New Orleans / Monroe
Monroe has 47,004 residents (give or take 43) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,581 people per square mile.
Monroe is about 212 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 29.732 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 Monroe that is 71201, 71209, 71212 (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 18,335 occupied homes in Monroe, 41% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 57% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 57% of Monroe homes, ahead of gas at 41%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Monroe has about the Ouachita Parish oil share of 0% and 10 points less electric heat than the county's 67% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22073, checked 2026-10-19).
Monroe has 21,574 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 66% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Monroe home was built in 1971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Monroe homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 13% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Monroe quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 52% of Monroe homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2251410, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Monroe on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Ouachita 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 24F figure is the Ouachita Parish cold-day number a Monroe heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Monroe home has 5.5 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 Monroe. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Monroe yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.