Jackson / Florence
Florence has 4,696 residents (give or take 33) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19), about 580 people per square mile.
Florence is about 12 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 8.093 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 1,715 occupied homes in Florence, 52% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 44% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 52% of Florence against electricity at 44%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Florence has about the Rankin County oil share of 0% and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28121, checked 2026-10-19).
Florence has 1,860 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 28% before 1980, with 49% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19).
Florence has 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 40% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28121, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Florence home was built in 1999 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Florence homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Florence quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 30% of Florence homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2824980, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
49% of Florence housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2824980, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Florence 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 Florence is $86,308 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2824980, 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), Rankin 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 26F figure is the Rankin County cold-day number a Florence 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 52% of Florence on gas and 44% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Florence home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1999, 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 Florence. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Florence yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.