Nashville / Jackson

Heat pump installation in Jackson, Madison County, TN

Jackson in Madison County

Jackson has 68,435 residents (give or take 43) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,165 people per square mile.

Jackson is about 120 miles from the Census center point for Nashville in a straight line and covers 58.73 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 Jackson that is 38305 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 27,541 occupied homes in Jackson, 47% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 50% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19).

Electricity already heats 50% of Jackson homes, ahead of gas at 47%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.

Jackson has about the Madison County oil share of 0% and 3 points more electric heat than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US47113, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Jackson has 30,324 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 43% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Jackson home was built in 1985 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19).

64% of Jackson homes are single-family detached, 14% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19).

49% of Jackson homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4737640, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 64% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Jackson on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 19F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Madison County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 111 to 115 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 19F figure is the Madison County cold-day number a Jackson heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 19F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Jackson home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1985, 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 Jackson. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Jackson yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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