percent of homes heat with electricity; where that heat is forced air, ducts often run through the attic.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Electricity: 74% (±10), about 1,310 households; Cabarrus County: 56%
- Piped gas: 20% (±7), about 360 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 2% (±2), about 40 households
- Wood: under 4%, about 30 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Midland, Union Power Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Midland is in the Cabarrus County franchise of Enbridge Gas North Carolina, and about 20 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas. Duke's free House Call fits many Midland homes: about 74 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Midland: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Midland, check its current terms; the Cabarrus County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Midland
In a Midland attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Midland attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Midland
Nearest to Midland first.
Stanfield, NC
6 miles east
1,744 people, about a third of Midland's population
Attic insulation in StanfieldHarrisburg, NC
8 miles northwest
Median home built 2006 (Midland: 2010); 20,742 people, about 4 times Midland's population
Attic insulation in HarrisburgMint Hill, NC
9 miles southwest
Median home built 1992 (Midland: 2010); Center about 280 feet higher than Midland's
Attic insulation in Mint Hill
Midland Insulation FAQs
Besides the old gold mine farm, is anything here on the National Register?
No. The Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine, listed in 1990, is the one entry inside town. It holds a Greek Revival farmhouse from about 1846 and the remains of a mine worked from about 1832 to 1860. Two other listings carry a Midland address but sit outside the town limits. Listing places no restriction on private owners, and the state's 2023 list shows no local historic commission for the town.
There are dark streaks in the insulation of my Midland attic. What does that mean?
Air has been moving through it. Darkened insulation works like a furnace filter, the ENERGY STAR sealing guide says: house air rises through a hidden gap and leaves its dust behind in the fibers. This page's Census numbers put most Midland houses in 1970 or later. In a house that new, common culprits are a light fixture, a wire hole or the attic hatch. The gap is sealed, and the same insulation can go back in place.
Does attic insulation in Midland need a permit?
Midland Town Hall can say whether Cabarrus County Property, Building and Development, the town itself or another office handles permits in Midland; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Median home built 2010: a hot upstairs and bonus rooms over garages
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Midland, NOAA normals for the Monroe 2 SE station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Midland introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Midland, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Robert Harvey Morrison Farm and Pioneer Mills Gold Mine, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- 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)
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Midland town, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
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