Little Rock / Paragould
Paragould has 30,215 residents (give or take 63) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19), about 951 people per square mile.
Paragould is about 139 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 31.774 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 11,680 occupied homes in Paragould, 14% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 82% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 82% of Paragould homes, ahead of gas at 14%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Paragould has about the Greene County oil share of 1% and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 75% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05055, checked 2026-10-19).
Paragould has 12,650 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 37% before 1980, with 34% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19).
Paragould tracks Greene County on housing age, with the county at 3% pre-1940 and 33% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05055, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Paragould home was built in 1991 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Paragould homes are single-family detached, 15% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 15% in small multi-family buildings, a Paragould quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 43% of Paragould homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0553390, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
43% of Paragould homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0553390, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Paragould 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 Paragould is $56,980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0553390, 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: 16F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Greene 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 16F figure is the Greene County cold-day number a Paragould heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 16F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Paragould home has 5.3 rooms and was built around 1991, 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 Paragould. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Paragould yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.