Washington, NC
2 miles northwest
Median home built 1972 (Washington Park: 1957); 9,910 people, about 26 times Washington Park's population
Attic insulation in WashingtonAttic Insulation in Washington Park, NC
Blown-in attic insulation for Washington Park, NC, 2 miles from Washington, plus removal and air sealing.
About Washington Park and Its Homes
Washington Park is a small, all-residential town on the Pamlico River just east of Washington, laid out about 1904 on a former riverside plantation and incorporated in 1923. Its houses run from Craftsman bungalows and Colonial Revival homes to the 1950s ranches east of Walnut Street.
Washington Park, in Beaufort County, fell from 390 people in 2020 to 383 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimates), on 0.26 square miles. That makes Washington Park the fifth-largest town in Beaufort County.
Washington Park has about 235 housing units, 1 percent of Beaufort County's; about 91 percent of the town's households own their home.
Washington Park at a Glance
- County: Beaufort County
- Population: 383 (2025), 390 (2020), down 1.8%
- Land area: 0.26 square miles (1,473 people each)
- Housing units: about 235 (±62)
- Median year built: 1957 (±5); Beaufort County: 1980
- Owner-occupied: 91% (±11); Beaufort County: 70%
- Detached houses: 97% (±5); Beaufort County: 68%
- Attached houses: 2% (±2)
- Apartments: under 15%
- Climate zone: 3 on both maps
- ENERGY STAR target for Washington Park attics: R-49 from bare, R-38 over 3 to 4 inches (R-value guide)
Census Bureau estimates for Washington Park, 2020 to 2024 (± margin of error).
Washington Park Homes and Their Attics
Gambrel Roofs and Bungalows by the River
The 2009 county survey counted five Dutch Colonial Revival houses in Washington Park, a style it defines by the gambrel roof and its upstairs dormers. It also recorded story-and-a-half bungalows and a story-and-a-half Colonial Revival cottage. In all of these the upper rooms are tucked into the roof, with short knee walls on each side. Behind those walls are narrow side attics. ENERGY STAR lists the space behind and under knee walls as a place where houses leak air, and an Iowa state building guide calls that wedge of attic often leaky. Sealing and filling those wedges is part of the job, along with the space above the ceiling.
Attic Insulation in Washington Park
About 75 percent of Washington Park's homes predate 1970; if your joists show above the insulation, ENERGY STAR says to add more insulation.
The Local Climate
Washington Park's center sits near sea level, 3 miles from NOAA's Washington Wastewater Plant 4 W station, the best match for Washington Park. The station's 1991 to 2020 normals average about 2,910 heating and 1,810 cooling degree days a year, so at Washington Park's station, heating needs outweigh cooling.
Readings change over short distances around Washington Park: NOAA's Aurora 6 N station, 18 miles away, averages about 2,600 heating degree days.
Homes by Age: What It Means for the Attic
Some 97 percent of Washington Park housing units are detached single-family houses. With about 235 housing units in Washington Park, read the figures as rough proportions.
Built before 1940, about 20 percent of Washington Park homes can hide knob-and-tube wiring and vermiculite, jobs for an electrician and an asbestos contractor first. Built from 1970 to 1989, about 15 percent of Washington Park homes may hold settled fiberglass; check its depth against the joists.
About 85 percent of Washington Park's housing units predate 1980; nearly all predate the state's 1978 insulation rule too.
Homes by Year Built
- Before 1940: 18% (±9), about 40 units
- 1940s: 14% (±5), about 30 units
- 1960s: 18% (±7), about 45 units
- 1970s: 11% (±9), about 25 units
- 1980s: 5% (±4), about 15 units
- 1990s: under 11%
- 2000s: 3% (±3)
- 2010s: under 1%
- 2020 or later: under 6%
Air Sealing and Duct Sealing in Washington Park
In Washington Park, about 20 percent of homes heat with electricity; forced air, electric or gas, moves through ducts.
Air sealing comes first, as the EPA advises: wire and pipe holes, wall tops and soffits.
How Homes Here Are Heated
- Electricity: 20% (±11), about 45 households; Beaufort County: 61%
- Oil or kerosene: under 3%
Power, Gas and Rebates
Power in and around Washington Park comes from Duke Energy Progress and Tideland EMC; your bill says which. For gas, Washington Park is in the Beaufort County franchise of Piedmont Natural Gas, whose mains may not reach every street in Washington Park. Duke's free House Call fits many Washington Park homes: about 20 percent heat with electricity.
Rebate to check if Duke Energy Progress serves your Washington Park home: Smart $aver Insulate and Seal (Duke Energy; Insulation Pros is an approved trade ally). Before a job in Washington Park, check its current terms; the Beaufort County page lists every program.
Attic Insulation Removal in Washington Park
In a Washington Park attic, only wet, moldy or animal-soiled insulation is vacuumed out (ENERGY STAR's test), once the cause is fixed, and after mice that Washington Park attic is sanitized and deodorized; dry, clean insulation stays.
Also Serving Near Washington Park
Nearest to Washington Park first.
Chocowinity, NC
4 miles west
Median home built 1976 (Washington Park: 1957); 751 people to Washington Park's 383
Attic insulation in ChocowinityBath, NC
13 miles east
Its NOAA station logs about 320 fewer heating degree days than Washington Park's; 243 people to Washington Park's 383
Attic insulation in BathSimpson, NC
14 miles west
Median home built 1983 (Washington Park: 1957); 409 people to Washington Park's 383
Attic insulation in Simpson
Washington Park Insulation FAQs
Is Washington Park a listed historic district?
No. A Washington Park historic district was found eligible for the National Register in 1997, after Hurricane Fran, and the 2009 county survey recommended a larger district reaching Spruce Street. But the state's National Register list shows no listing inside the town, and the 2023 roster of local preservation commissions has none for Washington Park. So no historic review applies to attic work here.
Our house in Washington Park was raised after the 1996 floods. Is the attic any different?
Not because of the raising. Eighteen houses in the district were set on higher foundations after Hurricanes Bertha and Fran, the survey found. Lifting a house changes what it stands on, not its ceiling or roof. As with any attic of its age, what matters is how deep the insulation is, and whether air slips up through holes for wires, plumbing and flues.
Does attic insulation in Washington Park need a permit?
Washington Park Town Hall can say whether Beaufort County Permitting, the town itself or another office handles permits in Washington Park; ask before work starts.
Sources
Census Bureau figures for Washington Park, NOAA normals for the Washington Wastewater Plant 4 W station (October 2026). Compiled by Insulation Pros. How the town pages are made.
Sources for the Washington Park notes and questions (read October 20, 2026):
- Washington Park, in The North Carolina Gazetteer (William S. Powell, 2nd ed., UNC Press 2010), NCpedia
- Phase I Beaufort County Architectural Survey: Municipalities (Circa, Inc., September 2009), listed by the NC HPO as the Beaufort County Municipalities Survey, 2009
- Attic Air Sealing Project, ENERGY STAR
- Building Construction Problem Areas, weatherization training text, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
- 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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