Dallas / Kaufman
Kaufman has 8,538 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19), about 876 people per square mile.
Kaufman is about 30 miles from the Census center point for Dallas in a straight line and covers 9.744 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).
Of the 2,506 occupied homes in Kaufman, 46% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 54% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 54% of Kaufman homes, ahead of gas at 46%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Kaufman has about the Kaufman County oil share of 0% and 11 points less electric heat than the county's 65% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48257, checked 2026-10-19).
Kaufman has 2,762 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 61% before 1980, with 21% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19).
Kaufman has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Kaufman County as a whole (3%) and 40 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=050XX00US48257, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Kaufman home was built in 1976 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Kaufman homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 13% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Kaufman quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 53% of Kaufman homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4838488, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Kaufman has 7 points fewer detached houses than Kaufman County overall (79%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48257, checked 2026-10-19).
53% of Kaufman homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4838488, 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 Kaufman homes were built before 1980 and only 21% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4838488, 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 Kaufman 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 Kaufman is $62,931 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4838488, 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: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Kaufman 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 22F figure is the Kaufman County cold-day number a Kaufman heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 22F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Kaufman home has 5 rooms and was built around 1976, 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 Kaufman. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Kaufman yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.