Salt Lake City / Payson
Payson has 23,039 residents (give or take 66) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,751 people per square mile.
Payson is about 52 miles from the Census center point for Salt Lake City in a straight line and covers 13.161 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 6,826 occupied homes in Payson, 85% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 14% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 85% of Payson against electricity at 14%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Payson has about the Utah County oil share of 0% and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US49049, checked 2026-10-19).
Payson has 7,146 housing units, 10% built before 1940 and 33% before 1980, with 47% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19).
Payson has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Utah County as a whole (3%) and 5 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 52% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US49049, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Payson home was built in 1997 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Payson homes are single-family detached, 3% 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=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Payson quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 18% of Payson homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4958730, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Payson has 14 points more detached houses than Utah County overall (64%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US49049, checked 2026-10-19).
47% of Payson housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4958730, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Payson 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 Payson is $89,905 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4958730, 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: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Utah County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 125 to 127 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 11F figure is the Utah County cold-day number a Payson heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 85% of Payson on gas and 14% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Payson home has 6.8 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 Payson. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Payson yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.