Jackson / Picayune
Picayune has 11,900 residents (give or take 33) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19), about 660 people per square mile.
Picayune is about 127 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 18.038 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 4,544 occupied homes in Picayune, 16% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 82% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 82% of Picayune homes, ahead of gas at 16%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Picayune has about the Pearl River County oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 88% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28109, checked 2026-10-19).
Picayune has 5,574 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 58% before 1980, with 16% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19).
Picayune has 16 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 32% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28109, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Picayune home was built in 1976 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2857160, 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=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Picayune homes are single-family detached, 15% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 15% in small multi-family buildings, a Picayune quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 41% of Picayune homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2857160, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
41% of Picayune homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2857160, 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 Picayune 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 Picayune is $41,213 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2857160, 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: 28F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pearl River 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 28F figure is the Pearl River County cold-day number a Picayune heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 28F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Picayune home has 5.6 rooms and was built around 1976, 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 Picayune. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Picayune yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.