New Orleans / Meraux
Meraux has 7,918 residents (give or take 819) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,909 people per square mile.
Meraux is about 9 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 4.148 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 Meraux that is 70075 (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 2,615 occupied homes in Meraux, 54% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 44% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 54% of Meraux against electricity at 44%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas boiler stays for the deepest cold, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Meraux has about the St. Bernard Parish oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 51% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22087, checked 2026-10-19).
Meraux has 2,752 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 39% before 1980, with 27% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Meraux home was built in 1986 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19).
90% of Meraux homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19).
With 90% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Meraux quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 14% of Meraux homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2249800, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Meraux 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), St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Parish cold-day number a Meraux 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 54% of Meraux on gas and 44% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Meraux home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1986, 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 Meraux. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Meraux yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.