Charleston / Conway
Conway has 27,263 residents (give or take 38) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19), about 986 people per square mile.
Conway is about 88 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 27.662 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 8,762 occupied homes in Conway, 12% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 85% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 85% of Conway homes, ahead of gas at 12%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Conway has about the Horry County oil share of 0% and 1 points less electric heat than the county's 86% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US45051, checked 2026-10-19).
Conway has 9,573 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 32% before 1980, with 52% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19).
Conway has 3 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 49% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45051, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Conway home was built in 2001 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19).
74% of Conway homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 14% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19).
With 74% detached houses and 8% in small multi-family buildings, a Conway quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Conway homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4516405, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Conway has 21 points more detached houses than Horry County overall (53%) and 11 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 25% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US45051, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Conway housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4516405, 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 Conway 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 Conway is $56,650 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4516405, 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: 28F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Horry 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 28F figure is the Horry County cold-day number a Conway heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 28F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Conway home has 5.3 rooms and was built around 2001, 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 Conway. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Conway yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.