Salt Lake City / Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City has 208,007 residents (give or take 57) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,876 people per square mile.
Salt Lake City is the city this door is named for; it covers 110.891 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 Salt Lake City that is 84101, 84102, 84103, 84104, 84105, 84106, 84111, 84112 and 7 more (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).
Median household income in Salt Lake City is $75,090 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4967000, 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.
43% of Salt Lake City homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 41% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19).
With 41% of Salt Lake City homes in buildings of five or more units and 43% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 54% of Salt Lake City homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Salt Lake City has 17 points fewer detached houses than Salt Lake County overall (60%) and 18 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US49035, checked 2026-10-19).
54% of Salt Lake City homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4967000, 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.
Of the 92,652 occupied homes in Salt Lake City, 72% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 24% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 72% of Salt Lake City against electricity at 24%, 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.
Salt Lake City has about the Salt Lake County oil share of 0% and 8 points more electric heat than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US49035, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Salt Lake City on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Salt Lake City has 101,188 housing units, 25% built before 1940 and 65% before 1980, with 22% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19).
Salt Lake City has 18 points more pre-1940 homes than Salt Lake County as a whole (7%) and 10 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 32% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US49035, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Salt Lake City home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4967000, checked 2026-10-19).
65% of Salt Lake City homes were built before 1980 and only 22% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4967000, 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.
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County cold-day number a Salt Lake City 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 72% of Salt Lake City on gas and 24% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Salt Lake City home has 4.5 rooms and was built around 1965, 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 Salt Lake City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Salt Lake City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.