Houston / Bellaire
Bellaire is about 7 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 3.597 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).
Bellaire has 17,206 residents (give or take 62) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,783 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Bellaire that is 77401 (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).
4,783 people per square mile puts Bellaire in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 6,082 occupied homes in Bellaire, 73% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 27% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19).
Bellaire has about the Harris County oil share of 0% and 28 points less electric heat than the county's 55% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48201, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 73% of Bellaire against electricity at 27%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
The median Bellaire home was built in 1996 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 8.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19).
Bellaire has 6,641 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 28% before 1980, with 39% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19).
Bellaire has 3 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Harris County as a whole (3%) and 3 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 36% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48201, checked 2026-10-19).
90% of Bellaire homes are single-family detached, 0% 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=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19).
With 90% detached houses and 0% in small multi-family buildings, a Bellaire quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 12% of Bellaire homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bellaire has 33 points more detached houses than Harris County overall (57%) and 29 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 32% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48201, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 12% of Bellaire homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4807300, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
No electric utility is on file for Bellaire 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 Bellaire is $244,015 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4807300, 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: 29F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Harris County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 115 to 125 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 29F figure is the Harris County cold-day number a Bellaire heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 29F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 73% of Bellaire on gas and 27% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bellaire home has 8.2 rooms and was built around 1996, 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 Bellaire. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bellaire yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.