Houston / Santa Fe
Santa Fe has 12,901 residents (give or take 45) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19), about 760 people per square mile.
Santa Fe is about 32 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 16.985 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 Santa Fe that is 77510 (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 4,693 occupied homes in Santa Fe, 37% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 55% with electricity and 6% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 55% of Santa Fe homes, ahead of gas at 37%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Santa Fe has about the Galveston County oil share of 0% and 3 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).
Santa Fe has 5,131 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 34% before 1980, with 37% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19).
Santa Fe has 4 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Galveston County as a whole (5%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48167, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Santa Fe home was built in 1990 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Santa Fe homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 4% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Santa Fe quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 19% of Santa Fe homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4865726, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Santa Fe has 5 points more detached houses than Galveston County overall (72%) and 14 points fewer 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).
No electric utility is on file for Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe is $99,190 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4865726, 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 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1990, 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 Santa Fe. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Santa Fe yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.