Houston / Sugar Land
Sugar Land has 110,016 residents (give or take 84) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,719 people per square mile.
Sugar Land is about 20 miles from the Census center point for Houston in a straight line and covers 40.468 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 Sugar Land that is 77478, 77479, 77498 (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 38,485 occupied homes in Sugar Land, 69% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 29% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 69% of Sugar Land against electricity at 29%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Sugar Land has about the Fort Bend County oil share of 0% and 10 points less 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).
Sugar Land has 39,946 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 13% before 1980, with 30% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19).
Sugar Land has 31 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 Sugar Land home was built in 1994 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19).
86% of Sugar Land homes are single-family detached, 1% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19).
With 86% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Sugar Land quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 20% of Sugar Land homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4870808, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land is $136,217 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4870808, 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: 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 Sugar Land 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 69% of Sugar Land on gas and 29% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Sugar Land home has 7.1 rooms and was built around 1994, 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 Sugar Land. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Sugar Land yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.