Atlanta / Clarkston
Clarkston has 14,557 residents (give or take 25) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19), about 7,890 people per square mile.
Clarkston is about 11 miles from the Census center point for Atlanta in a straight line and covers 1.845 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 Clarkston that is 30021 (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 Clarkston is $48,564 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1316544, 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.
7,890 people per square mile puts Clarkston in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
18% of Clarkston homes are single-family detached, 22% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 54% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19).
With 54% of Clarkston homes in buildings of five or more units and 18% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 82% of Clarkston homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Clarkston has 38 points fewer detached houses than DeKalb County overall (56%) and 24 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US13089, checked 2026-10-19).
With 82% of Clarkston homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 3,947 occupied homes in Clarkston, 44% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 54% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 54% of Clarkston homes, ahead of gas at 44%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Clarkston has about the DeKalb County oil share of 0% and 14 points more electric heat than the county's 40% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US13089, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Clarkston 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 Clarkston address before counting it. With 54% of Clarkston homes already on electric heat and 45% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Clarkston has 4,892 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 53% before 1980, with 13% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19).
Clarkston has 4 points more pre-1940 homes than DeKalb County as a whole (3%) and 14 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 27% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US13089, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Clarkston home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1316544, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), DeKalb 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 DeKalb County cold-day number a Clarkston 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 for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Clarkston home has 4.4 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Clarkston. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Clarkston yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.