Houston / Stafford
Stafford has 17,401 residents (give or take 101) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,482 people per square mile.
Stafford is about 15 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 7.011 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 Stafford that is 77477 (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).
Median household income in Stafford is $87,432 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4869908, 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.
44% of Stafford homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 46% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19).
With 46% of Stafford homes in buildings of five or more units and 44% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 61% of Stafford homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Stafford has 39 points fewer detached houses than Fort Bend County overall (83%) and 35 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48157, checked 2026-10-19).
With 61% of Stafford homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4869908, 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 6,643 occupied homes in Stafford, 34% 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=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 63% of Stafford homes, ahead of gas at 34%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Stafford has about the Fort Bend County oil share of 0% and 24 points more electric heat than the county's 39% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48157, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Stafford on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Stafford has 7,099 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 21% before 1980, with 33% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19).
Stafford has 28 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 61% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48157, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Stafford home was built in 1993 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4869908, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 32F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Fort Bend 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 32F figure is the Fort Bend County cold-day number a Stafford heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 32F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Stafford home has 4.6 rooms and was built around 1993, 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 Stafford. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Stafford yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.