Dallas / Mesquite
Mesquite is about 11 miles from the Census center point for Dallas in a straight line and covers 49.104 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).
Mesquite has 149,299 residents (give or take 335) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,040 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Mesquite that is 75149, 75150, 75181 (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).
3,040 people per square mile puts Mesquite in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 50,171 occupied homes in Mesquite, 41% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 58% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19).
Mesquite has about the Dallas County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 62% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US48113, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 58% of Mesquite homes, ahead of gas at 41%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
The median Mesquite home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19).
Mesquite has 53,953 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 41% before 1980, with 16% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19).
Mesquite has 11 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 27% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US48113, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Mesquite homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 22% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Mesquite quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 37% of Mesquite homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4847892, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Mesquite has 19 points more detached houses than Dallas County overall (52%) and 15 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 37% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US48113, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Mesquite 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 Mesquite is $72,537 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4847892, 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), Dallas 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 Dallas County cold-day number a Mesquite 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 Mesquite home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Mesquite. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Mesquite yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.