Little Rock / Heber Springs

Heat pump installation in Heber Springs, AR - rebates, sizing and local data

Heber Springs in Cleburne County

Heber Springs has 7,161 residents (give or take 37) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19), about 787 people per square mile.

Heber Springs is about 57 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 9.094 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).

Fuel mix

Of the 3,172 occupied homes in Heber Springs, 48% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 48% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 48% of Heber Springs against electricity at 48%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.

Heber Springs has about the Cleburne County oil share of 0% and 11 points less electric heat than the county's 59% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05023, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Heber Springs has 3,854 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 54% before 1980, with 17% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19).

Heber Springs has 11 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05023, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Heber Springs home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0531090, 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=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19).

81% of Heber Springs homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19).

With 81% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Heber Springs quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 32% of Heber Springs homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0531090, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Heber Springs has 6 points more detached houses than Cleburne County overall (75%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US05023, checked 2026-10-19).

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Heber Springs 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 Heber Springs is $50,636 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0531090, 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: 17F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cleburne 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 17F figure is the Cleburne County cold-day number a Heber Springs heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 17F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 48% of Heber Springs on gas and 48% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Heber Springs home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Heber Springs. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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