Las Vegas / Carson City
Carson City has 58,384 residents (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19), about 404 people per square mile.
Carson City is about 317 miles from the Census center point for Las Vegas in a straight line and covers 144.534 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 Carson City that is 89701, 89703, 89706 (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).
Carson City is spread out at 404 people per square mile across 144.534 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.
Of the 23,692 occupied homes in Carson City, 76% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 19% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 76% of Carson City against electricity at 19%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Carson City has about the Carson City oil share of 0% and the same 19% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US32510, checked 2026-10-19).
Carson City has 25,156 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 49% before 1980, with 17% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19).
Carson City tracks Carson City on housing age, with the county at 2% pre-1940 and 17% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US32510, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Carson City home was built in 1981 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19).
60% of Carson City homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 19% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3209700, checked 2026-10-19).
38% of Carson City homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3209700, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Carson City on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Carson City is $72,355 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3209700, 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: -10F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Carson City 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 -10F figure is the Carson City cold-day number a Carson City heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -10F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 76% of Carson City on gas and 19% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Carson City home has 5.3 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 Carson City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Carson City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.