Phoenix / Tucson
Tucson has 547,073 residents (give or take 85) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,259 people per square mile.
Tucson is about 121 miles from the Census center point for Phoenix in a straight line and covers 242.203 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 Tucson that is 85701, 85705, 85706, 85707, 85708, 85709, 85710, 85711 and 16 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).
Of the 228,020 occupied homes in Tucson, 48% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 49% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 49% of Tucson homes, ahead of gas at 48%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Tucson has about the Pima County oil share of 0% and 4 points more electric heat than the county's 45% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US04019, checked 2026-10-19).
Tucson has 247,823 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19).
Tucson has 9 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US04019, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Tucson home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Tucson homes are single-family detached, 7% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 27% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19).
48% of Tucson homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0477000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 52% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Tucson has 8 points fewer detached houses than Pima County overall (60%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US04019, checked 2026-10-19).
48% of Tucson homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0477000, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Tucson 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 Tucson address before counting it. With 49% of Tucson homes already on electric heat and 49% 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 Tucson is $57,073 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0477000, 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: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pima 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 22F figure is the Pima County cold-day number a Tucson heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 22F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Tucson home has 4.8 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Tucson. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tucson yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.