Savannah / Gainesville
Gainesville has 45,032 residents (give or take 55) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,332 people per square mile.
Gainesville is about 219 miles from the Census center point for Savannah in a straight line and covers 33.814 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 Gainesville that is 30501, 30504 (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 Gainesville is $66,974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1331908, 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.
44% of Gainesville homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 44% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19).
With 44% of Gainesville homes in buildings of five or more units and 44% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 61% of Gainesville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Gainesville has 28 points fewer detached houses than Hall County overall (72%) and 31 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 13% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US13139, checked 2026-10-19).
With 61% of Gainesville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 16,088 occupied homes in Gainesville, 27% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 71% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 71% of Gainesville homes, ahead of gas at 27%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Gainesville has about the Hall County oil share of 0% and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 66% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13139, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Gainesville 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 Gainesville address before counting it. With 71% of Gainesville homes already on electric heat and 28% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Gainesville has 18,001 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 28% before 1980, with 44% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19).
Gainesville tracks Hall County on housing age, with the county at 3% pre-1940 and 43% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13139, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Gainesville home was built in 1994 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Gainesville housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1331908, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
Heating design temperature: 25F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hall 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 25F figure is the Hall County cold-day number a Gainesville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 25F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Gainesville home has 4.9 rooms and was built around 1994, 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 Gainesville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Gainesville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.