Rennert, NC
6 miles east
Power from Duke Energy Progress (Red Springs: a town system); 294 people, under a tenth of Red Springs' population
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Blown-in attic insulation for Red Springs, NC, in Robeson County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Red Springs and Its Homes
Red Springs takes its name from iron-reddened spring water that once drew health seekers, and its streets were laid out in a grid beside the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. The old Flora Macdonald College is its landmark, but little has been written about its houses.
Red Springs, in Robeson County, grew from 3,086 people in 2020 to 3,216 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 3.5 square miles. That makes Red Springs the second-largest town in Robeson County.
Red Springs has about 1,530 housing units, 3 percent of Robeson County's; about 52 percent of the town's households own their home.
Red Springs at a Glance
- County: Robeson County
- Population: 3,216 (2025), 3,086 (2020), up 4.2%
- Land area: 3.5 square miles (919 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,530 (±162)
- Median year built: 1968 (±6); Robeson County: 1986
- Owner-occupied: 52% (±8); Robeson County: 66%
- Detached houses: 74% (±7); Robeson County: 51%
- Apartments: 25% (±6)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Red Springs attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Red Springs, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Red Springs
About 55 percent of Red Springs' 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 Red Springs homes often have little insulation.
The Local Climate
Red Springs' center sits about 200 feet above sea level, 11 miles from NOAA's Laurinburg Maxton Airport station, the best match for Red Springs. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 2,660 heating and 2,110 cooling degree days a year, so Red Springs attics work in both seasons.
Readings change over short distances around Red Springs: NOAA's Raeford station, 12 miles away, averages about 3,280 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 74 percent of Red Springs housing units are detached single-family houses.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 30 percent of Red Springs homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 75 percent of Red Springs' housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too. About 25 percent of Red Springs units sit in buildings of two or more homes, where the attic is often shared.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 17% (±7), about 255 units
- 1940s: 9% (±4), about 145 units
- 1950s: 14% (±5), about 215 units
- 1960s: 12% (±5), about 185 units
- 1970s: 20% (±6), about 310 units
- 1980s: 12% (±4), about 175 units
- 1990s: 7% (±4), about 100 units
- 2000s: 5% (±3), about 80 units
- 2010s: 3% (±3), about 50 units
- 2020 or later: under 2%, about 10 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Red Springs
In Red Springs, about 70 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: 70% (±8), about 870 households; Robeson County: 81%
- Piped gas: 23% (±5), about 280 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 6% (±4), about 75 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Red Springs, an ElectriCities public power town, runs its own electric system. For gas, Red Springs is in the Robeson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, and 23 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas.
Program to ask about in Red Springs: 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 Red Springs, check its current terms; the Robeson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Red Springs
In a Red Springs attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Red Springs attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Red Springs
Nearest to Red Springs first.
Lumber Bridge, NC
8 miles northeast
Its NOAA station logs about 620 more heating degree days than Red Springs'; 80 people, under a tenth of Red Springs' population
Attic insulation in Lumber BridgeSt. Pauls, NC
12 miles east
Median home built 1969 (Red Springs: 1968)
Attic insulation in St. Pauls
Red Springs Insulation FAQs
Is my Red Springs house listed on any historic register?
Almost surely not. The one National Register listing in Red Springs is Flora Macdonald College, whose main building went up in six stages from 1900 to 1910 on a campus of longleaf pines. No houses in town are listed, and Robeson County has no line at all in the state office's 2023 directory of preservation commissions. The state's list of survey reports shows no countywide architectural survey for Robeson, so an older Red Springs house is judged on its own construction.
Before you insulate an older house in Red Springs, what do you look at?
Vents and roof first, then wiring. A bathroom fan or dryer duct dumping moist air under the roof gets extended outdoors before any insulation goes down, as ENERGY STAR advises. Damp or matted insulation means the roof leaks, and a roofer handles that first. Where the original wiring dates from before about 1930, an electrician checks for live knob-and-tube. The town was incorporated in 1896, so the oldest houses may need all three checks.
Could the old insulation in a Red Springs attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 40 percent of Red Springs' homes predate 1960. If a Red Springs 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 Red Springs need a permit?
Red Springs Town Hall can say whether Robeson County Community Development, the town itself or another office handles permits in Red Springs; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Hot summers at NOAA's Laurinburg Maxton Airport station: radiant barriers
- An energy audit program from the town's own utility: home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Red Springs, NOAA normals for the Laurinburg Maxton Airport station, Red Springs' municipal electric system (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Red Springs introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Red Springs, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Maxton Historic District, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Flora Macdonald College, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- 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)
- Alfred Rowland House (Riverwood), National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
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