Milton, NC
16 miles northwest
Center about 250 feet lower than Roxboro's; 176 people, under a tenth of Roxboro's population
Attic insulation in MiltonAttic Insulation in Roxboro, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Roxboro, NC, in Person County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Roxboro and Its Homes
Roxboro has been the Person County seat since 1793, but it grew into a mill town only after the railroad came in 1890 and four textile mills opened between 1899 and 1926. Its houses range from Victorian homes near Main Street to mill villages and postwar ranches at the edges.
Roxboro, in Person County, grew from 8,137 people in 2020 to 8,380 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 7.41 square miles.
Roxboro has about 4,000 housing units, 22 percent of Person County's; about 51 percent of the city's households own their home.
Roxboro at a Glance
- County: Person County
- Population: 8,380 (2025), 8,137 (2020), up 3.0%
- Land area: 7.41 square miles (1,131 people each)
- Housing units: about 4,000 (±316)
- Median year built: 1967 (±3); Person County: 1983
- Owner-occupied: 51% (±8); Person County: 77%
- Detached houses: 62% (±5); Person County: 75%
- Apartments: 21% (±7)
- Mobile homes: 15% (±6)
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Roxboro attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Roxboro, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Roxboro Homes and Their Attics
Worker Houses in Roxboro's Four Mill Villages
Each mill built housing for its workers. The oldest village sits across Lake Drive from the 1899 cotton mill, and the county's recent architectural survey found that houses in all four villages vary little. They are one-story frame houses with gable or hip roofs, set in rows near the mill. The most common is a hip-roofed house with a porch tucked into one front corner. Some side-gabled houses have a back wing that makes a T-shaped plan, and the small hip-roofed houses later gained shed-roofed wings for bathrooms. So one mill house can hide several separate attic spaces. We open up and measure each one, then bring it to a level, unbroken layer.
Brick Ranches From the 1950s and 1960s
Roughly half the houses in Roxboro went up before 1970, by the Census count printed on this page. Ranch houses are numerous around the edges of the older neighborhoods, the county survey found, and in subdivisions platted during the 1950s and 1960s. It describes the type as wide, low and one story, usually faced in brick. A roof that low leaves almost no height above the outside walls. ENERGY STAR notes that this edge is where an attic often comes up short. Baffles go in at the eaves first. Then the soffit vents stay open while insulation is carried right out to the wall plates.
Attic Insulation in Roxboro
About 60 percent of Roxboro's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
Built from 1940 to 1969, about 45 percent of Roxboro homes often have little insulation.
The Local Climate
Roxboro's center sits about 720 feet above sea level, 6 miles from NOAA's Roxboro 7 ESE station, the best match for Roxboro. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,800 heating and 1,360 cooling degree days a year, so at Roxboro's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 62 percent of Roxboro housing units are detached single-family houses, about 15 percent mobile homes.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 25 percent of Roxboro homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 70 percent of Roxboro's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 14% (±5), about 550 units
- 1940s: 8% (±3), about 340 units
- 1950s: 8% (±4), about 330 units
- 1960s: 27% (±7), about 1,100 units
- 1970s: 13% (±5), about 520 units
- 1980s: 14% (±7), about 550 units
- 1990s: 7% (±4), about 285 units
- 2000s: 3% (±3), about 130 units
- 2010s: 2% (±2), about 80 units
- 2020 or later: under 6%, about 115 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Roxboro
In Roxboro, about 51 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: 51% (±7), about 1,790 households; Person County: 64%
- Piped gas: 48% (±9), about 1,710 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy serves most of Roxboro, Piedmont Electric Cooperative and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Roxboro is in the Person County franchise of Enbridge Gas North Carolina, and about 48 percent of the city's homes heat with piped gas. Duke's free House Call fits many Roxboro homes: about 51 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Roxboro: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Roxboro, check its current terms; the Person County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Roxboro
In a Roxboro attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Roxboro attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Roxboro
Nearest to Roxboro first.
Yanceyville, NC
20 miles west
Median home built 1973 (Roxboro: 1967); 1,850 people, about a fifth of Roxboro's population
Attic insulation in YanceyvilleStem, NC
20 miles southeast
Median home built 2011 (Roxboro: 1967); Center about 240 feet lower than Roxboro's
Attic insulation in StemButner, NC
22 miles southeast
Median home built 1991 (Roxboro: 1967); Center about 350 feet lower than Roxboro's
Attic insulation in ButnerOxford, NC
22 miles east
Median home built 1976 (Roxboro: 1967); Center about 230 feet lower than Roxboro's
Attic insulation in Oxford
Roxboro Insulation FAQs
Did the mill company ever insulate my Roxboro mill village house?
The record never mentions it. The mills built and owned these houses for decades. The county survey says Ca-Vel put its village up for sale in 1951, and Roxboro Cotton Mills sold the houses in its own village and at Longhurst in the early 1960s. Since then each house has had its own owners, so what lies in each attic now varies house by house. On the day of the job, the main roof and every wing and bathroom addition get checked before anything is added.
Is my Roxboro neighborhood a listed historic district?
Not yet, if it is residential. The one National Register district in the city is the downtown commercial district, listed in 1984, plus single listings such as the courthouse and the cotton mill. In 2024 the North Roxboro, South Roxboro and Reamstown districts and the mill villages were added to the state Study List, which is short of an actual listing. The state says even a full listing leaves a private owner free to alter the house, and its 2023 list shows no preservation commission in Person County.
Could the old insulation in a Roxboro attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 30 percent of Roxboro's homes predate 1960. If a Roxboro 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 Roxboro need a permit?
Roxboro City Hall can say whether Person County Inspections, the city itself or another office handles permits in Roxboro; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Roxboro, NOAA normals for the Roxboro 7 ESE station, Duke Energy (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Roxboro notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Roxboro, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Person County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase One report (NC HPO)
- Person County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phases Two and Three report (Slane and Szcodronski, August 2025; NC HPO)
- Roxboro Cotton Mill, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Roxboro city, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- About Attic Ventilation, 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)
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