New Orleans / DeRidder
DeRidder has 9,763 residents (give or take 127) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,051 people per square mile.
DeRidder is about 208 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 9.29 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).
Of the 4,095 occupied homes in DeRidder, 42% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 56% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 56% of DeRidder homes, ahead of gas at 42%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
DeRidder has about the Beauregard Parish oil share of 0% and 19 points less electric heat than the county's 75% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22011, checked 2026-10-19).
DeRidder has 4,655 housing units, 11% built before 1940 and 59% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19).
The median DeRidder home was built in 1975 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of DeRidder homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 8% in small multi-family buildings, a DeRidder quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 33% of DeRidder homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2220610, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for DeRidder on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 30F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Beauregard 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 30F figure is the Beauregard Parish cold-day number a DeRidder heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 30F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median DeRidder home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1975, 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 DeRidder. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for DeRidder yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.