Houston / Galveston
Galveston has 53,424 residents (give or take 36) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,302 people per square mile.
Galveston is about 49 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 41.036 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 Galveston that is 77550, 77551, 77554, 77555 (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).
Of the 25,198 occupied homes in Galveston, 35% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 63% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 63% of Galveston homes, ahead of gas at 35%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Galveston has about the Galveston County oil share of 0% and 11 points more electric heat than the county's 52% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48167, checked 2026-10-19).
Galveston has 35,776 housing units, 20% built before 1940 and 61% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19).
Galveston has 15 points more pre-1940 homes than Galveston County as a whole (5%) and 19 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 38% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48167, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Galveston home was built in 1973 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4828068, 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=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19).
56% of Galveston homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 31% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19).
54% of Galveston homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 56% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Galveston has 16 points fewer detached houses than Galveston County overall (72%) and 13 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48167, checked 2026-10-19).
54% of Galveston homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4828068, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
61% of Galveston homes were built before 1980 and only 19% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4828068, 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 Galveston 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 Galveston is $55,631 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4828068, 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: 34F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Galveston 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 34F figure is the Galveston County cold-day number a Galveston heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 34F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Galveston home has 4.5 rooms and was built around 1973, 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 Galveston. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Galveston yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.