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Blown-in attic insulation for Roseboro, NC, in Sampson County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Roseboro and Its Homes
Roseboro was drawn up on an 1889 plat around a planned depot, and the first Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley train pulled in that December. Sawmills came first and brick plants later, and its documented early houses run from the 1890s through the bungalow years of the 1920s.
Roseboro, in Sampson County, grew from 1,150 people in 2020 to 1,189 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 1.45 square miles. That makes Roseboro the second-largest town in Sampson County.
Roseboro has about 560 housing units, 2 percent of Sampson County's; about 59 percent of the town's households own their home.
Roseboro at a Glance
- County: Sampson County
- Population: 1,189 (2025), 1,150 (2020), up 3.4%
- Land area: 1.45 square miles (820 people each)
- Housing units: about 560 (±105)
- Median year built: 1977 (±6); Sampson County: 1988
- Owner-occupied: 59% (±11); Sampson County: 74%
- Detached houses: 64% (±10); Sampson County: 62%
- Attached houses: under 12%
- Apartments: 16% (±11)
- Mobile homes: 15% (±7)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Roseboro attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Roseboro, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Roseboro Homes and Their Attics
Early Roseboro Houses Built in Sections
Roseboro's streets were laid off and houses were rising by March 1890, a newspaper of the day reported. Among the early homes, the National Register file on the Howell-Butler House, built about 1900, describes one closely. Its nomination describes a two-story front block under a hipped roof, a wide rear ell and a two-room side wing, with massive paneled brick chimneys inside. A house assembled in pieces like that may not have one attic. Wherever a wing or ell sits under its own roof, that pocket gets its own look, its own depth reading and an even layer with no thin spots. Around each chimney the opening gets closed with metal and high-temperature caulk first.
Attic Insulation in Roseboro
About 35 percent of Roseboro's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Roseboro's center sits about 130 feet above sea level, 14 miles from NOAA's Clinton 2 NE station, the best match for Roseboro. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,020 heating and 1,780 cooling degree days a year, so at Roseboro's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
About 64 percent of Roseboro housing units are detached single-family houses, about 15 percent mobile homes.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 20 percent of Roseboro homes often have little insulation. From 1990 to 2009, about 20 percent of Roseboro homes were built to codes below ENERGY STAR's target; check their eaves, where ENERGY STAR says insulation is often thinnest.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 15% (±7), about 85 units
- 1940s: 8% (±5), about 45 units
- 1950s: 10% (±5), about 55 units
- 1960s: 4% (±4), about 20 units
- 1970s: 20% (±11), about 110 units
- 1980s: 21% (±9), about 120 units
- 1990s: 11% (±7), about 60 units
- 2000s: 11% (±9), about 65 units
- 2010s: under 3%
- 2020 or later: under 3%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Roseboro
In Roseboro, about 79 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: 79% (±9), about 350 households; Sampson County: 82%
- Piped gas: 12% (±6), about 55 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 8% (±6), about 35 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Progress serves most of Roseboro, South River EMC its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Roseboro is in the Sampson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, and 12 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas. Duke's free House Call fits many Roseboro homes: about 79 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Roseboro: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Roseboro, check its current terms; the Sampson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Roseboro
In a Roseboro attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Roseboro attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Roseboro
Nearest to Roseboro first.
Autryville, NC
8 miles west
171 people, about a seventh of Roseboro's population
Attic insulation in AutryvilleClinton, NC
11 miles east
Median home built 1975 (Roseboro: 1977); 8,466 people, about 7 times Roseboro's population
Attic insulation in Clinton
Roseboro Insulation FAQs
Does the new downtown historic district limit work on my Roseboro house?
No. The Downtown Roseboro Historic District, which joined the National Register in December 2025, takes in mostly brick commercial buildings along the old railroad corridor. For a homeowner using private funds, a Register listing carries no restrictions at all, the state preservation office points out. Its 2023 list of local commissions names only Clinton's for Sampson County, so Roseboro had no local review board on that list. The three individually listed houses in town are covered by the same rule.
Hurricane Fran went right over Roseboro. What should I check in the attic after a storm like that?
Check the insulation itself, starting under the roof slopes nearest any trees. In 1996, the National Weather Service records, the center of Fran tracked across Roseboro, still throwing hurricane-force gusts and felling trees across eastern North Carolina. A limb can crack a roof without anything showing from the yard. Damp or matted insulation is ENERGY STAR's sign of a roof leak, so the roof gets repaired before anything else. Only after that repair does the waterlogged insulation get vacuumed away, with new material blown back over the ceiling.
Could the old insulation in a Roseboro attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 35 percent of Roseboro's homes predate 1960. If a Roseboro 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 Roseboro need a permit?
Roseboro Town Hall can say whether Sampson County Building Inspections, the town itself or another office handles permits in Roseboro; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Progress: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Roseboro, NOAA normals for the Clinton 2 NE station, Duke Energy Progress (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Roseboro notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Downtown Roseboro Historic District, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Sampson County Multiple Resource Nomination, National Register of Historic Places (NC HPO)
- Dan E. Caison Sr. House, Roseboro, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Howell-Butler House, Roseboro, National Register nomination (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)
- Hurricane Fran, September 5, 1996, National Weather Service Wilmington, North Carolina
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
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