Dallas / Rowlett
Rowlett is about 15 miles from the Census center point for Dallas in a straight line and covers 20.748 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).
Rowlett has 65,463 residents (give or take 54) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,155 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Rowlett that is 75088, 75089 (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).
3,155 people per square mile puts Rowlett in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 23,352 occupied homes in Rowlett, 56% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 42% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19).
Rowlett has about the Dallas County oil share of 0% and 20 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).
Gas heats 56% of Rowlett against electricity at 42%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
The median Rowlett home was built in 1997 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19).
Rowlett has 24,216 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 10% before 1980, with 42% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19).
Rowlett has 3 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Dallas County as a whole (3%) and 15 points more 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).
42% of Rowlett housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
83% of Rowlett homes are single-family detached, 1% 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=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19).
With 83% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Rowlett quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 25% of Rowlett homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4863572, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Rowlett has 31 points more detached houses than Dallas County overall (52%) and 24 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 Rowlett 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 Rowlett is $112,081 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4863572, 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 Rowlett 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 56% of Rowlett on gas and 42% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Rowlett home has 6.7 rooms and was built around 1997, 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 Rowlett. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Rowlett yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.