New Orleans / New Orleans
New Orleans has 371,853 residents (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,194 people per square mile.
New Orleans is the city this door is named for; it covers 169.5 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 New Orleans that is 70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119 and 12 more (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).
46% of New Orleans homes are single-family detached, 23% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 21% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19).
49% of New Orleans homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 46% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Of the 155,821 occupied homes in New Orleans, 37% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 61% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 61% of New Orleans homes, ahead of gas at 37%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
New Orleans has about the Orleans Parish oil share of 0% and the same 61% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22071, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for New Orleans on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
New Orleans has 195,552 housing units, 31% built before 1940 and 74% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19).
The median New Orleans home was built in 1960 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2255000, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 30F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Orleans 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 Orleans Parish cold-day number a New Orleans 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; a New Orleans house from before 1940 (31% of the 195,552 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for New Orleans. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for New Orleans yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.