Jackson / Batesville
Batesville has 7,387 residents (give or take 28) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19), about 370 people per square mile.
Batesville is about 140 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 19.951 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).
Batesville is spread out at 370 people per square mile across 19.951 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 2,791 occupied homes in Batesville, 36% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 52% with electricity and 10% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 52% of Batesville homes, ahead of gas at 36%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Batesville has about the Panola County oil share of 0% and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28107, checked 2026-10-19).
Batesville has 2,954 housing units, 9% built before 1940 and 44% before 1980, with 21% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19).
Batesville has 4 points more pre-1940 homes than Panola County as a whole (5%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28107, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Batesville home was built in 1984 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Batesville homes are single-family detached, 10% 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=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Batesville quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 44% of Batesville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2803620, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Batesville has 8 points more detached houses than Panola County overall (67%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US28107, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Batesville homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2803620, 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 Batesville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Batesville is $51,727 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2803620, 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: 19F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Panola County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 64 to 68 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 19F figure is the Panola County cold-day number a Batesville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 19F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Batesville home has 5.6 rooms and was built around 1984, 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 Batesville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Batesville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.