St. Louis / Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff has 16,254 residents (give or take 28) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,204 people per square mile.
Poplar Bluff is about 130 miles from the Census center point for St. Louis in a straight line and covers 13.503 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).
Of the 6,504 occupied homes in Poplar Bluff, 34% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 64% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 64% of Poplar Bluff homes, ahead of gas at 34%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Poplar Bluff has about the Butler County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 68% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US29023, checked 2026-10-19).
Poplar Bluff has 7,711 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 67% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19).
Poplar Bluff has 5 points more pre-1940 homes than Butler County as a whole (7%) and 8 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US29023, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Poplar Bluff home was built in 1972 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Poplar Bluff homes are single-family detached, 16% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 16% in small multi-family buildings, a Poplar Bluff quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 47% of Poplar Bluff homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
47% of Poplar Bluff homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
67% of Poplar Bluff homes were built before 1980 and only 15% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2959096, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff is $41,941 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2959096, 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: 16F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Butler County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 68 to 73 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 16F figure is the Butler County cold-day number a Poplar Bluff heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 16F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Poplar Bluff home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1972, 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 Poplar Bluff. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Poplar Bluff yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.