Birmingham / Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa has 111,038 residents (give or take 118) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,776 people per square mile.
Tuscaloosa is about 47 miles from the Census center point for Birmingham in a straight line and covers 62.536 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 Tuscaloosa that is 35401, 35404, 35405, 35476, 35487 (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).
49% of Tuscaloosa homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 37% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19).
57% of Tuscaloosa homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 49% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Of the 42,257 occupied homes in Tuscaloosa, 32% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 66% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 66% of Tuscaloosa homes, ahead of gas at 32%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Tuscaloosa has about the Tuscaloosa County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 70% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US01125, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa address before counting it. With 66% of Tuscaloosa homes already on electric heat and 33% 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 Tuscaloosa address before counting it.
Tuscaloosa has 52,122 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 42% before 1980, with 36% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Tuscaloosa home was built in 1988 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0177256, 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=160XX00US0177256, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 25F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Tuscaloosa 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 25F figure is the Tuscaloosa County cold-day number a Tuscaloosa heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 25F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Tuscaloosa home has 5 rooms and was built around 1988, 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 Tuscaloosa. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tuscaloosa yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.