Midway, NC
4 miles southwest
Its NOAA station logs about 380 more heating degree days than Wallburg's; 5,104 people to Wallburg's 3,255
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Blown-in attic insulation for Wallburg, NC, 4 miles from Midway, plus removal and air sealing.
About Wallburg and Its Homes
Wallburg grew up at a crossroads in northeastern Davidson County around the Wall family's farm, carriage shop and late 1880s lumber mill, and became a town only in 2004. Most of its homes date from 1970 or later, and its one older house on the National Register is the Wall House of 1896.
Wallburg, in Davidson County, grew from 3,026 people in 2020 to 3,255 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 5.59 square miles. That makes Wallburg the fourth-largest town in Davidson County.
Wallburg has about 1,130 housing units, 1 percent of Davidson County's; 98 percent of the town's households own their home.
Wallburg at a Glance
- County: Davidson County
- Population: 3,255 (2025), 3,026 (2020), up 7.6%
- Land area: 5.59 square miles (582 people each)
- Housing units: about 1,130 (±131)
- Owner-occupied: 98% (±1); Davidson County: 74%
- Detached houses: 92% (±4); Davidson County: 75%
- Mobile homes: 8% (±7)
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Wallburg attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Wallburg, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Wallburg Homes and Their Attics
The Wall House and the Rooms Added Later
George W. Wall built his Queen Anne house in 1896, most likely with lumber from the family company. Its nomination describes a deck-on-hip main roof with cross-gables, a two-story rear wing under its own gable roof, and an enclosed stair up to an unfinished attic. Then came changes: a bathroom behind the kitchen in 1908, a larger dining room in 1916 and an enclosed sunroom in 1973. A house that has grown in stages like this can have a separate attic space over each part, at a different height, and some of them have no easy way in. We find every roof section, measure what lies over each piece of ceiling, and spread the new insulation evenly across all of it.
Attic Insulation in Wallburg
About 15 percent of Wallburg's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Wallburg's center sits about 920 feet above sea level, 10 miles from NOAA's High Point station, the best match for Wallburg. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 3,120 heating and 1,710 cooling degree days a year, so at Wallburg's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Wallburg: NOAA's Winston-Salem Reynolds Airport station, 10 miles away, averages about 3,500 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 92 percent of Wallburg housing units are detached single-family houses. With about 1,130 housing units in Wallburg, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built from 1940 to 1969, before the state's 1978 insulation rule, about 15 percent of Wallburg homes often have little insulation.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: under 1%
- 1940s: under 4%, about 15 units
- 1950s: 12% (±10), about 130 units
- 1960s: under 4%, about 20 units
- 1970s: 24% (±12), about 275 units
- 1980s: 16% (±7), about 185 units
- 1990s: 18% (±9), about 210 units
- 2000s: 18% (±10), about 205 units
- 2010s: 8% (±6), about 95 units
- 2020 or later: under 1%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Wallburg
In Wallburg, 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% (±10), about 860 households; Davidson County: 71%
- Piped gas: 6% (±5), about 65 households
- Bottled or tank gas: 6% (±6), about 65 households
- Oil or kerosene: under 16%, about 80 households
- Wood: under 4%, about 20 households
Power, Gas and Rebates
Duke Energy Carolinas serves most of Wallburg, EnergyUnited its edges; your bill says which. For gas, Wallburg is in the Davidson County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Wallburg. Duke's free House Call fits many Wallburg homes: about 77 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check in Wallburg: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Wallburg, check its current terms; the Davidson County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Wallburg
In a Wallburg attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Wallburg attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Wallburg
Nearest to Wallburg first.
Kernersville, NC
8 miles northeast
29,128 people, about 9 times Wallburg's population
Attic insulation contractor serving KernersvilleWinston-Salem, NC
8 miles northwest
257,271 people, about 79 times Wallburg's population
Home insulation in Winston-SalemHigh Point, NC
10 miles east
Power from its own town system (Wallburg: Duke Energy Carolinas); 120,571 people, about 37 times Wallburg's population
Insulation contractor serving High Point
Wallburg Insulation FAQs
Does Wallburg have historic district rules that cover older houses?
No. Davidson County has two local preservation commissions on the state's 2023 roster, and neither is for Wallburg. The town's one National Register listing is the Wall House, a single property. Listing by itself does not limit a private owner spending private money on a house, according to the state preservation office. So no historic review stands between a Wallburg homeowner and attic work.
Our Wallburg house is in one of the newer subdivisions. What deserves a look in the attic?
Two things above all, if your house has them. The town has opened land to planned housing since it incorporated, and its history records rezonings for that in 2006 and 2007. Recessed ceiling lights are the first: ENERGY STAR says insulation stays 3 inches from any fixture not rated IC for insulation contact. A room over the garage is the second. Building America advises sealing and insulating the floor between that room and the garage, and its knee walls are sealed too.
Does attic insulation in Wallburg need a permit?
Wallburg Town Hall can say whether Davidson County Inspections & Central Permitting, the town itself or another office handles permits in Wallburg; ask before work starts.
Helpful Guides
- Power from Duke Energy Carolinas: high summer electric bills and home energy audits
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Wallburg, NOAA normals for the High Point station, Duke Energy Carolinas (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Wallburg notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Wallburg, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- George W. Wall House, National Register nomination (NC HPO)
- History Before Incorporation, Town of Wallburg
- Historic and Architectural Resources of Davidson County, National Register multiple resource nomination (NC HPO)
- Year Structure Built (table B25034), Wallburg 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
- Historic Preservation Commission Staff in North Carolina, listed by county, as of 2/20/2023 (NC HPO)
- 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
- History After Incorporation, Town of Wallburg
- Attic Insulation Project, ENERGY STAR
- Floor Above Garage, Building America Solution Center (U.S. Department of Energy, PNNL)
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
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