Jackson / Southaven

Heat pump installation in Southaven, MS - rebates, sizing and local data

Southaven in DeSoto County

Southaven has 56,226 residents (give or take 36) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,361 people per square mile.

Southaven is about 183 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 41.298 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 Southaven that is 38671, 38672 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 21,251 occupied homes in Southaven, 60% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 36% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 60% of Southaven against electricity at 36%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.

Southaven has about the DeSoto County oil share of 0% and 2 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).

Housing stock

Southaven has 23,046 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 23% before 1980, with 46% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19).

Southaven tracks DeSoto County on housing age, with the county at 1% pre-1940 and 47% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28033, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Southaven home was built in 1998 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19).

80% of Southaven homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 12% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19).

With 80% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Southaven quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 28% of Southaven homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2869280, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

46% of Southaven housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2869280, 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.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Southaven 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 Southaven is $78,483 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2869280, 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.

Cold-day number

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 Southaven 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.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 60% of Southaven on gas and 36% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Southaven home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1998, 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 Southaven. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Southaven yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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