New Orleans / Alexandria
Alexandria has 44,060 residents (give or take 69) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,547 people per square mile.
Alexandria is about 173 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 28.477 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 Alexandria that is 71301 (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 17,233 occupied homes in Alexandria, 36% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 63% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 63% of Alexandria homes, ahead of gas at 36%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Alexandria has about the Rapides Parish oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 70% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22079, checked 2026-10-19).
Alexandria has 21,100 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 65% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Alexandria home was built in 1971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2200975, 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=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Alexandria homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 15% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 10% in small multi-family buildings, a Alexandria quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 48% of Alexandria homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2200975, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Alexandria on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 28F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Rapides Parish row, 99% heating, PDF pages 51 to 54 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 28F figure is the Rapides Parish cold-day number a Alexandria heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 28F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Alexandria home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1971, 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 Alexandria. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Alexandria yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.