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Heat pump installation in Edwardsville, IL - up to $900 rebate

Edwardsville in Madison County

Edwardsville has 26,474 residents (give or take 291) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,323 people per square mile.

Edwardsville is about 243 miles from the Census center point for Chicago in a straight line and covers 20.008 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 Edwardsville that is 62026 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 9,828 occupied homes in Edwardsville, 59% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 39% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 59% of Edwardsville against electricity at 39%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.

Edwardsville has about the Madison County oil share of 0% and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 32% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US17119, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Edwardsville has 10,609 housing units, 16% built before 1940 and 43% before 1980, with 27% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19).

Edwardsville has 8 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US17119, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Edwardsville home was built in 1986 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1722697, 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=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19).

71% of Edwardsville homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 20% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19).

With 71% detached houses and 6% in small multi-family buildings, a Edwardsville quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 33% of Edwardsville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1722697, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Edwardsville has 8 points fewer detached houses than Madison County overall (79%) and 12 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 8% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US17119, checked 2026-10-19).

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Edwardsville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Ameren Illinois Instant Incentives (ducted ASHP), run by Ameren Illinois, is a live program for Illinois addresses and lists a standard figure of $900 (registry row 45 verified 2026-10-15, https://amerenillinoissavings.com/residential/ducted-air-source-heat-pump/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Edwardsville address before counting it. With 39% of Edwardsville homes already on electric heat and 60% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.

Median household income in Edwardsville is $86,721 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1722697, 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.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Madison County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 29 to 33 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 2F figure is the Madison County cold-day number a Edwardsville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 59% of Edwardsville on gas and 39% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Edwardsville home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1986, 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 Edwardsville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Edwardsville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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