New Bern, NC
2 miles northeast
Median home built 1989 (Trent Woods: 1977); Power from its own town system (Trent Woods: Duke Energy Progress)
Insulation contractor serving New BernAttic Insulation in Trent Woods, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Trent Woods, NC, 2 miles from New Bern, plus removal and air sealing.
About Trent Woods and Its Homes
Trent Woods is a residential town on the Trent River just south of New Bern, incorporated in 1959 and named for the heavy woods that once lined the riverbank. Most of its houses went up in the decades after it became a town, and that timing shapes what their attics hold.
Trent Woods, in Craven County, fell from 4,072 people in 2020 to 4,070 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 2.97 square miles. That makes Trent Woods the third-largest town in Craven County.
Trent Woods has about 1,900 housing units, 4 percent of Craven County's; 91 percent of the town's households own their home.
Trent Woods at a Glance
- County: Craven County
- Population: 4,070 (2025), 4,072 (2020), down 0.0%
- Land area: 2.97 square miles (1,370 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,900 (±131)
- Median year built: 1977 (±3); Craven County: 1989
- Owner-occupied: 91% (±3); Craven County: 68%
- Detached houses: 93% (±5); Craven County: 68%
- Attached houses: 4% (±2)
- Mobile homes: 3% (±3)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Trent Woods attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Trent Woods, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Attic Insulation in Trent Woods
About 30 percent of Trent Woods' homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
Built from 1970 to 1989, about 45 percent of Trent Woods homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
The Local Climate
Trent Woods' center sits near sea level, 2 miles from NOAA's New Bern Craven County Airport station, the best match for Trent Woods. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 2,700 heating and 1,900 cooling degree days a year, so Trent Woods attics work in both seasons.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 93 percent of Trent Woods housing units are detached single-family houses.
Built from 1940 to 1969, about 30 percent of Trent Woods homes often have little insulation.
About 60 percent of Trent Woods' housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 1%
- 1940s: under 1%
- 1950s: 5% (±3), about 105 units
- 1960s: 24% (±6), about 460 units
- 1970s: 28% (±8), about 540 units
- 1980s: 16% (±5), about 300 units
- 1990s: 14% (±4), about 275 units
- 2000s: 4% (±3), about 80 units
- 2010s: 6% (±3), about 110 units
- 2020 or later: under 6%, about 40 units
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Trent Woods
In Trent Woods, about 66 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: 66% (±7), about 1,200 households; Craven County: 75%
- Piped gas: 27% (±7), about 500 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 5% (±3), about 90 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Progress serves most of Trent Woods, Tideland EMC its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Trent Woods is in the Craven County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, and about 27 percent of the town's homes heat with piped gas. Duke's free House Call fits many Trent Woods homes: about 66 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Trent Woods: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Trent Woods, check its current terms; the Craven County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Trent Woods
In a Trent Woods attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Trent Woods attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Trent Woods
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River Bend, NC
3 miles west
Median home built 1985 (Trent Woods: 1977)
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5 miles northeast
345 people, under a tenth of Trent Woods' population
Attic insulation in BridgetonPollocksville, NC
9 miles southwest
276 people, under a tenth of Trent Woods' population
Attic insulation in PollocksvilleMaysville, NC
14 miles southwest
Its NOAA station logs about 420 more heating degree days than Trent Woods'; 853 people, about a fifth of Trent Woods' population
Attic insulation in Maysville
Trent Woods Insulation FAQs
Did anyone have to insulate my Trent Woods house when it was new?
No law asked for it until later. Trent Woods was incorporated in 1959. The state statute that holds back occupancy until a house meets insulation standards reaches only houses started from the first day of 1978. Any house here from the 1960s or most of the 1970s was finished before that. What sits in its attic now is the builder's choice plus whatever owners added since. The crew measures that in several places, the eaves included, before adding to it.
Is Trent Woods part of any historic district?
Not on the state's lists. No property inside Trent Woods appears among the Craven County entries the state keeps for the National Register. The 2023 roster of preservation commissions gives the county just one, New Bern's, whose districts lie in that city. Attic work in town therefore answers to no historic review. Your house is judged on its own: the depth of what is up there, the gaps in the ceiling, and how clear the soffit vents are.
Does attic insulation in Trent Woods need a permit?
Trent Woods Town Hall can say whether Craven County Inspections & Permitting, the town itself or another office handles permits in Trent Woods; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Progress: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Trent Woods, NOAA normals for the New Bern Craven County Airport station, Duke Energy Progress (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Trent Woods introduction and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Trent Woods, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- About Us, Town of Trent Woods
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Trent Woods town, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 143-139.2, Enforcement of insulation requirements; certificate for occupancy
- Adding Attic Insulation, ENERGY STAR do-it-yourself guide
- 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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