Phoenix / Phoenix

Heat pump installation in Phoenix, AZ - up to $1,000 rebate

Phoenix, 0 miles out

Phoenix is the city this door is named for; it covers 518.325 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).

Phoenix has 1,642,323 residents (give or take 179) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,169 people per square mile.

The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Phoenix that is 85003, 85004, 85006, 85007, 85008, 85009, 85012, 85013 and 42 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).

3,169 people per square mile puts Phoenix in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.

What heats Phoenix

Of the 610,442 occupied homes in Phoenix, 23% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 74% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19).

Phoenix has about the Maricopa County oil share of 0% and 6 points more electric heat than the county's 68% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US04013, checked 2026-10-19).

Electricity already heats 74% of Phoenix homes, ahead of gas at 23%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.

Age of the housing

The median Phoenix home was built in 1985 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19).

Phoenix has 653,065 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 42% before 1980, with 28% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19).

Phoenix has 9 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 37% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US04013, checked 2026-10-19).

House type

60% of Phoenix homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 26% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19).

43% of Phoenix homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 60% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

43% of Phoenix homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0455000, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.

Utility and rebate

No electric utility is on file for Phoenix 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 Phoenix address before counting it. With 74% of Phoenix homes already on electric heat and 24% 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 Phoenix is $81,332 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0455000, 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.

Design temperature

Heating design temperature: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Maricopa 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 24F figure is the Maricopa County cold-day number a Phoenix 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.

Next step

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Phoenix home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1985, 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 Phoenix. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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