New Orleans / Baker
Baker has 12,253 residents (give or take 29) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,453 people per square mile.
Baker is about 82 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 8.431 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 Baker that is 70714 (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 4,292 occupied homes in Baker, 32% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 67% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 67% of Baker homes, ahead of gas at 32%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Baker has about the East Baton Rouge Parish oil share of 0% and 2 points more electric heat than the county's 65% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22033, checked 2026-10-19).
Baker has 5,009 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Baker home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Baker homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 8% in small multi-family buildings, a Baker quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 30% of Baker homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2203985, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Baker on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 31F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), East Baton Rouge 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 31F figure is the East Baton Rouge Parish cold-day number a Baker heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 31F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Baker home has 5.3 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Baker. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Baker yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.