Jackson / Olive Branch
Olive Branch has 47,019 residents (give or take 37) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19), about 842 people per square mile.
Olive Branch is about 184 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 55.817 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 Olive Branch that is 38654 (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 17,181 occupied homes in Olive Branch, 63% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 34% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 63% of Olive Branch against electricity at 34%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Olive Branch has about the DeSoto County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 38% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28033, checked 2026-10-19).
Olive Branch has 17,793 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 11% before 1980, with 51% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19).
Olive Branch has 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28033, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Olive Branch home was built in 2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19).
89% of Olive Branch homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19).
With 89% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Olive Branch quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 18% of Olive Branch homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2854040, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Olive Branch has 6 points more detached houses than DeSoto County overall (83%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US28033, checked 2026-10-19).
51% of Olive Branch housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2854040, 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 Olive Branch 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 Olive Branch is $100,606 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2854040, 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: 20F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), DeSoto 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 20F figure is the DeSoto County cold-day number a Olive Branch heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 20F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 63% of Olive Branch on gas and 34% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Olive Branch home has 6.7 rooms and was built around 2000, 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 Olive Branch. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Olive Branch yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.