Charleston / Ravenel
Ravenel is about 15 miles from the Census center point for Charleston in a straight line and covers 13.176 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).
Ravenel has 2,615 residents (give or take 19) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19), about 198 people per square mile.
Ravenel is spread out at 198 people per square mile across 13.176 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 992 occupied homes in Ravenel, 1% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 93% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19).
Ravenel has about the Charleston County oil share of 0% and 17 points more electric heat than the county's 76% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US45019, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 93% of Ravenel homes, ahead of propane at 4%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
The median Ravenel home was built in 1993 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19).
Ravenel has 1,063 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 32% before 1980, with 33% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19).
Ravenel has 4 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Charleston County as a whole (5%) and 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 39% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US45019, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Ravenel homes are single-family detached, 0% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 1% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 0% in small multi-family buildings, a Ravenel quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 14% of Ravenel homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ravenel has 12 points more detached houses than Charleston County overall (58%) and 22 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US45019, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 14% of Ravenel homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4559020, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
No electric utility is on file for Ravenel 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 Ravenel is $82,738 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4559020, 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), Charleston 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 Charleston County cold-day number a Ravenel 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 Ravenel home has 6 rooms and was built around 1993, 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 Ravenel. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ravenel yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.