New Orleans / Broussard
Broussard has 14,322 residents (give or take 180) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19), about 788 people per square mile.
Broussard is about 121 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 18.168 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 Broussard that is 70518 (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 5,051 occupied homes in Broussard, 22% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 76% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 76% of Broussard homes, ahead of gas at 22%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Broussard has about the Lafayette Parish oil share of 0% and 1 points less electric heat than the county's 77% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22055, checked 2026-10-19).
Broussard has 5,658 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 14% before 1980, with 60% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Broussard home was built in 2006 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19).
84% of Broussard homes are single-family detached, 3% 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=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19).
With 84% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Broussard quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Broussard homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2210075, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Broussard on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 32F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Lafayette 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 32F figure is the Lafayette Parish cold-day number a Broussard heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 32F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Broussard home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 2006, 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 Broussard. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Broussard yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.