Little Rock / West Memphis

Heat pump installation in West Memphis, AR - rebates, sizing and local data

West Memphis in Crittenden County

West Memphis has 23,929 residents (give or take 27) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19), about 802 people per square mile.

West Memphis is about 126 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 29.831 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).

The quote form takes a ZIP code; for West Memphis that is 72301 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 9,376 occupied homes in West Memphis, 53% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 46% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 53% of West Memphis against electricity at 46%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.

West Memphis has about the Crittenden County oil share of 0% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 48% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05035, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

West Memphis has 11,152 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 61% before 1980, with 14% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19).

West Memphis has 10 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05035, checked 2026-10-19).

The median West Memphis home was built in 1975 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19).

68% of West Memphis homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 19% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19).

54% of West Memphis homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 68% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

54% of West Memphis homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0574540, 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.

61% of West Memphis homes were built before 1980 and only 14% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0574540, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for West Memphis 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 West Memphis is $42,674 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0574540, 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: 20F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Crittenden 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 Crittenden County cold-day number a West Memphis 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 53% of West Memphis on gas and 46% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median West Memphis home has 5 rooms and was built around 1975, 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 West Memphis. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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