Jackson / Natchez
Natchez has 14,192 residents (give or take 30) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19), about 897 people per square mile.
Natchez is about 87 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 15.815 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 5,856 occupied homes in Natchez, 51% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 46% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 51% of Natchez against electricity at 46%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Natchez has about the Adams County oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 53% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28001, checked 2026-10-19).
Natchez has 7,813 housing units, 17% built before 1940 and 82% before 1980, with 6% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19).
Natchez has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Adams County as a whole (10%) and 8 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28001, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Natchez home was built in 1964 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2850440, 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=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Natchez homes are single-family detached, 11% 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=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Natchez quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 44% of Natchez homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2850440, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
44% of Natchez homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2850440, 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.
82% of Natchez homes were built before 1980 and only 6% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2850440, 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 Natchez 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 Natchez is $36,735 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2850440, 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: 27F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Adams 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 27F figure is the Adams County cold-day number a Natchez heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 27F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 51% of Natchez on gas and 46% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Natchez home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1964, 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 Natchez. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Natchez yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.