Las Vegas / Pahrump
Pahrump has 47,347 residents (give or take 889) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19), about 144 people per square mile.
Pahrump is about 41 miles from the Census center point for Las Vegas in a straight line and covers 328.801 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 Pahrump that is 89048, 89060, 89061 (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).
Pahrump is spread out at 144 people per square mile across 328.801 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 19,117 occupied homes in Pahrump, 4% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 81% with electricity and 5% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 81% of Pahrump homes, ahead of propane at 5%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Pahrump has about the Nye County oil share of 0% and 5 points more 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).
Pahrump has 21,279 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 8% before 1980, with 49% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19).
Pahrump has 4 points more 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 Pahrump home was built in 2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Pahrump homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19).
21% of Pahrump homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 61% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
49% of Pahrump housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3253800, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
No electric utility is on file for Pahrump 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 Pahrump is $62,109 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3253800, 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: -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 Pahrump 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 Pahrump home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 2000, 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 Pahrump. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Pahrump yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.