Charleston / Little River
Little River has 11,771 residents (give or take 1,091) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,123 people per square mile.
Little River is about 106 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 10.479 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 Little River that is 29566 (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 Little River is $65,786 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4542010, 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.
46% of Little River homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 36% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19).
23% of Little River homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 46% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Little River has 7 points fewer detached houses than Horry County overall (53%) and 11 points more 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).
Of the 5,886 occupied homes in Little River, 12% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 87% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 87% of Little River 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.
Little River has about the Horry County oil share of 0% and 1 points more 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).
No electric utility is on file for Little River on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Little River has 8,351 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 6% before 1980, with 38% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19).
Little River has 11 points fewer 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 Little River home was built in 1996 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4542010, checked 2026-10-19).
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 Little River 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 Little River home has 5 rooms and was built around 1996, 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 Little River. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Little River yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.