Birmingham / Bessemer
Bessemer is about 15 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 40.639 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).
Bessemer has 25,400 residents (give or take 53) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19), about 625 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Bessemer that is 35020, 35022 (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).
Of the 10,925 occupied homes in Bessemer, 49% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 47% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19).
Bessemer has about the Jefferson County oil share of 0% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 49% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01073, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 49% of Bessemer against electricity at 47%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas boiler stays for the deepest cold, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
The median Bessemer home was built in 1963 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19).
Bessemer has 12,827 housing units, 20% built before 1940 and 74% before 1980, with 14% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19).
74% of Bessemer homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 11% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19).
With 74% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a Bessemer quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 43% of Bessemer homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0105980, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Bessemer on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Alabama Power gas-furnace-to-heat-pump rebate, run by Alabama Power, is a live program for Alabama addresses and lists a standard figure of $1,000 (registry row 29 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.alabamapower.com/residential/save-money-and-energy/rebates-and-incentives.html, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Bessemer address before counting it. With 47% of Bessemer homes already on electric heat and 51% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
TVA EnergyRight heat pump rebate (north Alabama), run by TVA EnergyRight, is a live program for Alabama addresses and lists a standard figure of $500 (registry row 30 verified 2026-10-14, https://energyright.com/residential/rebates/heat-pump/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Bessemer address before counting it.
Heating design temperature: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Jefferson County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 4 to 6 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 24F figure is the Jefferson County cold-day number a Bessemer heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 49% of Bessemer on gas and 47% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bessemer home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1963, 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 Bessemer. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bessemer yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.