Houston / Hempstead
Hempstead has 6,137 residents (give or take 20) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19), about 935 people per square mile.
Hempstead is about 47 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 6.563 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 Hempstead is $60,041 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4833200, 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.
42% of Hempstead homes are single-family detached, 23% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 24% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Hempstead homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 42% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Hempstead has 22 points fewer detached houses than Waller County overall (64%) and 18 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 6% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48473, checked 2026-10-19).
With 61% of Hempstead homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 1,901 occupied homes in Hempstead, 16% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 82% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 82% of Hempstead homes, ahead of gas at 16%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Hempstead has about the Waller County oil share of 0% and 14 points more electric heat than the county's 68% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48473, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Hempstead on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Hempstead has 2,088 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 29% before 1980, with 22% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19).
Hempstead has 25 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 47% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48473, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Hempstead home was built in 1987 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4833200, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 31F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Waller 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 31F figure is the Waller County cold-day number a Hempstead heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 31F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Hempstead home has 4.3 rooms and was built around 1987, 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 Hempstead. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Hempstead yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.