Charlotte / Gastonia
Gastonia has 82,884 residents (give or take 72) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,542 people per square mile.
Gastonia is about 20 miles from the Census center point for Charlotte in a straight line and covers 53.742 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 Gastonia that is 28052, 28054, 28056 (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 32,378 occupied homes in Gastonia, 46% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 52% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 52% of Gastonia homes, ahead of gas at 46%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Gastonia has about the Gaston County oil share of 1% and 5 points less electric heat than the county's 57% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US37071, checked 2026-10-19).
Gastonia has 35,337 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 26% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Gastonia home was built in 1978 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19).
68% of Gastonia homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19).
46% of Gastonia homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3725580, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 68% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
No electric utility is on file for Gastonia on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Gaston County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 86 to 90 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 Gaston County cold-day number a Gastonia 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 for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Gastonia home has 5.3 rooms and was built around 1978, 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 Gastonia. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Gastonia yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.