Birmingham / Madison
Madison has 60,106 residents (give or take 51) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,966 people per square mile.
Madison is about 82 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 30.578 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 Madison that is 35758 (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 22,496 occupied homes in Madison, 35% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 63% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 63% of Madison homes, ahead of gas at 35%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Madison has about the Madison County oil share of 0% and 11 points less electric heat than the county's 74% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01089, checked 2026-10-19).
Madison has 23,278 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 11% before 1980, with 53% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Madison home was built in 2001 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Madison homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 16% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Madison quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 26% of Madison homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0145784, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Madison 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 Madison address before counting it. With 63% of Madison homes already on electric heat and 36% 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 Madison address before counting it.
Heating design temperature: 16F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Madison 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 16F figure is the Madison County cold-day number a Madison heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 16F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Madison home has 7.1 rooms and was built around 2001, 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 Madison. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Madison yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.