Birmingham / Gulf Shores
Gulf Shores has 16,401 residents (give or take 29) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19), about 572 people per square mile.
Gulf Shores is about 231 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 28.69 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 Gulf Shores that is 36542, 36547 (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).
43% of Gulf Shores homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 46% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19).
With 46% of Gulf Shores homes in buildings of five or more units and 43% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 29% of Gulf Shores homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Of the 7,542 occupied homes in Gulf Shores, 5% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 92% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 92% of Gulf Shores homes, ahead of gas at 5%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Gulf Shores has about the Baldwin County oil share of 0% and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 87% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01003, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores address before counting it. With 92% of Gulf Shores homes already on electric heat and 6% 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 Gulf Shores address before counting it.
Gulf Shores has 15,263 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 10% before 1980, with 51% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Gulf Shores home was built in 2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0132272, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 29F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Baldwin 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 29F figure is the Baldwin County cold-day number a Gulf Shores heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 29F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Gulf Shores home has 4.9 rooms and was built around 2000, 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 Gulf Shores. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Gulf Shores yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.