Little Rock / Little Rock

Heat pump installation in Little Rock, AR - rebates, sizing and local data

Little Rock, 0 miles out

Little Rock is the city this door is named for; it covers 121.242 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).

Little Rock has 203,436 residents (give or take 54) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,678 people per square mile.

The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Little Rock that is 72103, 72201, 72202, 72204, 72205, 72207, 72209, 72211 and 3 more (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).

What heats Little Rock

Of the 87,858 occupied homes in Little Rock, 50% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 48% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19).

Little Rock has about the Pulaski County oil share of 0% and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05119, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 50% of Little Rock against electricity at 48%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.

Age of the housing

The median Little Rock home was built in 1978 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0541000, 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=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19).

Little Rock has 99,643 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 53% before 1980, with 23% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19).

Little Rock has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Pulaski County as a whole (5%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05119, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.

House type

60% of Little Rock homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 29% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19).

46% of Little Rock homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 60% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

46% of Little Rock homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0541000, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.

Utility and rebate

No electric utility is on file for Little Rock 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 Little Rock is $63,003 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0541000, 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.

Design temperature

Heating design temperature: 20F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pulaski 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 Pulaski County cold-day number a Little Rock 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 50% of Little Rock 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 Little Rock home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 1978, 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 Little Rock. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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