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Blown-in attic insulation for Murfreesboro, NC, in Hertford County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Murfreesboro and Its Homes
Murfreesboro was created in 1787 around Murfree's Landing, a Meherrin River port, and its 1971 National Register nomination counted more than forty buildings from before the Civil War. Chowan University traces its start to a school that opened in the town in 1848.
Murfreesboro, in Hertford County, fell from 2,604 people in 2020 to 2,242 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 2.27 square miles. That makes Murfreesboro the second-largest town in Hertford County.
Murfreesboro has about 1,340 housing units, 14 percent of Hertford County's; 54 percent of the town's households own their home.
Murfreesboro at a Glance
- County: Hertford County
- Population: 2,242 (2025), 2,604 (2020), down 13.9%
- Land area: 2.27 square miles (988 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,340 (±237)
- Median year built: 1971 (±5); Hertford County: 1978
- Owner-occupied: 54% (±4); Hertford County: 67%
- Detached houses: 76% (±4); Hertford County: 65%
- Attached houses: under 4%
- Apartments: 20% (±10)
- Mobile homes: under 4%
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Murfreesboro attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Murfreesboro, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Murfreesboro Homes and Their Attics
Federal Brick Buildings Under Hip Roofs
The district's 1971 nomination describes the oldest buildings as two-story brick laid in Flemish bond. Several sit under hip roofs: a store of about 1790, a house of about 1800 and the Hertford Academy of about 1810. With the roof pitched toward every wall, the attic pinches down to almost nothing on all four sides, not only at the front and back. ENERGY STAR notes that an attic can have plenty of insulation in the middle and very little out at the eaves. In a hip attic, we reach all four edges and bring the depth up evenly there, without burying any soffit vents.
Cape Cods and Gambrel Roofs on High Street
The county's 2011 architectural survey picks out Colonial Revival houses on High Street. One is a Cape Cod of about 1930 with a steep side-gabled roof and gabled dormers. Two are Dutch Colonial houses of about 1937 and 1948, with gambrel roofs and big shed dormers front and back. In both forms the second floor is built into the roof. Behind its short side walls run narrow attics, and ENERGY STAR's sealing guide lists the spaces behind and beneath knee walls as leak points. We air seal and insulate those slim side spaces too, plus the little flat attic up at the peak.
Attic Insulation in Murfreesboro
About 50 percent of Murfreesboro's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
Built from 1940 to 1969, about 35 percent of Murfreesboro homes often have little insulation.
The Local Climate
Murfreesboro's center sits about 80 feet above sea level, 1 mile from NOAA's Murfreesboro station, the best match for Murfreesboro. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,720 heating and 1,390 cooling degree days a year, so at Murfreesboro's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 76 percent of Murfreesboro housing units are detached single-family houses.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 30 percent of Murfreesboro homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 65 percent of Murfreesboro's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 14% (±6), about 190 units
- 1940s: 8% (±4), about 100 units
- 1950s: 9% (±4), about 125 units
- 1960s: 17% (±6), about 220 units
- 1970s: 17% (±9), about 230 units
- 1980s: 13% (±8), about 175 units
- 1990s: 11% (±5), about 145 units
- 2000s: 6% (±3), about 75 units
- 2010s: 6% (±4), about 80 units
- 2020 or later: under 1%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro, 72 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: 72% (±5), about 800 households; Hertford County: 61%
- Piped gas: under 14%, about 70 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 16% (±8), about 180 households
- Oil or kerosene: 5% (±4), about 50 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Dominion Energy North Carolina serves most of Murfreesboro, Roanoke Electric Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Murfreesboro is in the Hertford County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Murfreesboro. Dominion's rebate pays more for electrically heated homes, 72 percent of Murfreesboro's. Bottled or tank gas, bought by the delivery, heats about 16 percent of homes in Murfreesboro.
Rebate to check in Murfreesboro: Home Energy Evaluation (Dominion Energy's contractor network). Before a job in Murfreesboro, check its current terms; the Hertford County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Murfreesboro
In a Murfreesboro attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Murfreesboro attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
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Murfreesboro Insulation FAQs
Does the Murfreesboro preservation commission have to approve insulating my attic?
Not for the insulation. Murfreesboro has a Historic District and Properties Commission, and the town describes its 12-block National Register district on the Meherrin. Under state law, such a commission reviews exterior alterations to designated landmarks and to buildings in a designated local district, and has no say over the inside arrangement. Air sealing and insulating stay indoors. Adding vents to the roof or soffits is an exterior change, so ask the commission about a certificate of appropriateness before that step.
Can a landlord near Chowan University have a rental's attic insulated?
Yes. Work on the attic is the owner's decision, not the tenant's. The school that became Chowan University opened in Murfreesboro in 1848, and the 1971 nomination already called this a college town. We measure, seal and insulate at the owner's request, and the tenants only need to let us reach the attic. A rental inside the historic district follows the same rule as any other house there: insulating is indoor work, and only outside changes such as new vents go to the commission.
Could the old insulation in a Murfreesboro attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 30 percent of Murfreesboro's homes predate 1960. If a Murfreesboro attic holds a pebble-like gray-brown or silver-gold fill, leave it undisturbed: the EPA says vermiculite may contain asbestos.
Does attic insulation in Murfreesboro need a permit?
Murfreesboro Town Hall can say whether Hertford County Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Murfreesboro; ask before work starts.
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Murfreesboro, NOAA normals for the Murfreesboro station, Dominion Energy North Carolina (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Murfreesboro notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Murfreesboro, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Murfreesboro Historic District, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Hertford County architectural survey report, 2011 (NC HPO survey reports by county)
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- About Attic Ventilation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- Town of Murfreesboro, home page
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 160D-947, Certificate of appropriateness required
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