Charlotte / Matthews
Matthews is about 9 miles from the Census center point for Charlotte in a straight line and covers 17.112 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).
Matthews has 30,577 residents (give or take 94) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,787 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Matthews that is 28105 (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 11,864 occupied homes in Matthews, 50% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 48% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19).
Matthews has about the Mecklenburg County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 52% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US37119, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 50% of Matthews against electricity at 48%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
The median Matthews home was built in 1994 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19).
Matthews has 12,588 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 18% before 1980, with 37% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19).
Matthews has 8 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 45% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US37119, checked 2026-10-19).
62% of Matthews homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 31% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19).
36% of Matthews homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3741960, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 62% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Matthews has 7 points more detached houses than Mecklenburg County overall (55%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US37119, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Matthews 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 Matthews is $108,611 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3741960, 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: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County cold-day number a Matthews 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 50% of Matthews on gas and 48% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Matthews home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1994, 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 Matthews. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Matthews yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.