Birmingham / Talladega

Heat pump installation in Talladega, Talladega County, AL

Talladega in Talladega County

Talladega has 14,760 residents (give or take 32) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19), about 567 people per square mile.

Talladega is about 41 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 26.052 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).

Fuel mix

Of the 5,360 occupied homes in Talladega, 35% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 58% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19).

Electricity already heats 58% of Talladega 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.

Talladega has about the Talladega County oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 65% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01121, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Talladega has 6,455 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 72% before 1980, with 11% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Talladega home was built in 1970 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19).

73% of Talladega homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19).

With 73% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Talladega quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 45% of Talladega homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0174592, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Talladega 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 Talladega address before counting it. With 58% of Talladega homes already on electric heat and 39% 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 Talladega address before counting it.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Talladega 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 22F figure is the Talladega County cold-day number a Talladega heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 22F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Talladega home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 1970, and the count of heads and the tonnage follow the rooms and the insulation, not the square footage.

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