Las Vegas / Tonopah
Tonopah has 1,910 residents (give or take 395) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19), about 206 people per square mile.
Tonopah is about 167 miles from the Census center point for Las Vegas in a straight line and covers 9.259 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).
Median household income in Tonopah is $47,031 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3273600, 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.
39% of Tonopah homes are single-family detached, 30% 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=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19).
37% of Tonopah homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 39% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Tonopah has 18 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 1,039 occupied homes in Tonopah, 8% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 56% with electricity and 13% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 56% of Tonopah homes, ahead of propane at 13%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Tonopah has about the Nye County oil share of 0% and 20 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 Tonopah on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Tonopah has 1,304 housing units, 9% built before 1940 and 30% before 1980, with 27% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19).
Tonopah has 8 points more pre-1940 homes than Nye County as a whole (1%) and 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). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Tonopah home was built in 1985 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3273600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3273600, 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 Tonopah 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 Tonopah home has 4.5 rooms and was built around 1985, 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 Tonopah. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tonopah yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.