Phoenix / Payson
Payson has 16,622 residents (give or take 31) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19), about 859 people per square mile.
Payson is about 64 miles from the Census center point for Phoenix in a straight line and covers 19.348 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 8,224 occupied homes in Payson, 37% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 44% with electricity and 9% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 44% of Payson 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.
Payson has about the Gila County oil share of 0% and the same 44% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US04007, checked 2026-10-19).
Payson has 10,249 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 23% before 1980, with 37% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19).
Payson has 6 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Gila County as a whole (6%) and 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US04007, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Payson home was built in 1993 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Payson homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 5% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Payson quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 24% of Payson homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Payson on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
SRP Cool Cash variable-capacity heat pump rebate, run by SRP, is a live program for Arizona addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,000 per system (registry row 32 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.srpnet.com/energy-savings-rebates/home/rebates/air-conditioner, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Payson address before counting it. With 44% of Payson homes already on electric heat and 46% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Efficiency Arizona HEAR (Home Efficiency and Electrification Rebates): $8,000 usd_max (https://efficiencyarizona.com/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the address.
Median household income in Payson is $67,710 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0453700, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Gila County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 7 to 8 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 11F figure is the Gila County cold-day number a Payson heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Payson home has 5.4 rooms and was built around 1993, 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 Payson. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Payson yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.