Fremont, NC
3 miles north
Power from its own town system (Pikeville: a town system); 1,237 people to Pikeville's 738
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Blown-in attic insulation for Pikeville, NC, 3 miles from Fremont, plus removal and air sealing.
About Pikeville and Its Homes
Pikeville grew up in northern Wayne County, in country first settled by Quakers, on land granted to Samuel Pike in 1763 and named for Nathan Pike, who took it over in 1785. It was incorporated in 1891, and we found nothing published on how its houses were built.
Pikeville, in Wayne County, grew from 707 people in 2020 to 738 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.76 square miles. That makes Pikeville the fifth-largest town in Wayne County.
Pikeville has about 400 housing units, 1 percent of Wayne County's.
Pikeville at a Glance
- County: Wayne County
- Population: 738 (2025), 707 (2020), up 4.4%
- Land area: 0.76 square miles (971 people each)
- Housing units: about 400 (±128)
- Median year built: 1974 (±4); Wayne County: 1984
- Owner-occupied: 59% (±14); Wayne County: 61%
- Detached houses: 66% (±13); Wayne County: 60%
- Attached houses: under 7%
- Apartments: under 18%
- Mobile homes: 23% (±14)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Pikeville attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Pikeville, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Pikeville
About 40 percent of Pikeville's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Pikeville's center sits about 140 feet above sea level, 5 miles from NOAA's Goldsboro Ag 1 N station, the best match for Pikeville. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,210 heating and 1,670 cooling degree days a year, so at Pikeville's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Pikeville: NOAA's Goldsboro 4 SE station, 11 miles away, averages about 2,660 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
With about 400 housing units in Pikeville, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1940 to 1969, about 30 percent of Pikeville homes often have little insulation. From 1990 to 2009, about 15 percent of Pikeville homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
About 65 percent of Pikeville's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 11% (±7), about 40 units
- 1940s: under 17%, about 35 units
- 1950s: 7% (±6), about 30 units
- 1960s: 13% (±9), about 55 units
- 1980s: 15% (±12), about 60 units
- 1990s: 9% (±7), about 35 units
- 2000s: under 12%, about 20 units
- 2010s: under 7%, about 10 units
- 2020 or later: under 5%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Pikeville
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Piped gas: under 6%
- Bottled or tank gas: 28% (±13), about 100 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Pikeville, an ElectriCities public power town, runs its own electric system. For gas, Pikeville is in the Wayne County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Pikeville.
Program to ask about in Pikeville: 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 Pikeville, check its current terms; the Wayne County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Pikeville
In a Pikeville attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Pikeville attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Pikeville
Nearest to Pikeville first.
Eureka, NC
7 miles northeast
Median home built 1965 (Pikeville: 1974); Power from Duke Energy Progress (Pikeville: a town system)
Attic insulation in EurekaGoldsboro, NC
8 miles south
Median home built 1975 (Pikeville: 1974); 35,012 people, about 47 times Pikeville's population
Insulation contractor serving GoldsboroPrinceton, NC
10 miles west
Median home built 1977 (Pikeville: 1974); 1,544 people, about twice Pikeville's population
Attic insulation in Princeton
Pikeville Insulation FAQs
Is my Pikeville house listed as historic, and does that limit attic work?
No listing turned up. The state's register of historic places shows nothing in this town, and the one local commission Wayne County had on the state's 2023 roster sits in Goldsboro. So no historic rules reach an attic here. The work is judged by the house itself: how old it is, how the attic is framed and what is already up there.
Did anyone have to insulate my Pikeville house when it was built?
Only if it was begun on or after January 1, 1978. North Carolina law ties a new house's occupancy to insulation standards from that date on. The town was incorporated in 1891, so it had a long stretch of building before then, and an older house may have gained insulation over the years or very little. That is why, when the work begins, the crew measures at the center of the attic and out at the eaves before adding any.
Could the old insulation in a Pikeville attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 25 percent of Pikeville's homes predate 1960. If a Pikeville 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 Pikeville need a permit?
Pikeville Town Hall can say whether Wayne County Inspections Department, the town itself or another office handles permits in Pikeville; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- An energy audit program from the town's own utility: home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Pikeville, NOAA normals for the Goldsboro Ag 1 N station, Pikeville's municipal electric system (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Pikeville introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Pikeville, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- NC Listings in the National Register of Historic Places, NC State Historic Preservation Office
- Architectural Survey Status, Records, and Reports (survey reports by county), NC State Historic Preservation Office
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 143-139.2, Enforcement of insulation and energy utilization standards
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