Savannah / Thomson
Thomson has 6,821 residents (give or take 14) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,422 people per square mile.
Thomson is about 125 miles from the Census center point for Savannah in a straight line and covers 4.796 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).
Of the 2,522 occupied homes in Thomson, 45% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 55% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 55% of Thomson homes, ahead of gas at 45%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Thomson has about the McDuffie County oil share of 0% and 12 points less electric heat than the county's 67% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13189, checked 2026-10-19).
Thomson has 2,776 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 53% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19).
Thomson has 4 points more pre-1940 homes than McDuffie County as a whole (4%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13189, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Thomson home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1376280, 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=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Thomson homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 13% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Thomson quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 51% of Thomson homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1376280, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Thomson has 5 points more detached houses than McDuffie County overall (66%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US13189, checked 2026-10-19).
51% of Thomson homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1376280, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Thomson 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 Thomson address before counting it. With 55% of Thomson homes already on electric heat and 45% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Thomson is $42,180 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1376280, 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.
Heating design temperature: 26F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), McDuffie 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 McDuffie County cold-day number a Thomson 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 Thomson home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Thomson. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Thomson yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.