Savannah / Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island has 769 residents (give or take 301) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19), about 86 people per square mile.
Jekyll Island is about 67 miles from the Census center point for Savannah in a straight line and covers 8.987 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 Jekyll Island that is 31527 (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).
Of the 539 occupied homes in Jekyll Island, 3% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 92% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 92% of Jekyll Island homes, ahead of propane at 4%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Jekyll Island has about the Glynn County oil share of 0% and 6 points more electric heat than the county's 86% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13127, checked 2026-10-19).
Jekyll Island has 1,284 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 81% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19).
Jekyll Island has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Glynn County as a whole (5%) and 11 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13127, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Jekyll Island home was built in 1967 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19).
58% of Jekyll Island homes are single-family detached, 32% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 4% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19).
8% of Jekyll Island homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 58% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Jekyll Island has 5 points fewer detached houses than Glynn County overall (63%) and 10 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US13127, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 8% of Jekyll Island homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
81% of Jekyll Island homes were built before 1980 and only 18% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1342128, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Jekyll Island 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 Jekyll Island address before counting it. With 92% of Jekyll Island homes already on electric heat and 7% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Heating design temperature: 31F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Glynn 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 31F figure is the Glynn County cold-day number a Jekyll Island heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 31F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Jekyll Island home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 1967, 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 Jekyll Island. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Jekyll Island yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.