Charleston / Camden
Camden has 8,267 residents (give or take 19) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19), about 744 people per square mile.
Camden is about 105 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 11.107 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 3,656 occupied homes in Camden, 47% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 51% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 51% of Camden 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.
Camden has about the Kershaw County oil share of 0% and 20 points less electric heat than the county's 71% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US45055, checked 2026-10-19).
Camden has 4,114 housing units, 10% built before 1940 and 55% before 1980, with 29% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19).
Camden has 8 points more pre-1940 homes than Kershaw County as a whole (2%) and 7 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 36% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45055, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Camden home was built in 1975 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Camden homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 13% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Camden quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 31% of Camden homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4510855, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Camden has 10 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 3% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US45055, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Camden on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Camden is $63,576 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4510855, 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: 27F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Kershaw County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 105 to 107 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 27F figure is the Kershaw County cold-day number a Camden heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 27F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Camden home has 6.3 rooms and was built around 1975, 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 Camden. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Camden yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.