Louisville / Pewee Valley

Heat pump installation in Pewee Valley, KY - rebates, sizing and local data

Pewee Valley in Oldham County

Pewee Valley has 1,483 residents (give or take 238) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19), about 768 people per square mile.

Pewee Valley is about 13 miles from the Census center point for Louisville in a straight line and covers 1.932 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 Pewee Valley that is 40056 (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 487 occupied homes in Pewee Valley, 70% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 24% with electricity and 6% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 70% of Pewee Valley against electricity at 24%, 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.

Pewee Valley has about the Oldham County oil share of 0% and 23 points less electric heat than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US21185, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Pewee Valley has 507 housing units, 16% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 22% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19).

Pewee Valley has 13 points more pre-1940 homes than Oldham County as a whole (3%) and 16 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 38% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US21185, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.

The median Pewee Valley home was built in 1978 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 10 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19).

100% of Pewee Valley homes are single-family detached, 0% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19).

With 100% detached houses and 0% in small multi-family buildings, a Pewee Valley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 2% of Pewee Valley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2160492, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Pewee Valley has 13 points more detached houses than Oldham County overall (87%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US21185, checked 2026-10-19).

Only 2% of Pewee Valley homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2160492, 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.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Pewee Valley 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 Pewee Valley is $156,979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2160492, 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: 10F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Oldham County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 46 to 51 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 10F figure is the Oldham County cold-day number a Pewee Valley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 10F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 70% of Pewee Valley on gas and 24% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Pewee Valley home has 10 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 Pewee Valley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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