Jackson / Waveland
Waveland has 7,062 residents (give or take 49) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19), about 832 people per square mile.
Waveland is about 148 miles from the Census center point for Jackson in a straight line and covers 8.49 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 Waveland that is 39576 (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 3,223 occupied homes in Waveland, 10% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 89% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 89% of Waveland homes, ahead of gas at 10%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Waveland has about the Hancock County oil share of 0% and the same 89% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US28045, checked 2026-10-19).
Waveland has 3,818 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 21% before 1980, with 60% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19).
Waveland has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Hancock County as a whole (4%) and 12 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 48% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US28045, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Waveland home was built in 2003 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Waveland 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=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Waveland quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 39% of Waveland homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2878200, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Waveland has 7 points fewer detached houses than Hancock County overall (79%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US28045, checked 2026-10-19).
60% of Waveland housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2878200, 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 Waveland 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 Waveland is $68,693 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2878200, 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), Hancock 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 Hancock County cold-day number a Waveland 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 Waveland home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 2003, 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 Waveland. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Waveland yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.