New Orleans / Prairieville

Heat pump installation in Prairieville, Ascension Parish, LA

Prairieville in Ascension Parish

Prairieville has 35,238 residents (give or take 2,072) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,602 people per square mile.

Prairieville is about 64 miles from the Census center point for New Orleans in a straight line and covers 21.998 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 Prairieville that is 70769 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 12,604 occupied homes in Prairieville, 43% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 57% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19).

Electricity already heats 57% of Prairieville homes, ahead of gas at 43%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.

Prairieville has about the Ascension Parish oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 63% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US22005, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Prairieville has 13,198 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 12% before 1980, with 58% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Prairieville home was built in 2003 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19).

83% of Prairieville homes are single-family detached, 1% 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=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19).

With 83% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Prairieville quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 14% of Prairieville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2262385, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Prairieville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 30F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Ascension 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 Ascension Parish cold-day number a Prairieville 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.

Next step

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Prairieville home has 6 rooms and was built around 2003, 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 Prairieville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Prairieville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

Where should the follow-up go?

We may call or text you about this estimate.

No spam, no sold information. One follow-up about exactly this request.