Las Vegas / Ely
Ely has 3,929 residents (give or take 15) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19), about 515 people per square mile.
Ely is about 211 miles from the Census center point for Las Vegas in a straight line and covers 7.626 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 1,622 occupied homes in Ely, 5% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 73% with electricity and 11% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 73% of Ely homes, ahead of propane at 11%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Ely has about the White Pine County oil share of 1% and 9 points more electric heat than the county's 64% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US32033, checked 2026-10-19).
Ely has 2,032 housing units, 25% built before 1940 and 76% before 1980, with 16% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19).
Ely tracks White Pine County on housing age, with the county at 25% pre-1940 and 16% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US32033, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Ely home was built in 1958 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3223500, 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=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Ely homes are single-family detached, 13% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 1% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 13% in small multi-family buildings, a Ely quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Ely homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ely has 10 points more detached houses than White Pine County overall (67%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US32033, checked 2026-10-19).
76% of Ely homes were built before 1980 and only 16% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3223500, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Ely 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 Ely is $77,500 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3223500, 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), White Pine 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 -11F figure is the White Pine County cold-day number a Ely 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 Ely home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1958, 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 Ely. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ely yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.