Saratoga, NC
4 miles northeast
Power from Duke Energy Progress (Stantonsburg: a town system); 363 people, about half of Stantonsburg's population
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Blown-in attic insulation for Stantonsburg, NC, in Wilson County, plus removal and air sealing.
About Stantonsburg and Its Homes
Stantonsburg, on Contentnea Creek, was chartered in 1817 as the first town in what became Wilson County, yet the county's 1985 historic resources nomination found no buildings left from those first years. The town lost its charter twice and won it back each time, the last time in 1909.
Stantonsburg, in Wilson County, grew from 764 people in 2020 to 778 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.63 square miles. That makes Stantonsburg the fourth-largest town in Wilson County.
Stantonsburg has about 420 housing units, 1 percent of Wilson County's; about 75 percent of the town's households own their home.
Stantonsburg at a Glance
- County: Wilson County
- Population: 778 (2025), 764 (2020), up 1.8%
- Land area: 0.63 square miles (1,235 people each)
- Housing units: about 420 (±77)
- Owner-occupied: 75% (±8); Wilson County: 60%
- Attached houses: under 4%
- Apartments: under 9%
- Mobile homes: 12% (±9)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Stantonsburg attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Stantonsburg, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Stantonsburg
About 30 percent of Stantonsburg's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Stantonsburg's center sits about 90 feet above sea level, 9 miles from NOAA's Wilson 3 SW station, the best match for Stantonsburg. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,060 heating and 1,840 cooling degree days a year, so at Stantonsburg's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 15 percent of Stantonsburg homes often have little insulation. Built from 1970 to 1989, about 25 percent of Stantonsburg homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 15% (±7), about 65 units
- 1940s: under 3%
- 1950s: 8% (±6), about 35 units
- 1960s: 8% (±6), about 35 units
- 1970s: 14% (±8), about 60 units
- 1980s: 12% (±5), about 50 units
- 1990s: 7% (±5), about 30 units
- 2000s: 21% (±12), about 90 units
- 2010s: 5% (±3), about 20 units
- 2020 or later: 10% (±8), about 45 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Stantonsburg
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Electricity: 61% (±13), about 225 households; Wilson County: 63%
- Piped gas: 34% (±10), about 125 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 2% (±2)
- Wood: under 5%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Stantonsburg, an ElectriCities public power town, runs its own electric system. For gas, Stantonsburg is in the Wilson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, and about 34 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas.
Program to ask about in Stantonsburg: 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 Stantonsburg, check its current terms; the Wilson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Stantonsburg
In a Stantonsburg attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Stantonsburg attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Stantonsburg
Nearest to Stantonsburg first.
Eureka, NC
5 miles southwest
215 people, about a quarter of Stantonsburg's population
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7 miles west
Power from its own town system (Stantonsburg: a town system)
Attic insulation in Black CreekWalstonburg, NC
7 miles east
198 people, about a quarter of Stantonsburg's population
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Stantonsburg Insulation FAQs
Is any house in Stantonsburg on the National Register?
No listing falls within the town itself. Three plantation houses nearby are entered as Stantonsburg vicinity, meaning they stand beyond the town line. As for local design review, the one commission Wilson County has belongs to the city of Wilson, per the state office's 2023 list. No historic board has a say over attic work here, though an old house still needs the usual checks before anything is covered.
Does anything survive from Stantonsburg's town of 1817?
Not that the record shows. The county nomination found none of the town's buildings from the first quarter of the 1800s. The town's own history adds a large fire in 1890 and a lapsed charter. A new charter came in 1909, after growth that began in 1907, the year the Norfolk and Southern line was finished across the county. So the date of your own house, not the 1817 charter, decides what an attic check covers.
Could the old insulation in a Stantonsburg attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 25 percent of Stantonsburg's homes predate 1960. If a Stantonsburg 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 Stantonsburg need a permit?
Stantonsburg Town Hall can say whether Wilson County Inspections Division, the town itself or another office handles permits in Stantonsburg; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- An energy audit program from the town's own utility: home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Stantonsburg, NOAA normals for the Wilson 3 SW station, Stantonsburg's municipal electric system (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Stantonsburg introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Stantonsburg, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Historic Resources of Wilson County, National Register multiple resource nomination (Kate Ohno, 1985; NC HPO)
- Welcome to Stantonsburg: Brief history from the beginning, Town of Stantonsburg
- 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)
- Historic Preservation, City of Wilson
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