Atlanta / Canton
Canton has 35,741 residents (give or take 42) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,921 people per square mile.
Canton is about 34 miles from the Census center point for Atlanta in a straight line and covers 18.603 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).
Of the 12,398 occupied homes in Canton, 55% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 43% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 55% of Canton against electricity at 43%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Canton has about the Cherokee County oil share of 0% and 10 points more electric heat than the county's 33% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13057, checked 2026-10-19).
Canton has 13,255 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 13% before 1980, with 69% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19).
Canton has 5 points more pre-1940 homes than Cherokee County as a whole (1%) and 16 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 53% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13057, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Canton home was built in 2005 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1312988, 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=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Canton homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 26% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Canton homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 61% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Canton has 18 points fewer detached houses than Cherokee County overall (79%) and 15 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US13057, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Canton homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1312988, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
69% of Canton housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1312988, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Canton on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Georgia Power Home Energy Improvement Program heat pump conversion, run by Georgia Power, is a live program for Georgia addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,850 per system (registry row 28 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.georgiapower.com/residential/solutions/home-solutions.html, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Canton address before counting it. With 43% of Canton homes already on electric heat and 57% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Canton is $80,091 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1312988, 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.
Heating design temperature: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cherokee County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 20 to 27 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 Cherokee County cold-day number a Canton 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.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 55% of Canton on gas and 43% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Canton home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 2005, 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 Canton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Canton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.