Savannah / Athens
Athens has 127,345 residents (give or take 606) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,094 people per square mile.
Athens is about 184 miles from the Census center point for Savannah in a straight line and covers 116.437 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Athens that is 30601, 30602, 30605, 30606, 30607, 30609, 30622, 30683 (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision and ZCTA to place relationship files, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt and https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_place20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
Median household income in Athens is $52,974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
49% of Athens homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 29% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19).
59% of Athens homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 49% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
59% of Athens homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
Of the 53,643 occupied homes in Athens, 29% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 69% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 69% of Athens homes, ahead of gas at 29%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Athens has about the Clarke County oil share of 0% and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 68% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13059, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Athens on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Georgia Power Home Energy Improvement Program heat pump conversion, run by Georgia Power, is a live program for Georgia addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,850 per system (registry row 28 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.georgiapower.com/residential/solutions/home-solutions.html, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Athens address before counting it. With 69% of Athens homes already on electric heat and 31% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Athens has 57,090 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 40% before 1980, with 31% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19).
Athens tracks Clarke County on housing age, with the county at 5% pre-1940 and 30% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13059, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Athens home was built in 1987 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1303440, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 26F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Clarke County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 20 to 27 of 141 (Revised 11/11/2020), https://www.energystar.gov/sites/default/files/Design%20Temperature%20Limit%20Reference%20Guide%20(2019%20Ed)%20-%20ENERGY%20STAR%20Single-Family%20New%20Homes_Rev11.pdf, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 26F figure is the Clarke County cold-day number a Athens heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 26F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Athens home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 1987, and the count of heads and the tonnage follow the rooms and the insulation, not the square footage.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Athens. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Athens yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.