Charleston / Fort Mill
Fort Mill has 30,775 residents (give or take 44) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,570 people per square mile.
Fort Mill is about 160 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 19.605 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 Fort Mill that is 29715 (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).
Of the 11,139 occupied homes in Fort Mill, 63% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 35% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 63% of Fort Mill against electricity at 35%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Fort Mill has about the York County oil share of 1% and 15 points less electric heat than the county's 50% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US45091, checked 2026-10-19).
Fort Mill has 11,463 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 13% before 1980, with 73% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19).
Fort Mill has 23 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 50% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45091, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Fort Mill home was built in 2011 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Fort Mill homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Fort Mill quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Fort Mill homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4526890, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Fort Mill has 9 points more detached houses than York County overall (69%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US45091, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Fort Mill housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4526890, 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 Fort Mill 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 Fort Mill is $121,823 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4526890, 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), York 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 22F figure is the York County cold-day number a Fort Mill 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 63% of Fort Mill on gas and 35% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Fort Mill home has 6.9 rooms and was built around 2011, 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 Fort Mill. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Fort Mill yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.