Las Vegas / Amargosa Valley
Amargosa Valley has 1,445 residents (give or take 496) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19), about 15 people per square mile.
Amargosa Valley is about 71 miles from the Census center point for Las Vegas in a straight line and covers 98.66 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 Amargosa Valley that is 89020 (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).
Median household income in Amargosa Valley is $53,139 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3201000, 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.
Amargosa Valley is spread out at 15 people per square mile across 98.66 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
8% of Amargosa Valley homes are single-family detached, 0% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19).
18% of Amargosa Valley homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 8% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Amargosa Valley has 49 points fewer detached houses than Nye County overall (57%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US32023, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 475 occupied homes in Amargosa Valley, 3% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 65% with electricity and 8% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 65% of Amargosa Valley homes, ahead of propane at 8%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Amargosa Valley has about the Nye County oil share of 0% and 11 points less electric heat than the county's 76% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US32023, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Amargosa Valley on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Amargosa Valley has 604 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 50% before 1980, with 27% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19).
Amargosa Valley has 18 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 45% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US32023, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Amargosa Valley home was built in 1981 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3201000, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: -7F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Nye County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 80 to 81 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 -7F figure is the Nye County cold-day number a Amargosa Valley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -7F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Amargosa Valley home has 5.6 rooms and was built around 1981, 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 Amargosa Valley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Amargosa Valley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.