Charleston / Pawleys Island
Pawleys Island has 170 residents (give or take 50) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4555015, checked 2026-10-19), about 243 people per square mile.
Pawleys Island is about 64 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 0.701 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).
Pawleys Island has 581 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 54% before 1980, with 10% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4555015, checked 2026-10-19).
Pawleys Island has 10 points more pre-1940 homes than Georgetown County as a whole (2%) and 25 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 35% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45043, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Pawleys Island home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4555015, 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=160XX00US4555015, checked 2026-10-19).
85% of Pawleys Island homes are single-family detached, 1% 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=160XX00US4555015, checked 2026-10-19).
With 85% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Pawleys Island quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room.
Pawleys Island has 23 points more detached houses than Georgetown County overall (62%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US45043, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Pawleys Island 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 Pawleys Island is $122,500 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4555015, 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: 26F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Georgetown 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 26F figure is the Georgetown County cold-day number a Pawleys Island heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 26F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Pawleys Island home has 6.9 rooms and was built around 1977, 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 Pawleys Island. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Pawleys Island yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.