Mayodan, NC
5 miles southwest
Center about 190 feet lower than Stoneville's; 2,503 people to Stoneville's 1,364
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Blown-in attic insulation for Stoneville, NC, 5 miles from Mayodan, plus removal and air sealing.
About Stoneville and Its Homes
Stoneville grew in the late 1850s around a Stone family general store and was incorporated in 1877. Tobacco warehouses and the Roanoke and Southern line made it a market town, and most of its houses are far younger than the brick downtown a 1998 tornado tore apart.
Stoneville, in Rockingham County, grew from 1,312 people in 2020 to 1,364 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 1.43 square miles.
Stoneville has about 590 housing units, 1 percent of Rockingham County's; 65 percent of the town's households own their home.
Stoneville at a Glance
- County: Rockingham County
- Population: 1,364 (2025), 1,312 (2020), up 4.0%
- Land area: 1.43 square miles (954 people each)
- Housing units: about 590 (±136)
- Median year built: 1975 (±4); Rockingham County: 1978
- Owner-occupied: 65% (±4); Rockingham County: 72%
- Detached houses: 68% (±14); Rockingham County: 72%
- Attached houses: under 4%
- Apartments: 15% (±10)
- Mobile homes: 15% (±8)
- Climate zone: 4 (state code), 3 (2021 map)
- ENERGY STAR target for Stoneville attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Stoneville, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Stoneville Homes and Their Attics
Brick Cottages and a Queen Anne Roofline
Rockingham County's 2003 survey singled out two Stoneville brick cottages, of about 1890 and about 1900. It found no other one-story houses with load-bearing brick walls outside the county's largest towns. The older one has a triple-A roof, with a gable centered on the front slope. The other is a gable-and-ell house. The survey also describes a two-story Queen Anne house of the 1890s whose nearly pyramidal roof throws gables out on three sides. Roofs broken up like that can leave small attic pockets under each gable and wing, sometimes with no hatch of their own. Each pocket gets reached and filled to the same depth as the main attic, and if one cannot be reached, we say so.
Attic Insulation in Stoneville
Some 39 percent of Stoneville's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Stoneville's center sits about 820 feet above sea level, 13 miles from NOAA's Reidsville 2 NW station, the best match for Stoneville. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,830 heating and 1,340 cooling degree days a year, so at Stoneville's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
With about 590 housing units in Stoneville, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 30 percent of Stoneville homes often have little insulation. From 1990 to 2009, about 15 percent of Stoneville 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: 8% (±5), about 50 units
- 1940s: 14% (±6), about 80 units
- 1950s: 10% (±4), about 55 units
- 1960s: 8% (±5), about 45 units
- 1970s: 22% (±15), about 130 units
- 1980s: 16% (±11), about 90 units
- 1990s: 7% (±4), about 40 units
- 2000s: 9% (±5), about 50 units
- 2010s: 6% (±5), about 35 units
- 2020 or later: under 3%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Stoneville
In Stoneville, about 77 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: 77% (±11), about 410 households; Rockingham County: 65%
- Piped gas: 7% (±6), about 35 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 8% (±5), about 45 households
- Oil or kerosene: 6% (±5), about 30 households
- Wood: under 3%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Stoneville, EnergyUnited its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Stoneville is in the Rockingham County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Stoneville. Duke's free House Call fits many Stoneville homes: about 77 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Stoneville: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Stoneville, check its current terms; the Rockingham County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Stoneville
In a Stoneville attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Stoneville attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Stoneville
Nearest to Stoneville first.
Madison, NC
6 miles southwest
Center about 210 feet lower than Stoneville's; 2,190 people to Stoneville's 1,364
Attic insulation in MadisonWentworth, NC
9 miles southeast
Median home built 1985 (Stoneville: 1975); 2,774 people, about twice Stoneville's population
Attic insulation in WentworthEden, NC
10 miles east
Median home built 1967 (Stoneville: 1975); Center about 230 feet lower than Stoneville's
Attic insulation in EdenReidsville, NC
16 miles southeast
14,692 people, about 11 times Stoneville's population
Attic insulation in Reidsville
Stoneville Insulation FAQs
Could a hard storm have soaked the insulation in my Stoneville attic?
It can, and it is worth checking after any big blow. Stoneville knows what wind can do here: the tornado of March 20, 1998 wrecked the depot, the old tobacco warehouses and several downtown buildings. Look for damp or matted insulation under the roof. ENERGY STAR reads damp insulation as a sign the roof is leaking, so a roofer stops the leak first. Only then do we take out the ruined batts or loose fill and lay down a dry, even blanket.
Is any house in Stoneville on the National Register?
None shows up in the state's National Register list, whose Rockingham County rows name other towns only. Of the county's three local commissions on the 2023 state roster, Eden, Madison and Reidsville each have one, and Stoneville has none. The 2003 county survey did record several older houses and stores here, but being recorded in a survey creates no rules. Insulating your attic is your decision alone.
Could the old insulation in a Stoneville attic be vermiculite?
It could: about 32 percent of Stoneville's homes predate 1960. If a Stoneville 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 Stoneville need a permit?
Stoneville Town Hall can say whether Rockingham County, the town itself or another office handles permits in Stoneville; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Stoneville, NOAA normals for the Reidsville 2 NW station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Stoneville notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Stoneville, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- History, Town of Stoneville
- Historic and Architectural Resources of Rockingham County, North Carolina, ca. 1799-1953 (listed by the NC HPO as the Rockingham County Survey, 2003)
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Stoneville town, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
- 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)
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