Little Rock / Benton
Benton has 36,595 residents (give or take 52) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,583 people per square mile.
Benton is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 23.114 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 15,377 occupied homes in Benton, 56% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 42% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 56% of Benton against electricity at 42%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Benton has about the Saline County oil share of 0% and 15 points less electric heat than the county's 57% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05125, checked 2026-10-19).
Benton has 16,230 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 34% before 1980, with 44% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19).
Benton tracks Saline County on housing age, with the county at 2% pre-1940 and 45% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05125, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Benton home was built in 1995 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19).
80% of Benton 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=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19).
With 80% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Benton quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 32% of Benton homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0505290, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
44% of Benton housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0505290, 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 Benton 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 Benton is $72,876 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0505290, 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), Saline County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 8 to 11 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 Saline County cold-day number a Benton 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 56% of Benton on gas and 42% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Benton home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1995, 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 Benton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Benton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.