Jackson / Tupelo
Tupelo has 37,791 residents (give or take 32) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19), about 587 people per square mile.
Tupelo is about 160 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 64.383 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 Tupelo that is 38801, 38804, 38826 (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 15,553 occupied homes in Tupelo, 52% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 45% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 52% of Tupelo against electricity at 45%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Tupelo has about the Lee County oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 52% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28081, checked 2026-10-19).
Tupelo has 17,578 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 48% before 1980, with 24% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19).
Tupelo has 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28081, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Tupelo home was built in 1981 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Tupelo homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 15% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Tupelo quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 37% of Tupelo homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2874840, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Tupelo 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 Tupelo is $66,257 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2874840, 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: 23F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Lee 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 23F figure is the Lee County cold-day number a Tupelo heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 23F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 52% of Tupelo on gas and 45% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Tupelo home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1981, 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 Tupelo. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tupelo yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.