Charleston / North Myrtle Beach
North Myrtle Beach has 19,855 residents (give or take 27) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19), about 885 people per square mile.
North Myrtle Beach is about 100 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 22.424 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 North Myrtle Beach that is 29582 (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 North Myrtle Beach is $72,722 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4551280, 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.
38% of North Myrtle Beach homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 49% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19).
With 49% of North Myrtle Beach homes in buildings of five or more units and 38% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 18% of North Myrtle Beach homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
North Myrtle Beach has 15 points fewer detached houses than Horry County overall (53%) and 24 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 9,967 occupied homes in North Myrtle Beach, 6% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 92% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 92% of North Myrtle Beach homes, ahead of gas at 6%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
North Myrtle Beach has about the Horry County oil share of 0% and 6 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 North Myrtle Beach on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
North Myrtle Beach has 27,608 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 19% before 1980, with 47% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19).
North Myrtle Beach tracks Horry County on housing age, with the county at 1% pre-1940 and 49% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45051, checked 2026-10-19).
The median North Myrtle Beach home was built in 1997 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4551280, checked 2026-10-19).
47% of North Myrtle Beach housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4551280, 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.
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 North Myrtle Beach 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 North Myrtle Beach home has 4.9 rooms and was built around 1997, 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 North Myrtle Beach. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for North Myrtle Beach yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.