Birmingham / Orange Beach
Orange Beach has 8,407 residents (give or take 19) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19), about 571 people per square mile.
Orange Beach is about 228 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 14.716 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 Orange Beach that is 36561 (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).
Median household income in Orange Beach is $97,736 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0157144, 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.
23% of Orange Beach homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 69% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19).
With 69% of Orange Beach homes in buildings of five or more units and 23% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 32% of Orange Beach homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Orange Beach has 42 points fewer detached houses than Baldwin County overall (65%) and 50 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US01003, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 3,911 occupied homes in Orange Beach, 7% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 91% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 91% of Orange Beach homes, ahead of gas at 7%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Orange Beach has about the Baldwin County oil share of 0% and 4 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 Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach address before counting it. With 91% of Orange Beach homes already on electric heat and 9% 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 Orange Beach address before counting it.
Orange Beach has 14,887 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 5% before 1980, with 51% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19).
Orange Beach has 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US01003, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Orange Beach home was built in 2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0157144, 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=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19).
51% of Orange Beach housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0157144, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
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 Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach home has 5 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 Orange Beach. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Orange Beach yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.