Birmingham / Guntersville
Guntersville has 8,916 residents (give or take 74) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19), about 348 people per square mile.
Guntersville is about 66 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 25.635 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).
Guntersville is spread out at 348 people per square mile across 25.635 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 3,494 occupied homes in Guntersville, 44% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 54% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 54% of Guntersville homes, ahead of gas at 44%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Guntersville has about the Marshall County oil share of 0% and 13 points less electric heat than the county's 67% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01095, checked 2026-10-19).
Guntersville has 4,302 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 50% before 1980, with 23% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19).
Guntersville tracks Marshall County on housing age, with the county at 3% pre-1940 and 25% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US01095, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Guntersville home was built in 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Guntersville homes are single-family detached, 13% 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=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 13% in small multi-family buildings, a Guntersville quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Guntersville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0132416, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Guntersville 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 covers qualifying equipment at $1,000 per system (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 Guntersville address before counting it. With 54% of Guntersville homes already on electric heat and 45% 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 Guntersville address before counting it.
Median household income in Guntersville is $67,929 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0132416, 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: 20F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Marshall 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 20F figure is the Marshall County cold-day number a Guntersville 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.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Guntersville home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1980, 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 Guntersville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Guntersville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.