Little Rock / Van Buren
Van Buren has 23,763 residents (give or take 32) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,535 people per square mile.
Van Buren is about 123 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 15.481 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 9,149 occupied homes in Van Buren, 49% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 49% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 49% of Van Buren against electricity at 49%, 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.
Van Buren has about the Crawford County oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 55% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05033, checked 2026-10-19).
Van Buren has 9,862 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 36% before 1980, with 26% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19).
Van Buren has 4 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05033, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Van Buren home was built in 1990 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0571480, 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=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Van Buren homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Van Buren quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 34% of Van Buren homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0571480, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Van Buren 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 Van Buren is $61,149 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0571480, 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: 15F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Crawford 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 15F figure is the Crawford County cold-day number a Van Buren heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 15F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 49% of Van Buren on gas and 49% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Van Buren home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1990, 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 Van Buren. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Van Buren yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.