Los Angeles / Los Angeles
Los Angeles has 3,857,263 residents (give or take 151) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19), about 8,198 people per square mile.
Los Angeles is the city this door is named for; it covers 470.52 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 Los Angeles that is 90001, 90002, 90003, 90004, 90005, 90006, 90007, 90008 and 108 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 Los Angeles is $81,939 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0644000, 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.
At 8,198 people per square mile, Los Angeles is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
36% of Los Angeles homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 48% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19).
With 48% of Los Angeles homes in buildings of five or more units and 36% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 64% of Los Angeles homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Los Angeles has 11 points fewer detached houses than Los Angeles County overall (47%) and 12 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 36% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US06037, checked 2026-10-19).
With 64% of Los Angeles homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 1,439,097 occupied homes in Los Angeles, 57% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 34% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 57% of Los Angeles against electricity at 34%, 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.
Los Angeles has about the Los Angeles County oil share of 0% and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US06037, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Los Angeles on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
LADWP Consumer Rebate Program heat pump HVAC, run by LADWP, is a live program for California addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 24 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.ladwp.com/residential-services/assistance-programs/consumer-rebate-program, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Los Angeles address before counting it. With 34% of Los Angeles homes already on electric heat and 58% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Los Angeles has 1,554,332 housing units, 19% built before 1940 and 70% before 1980, with 14% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19).
Los Angeles has 5 points more pre-1940 homes than Los Angeles County as a whole (14%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US06037, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Los Angeles home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0644000, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Los Angeles homes were built before 1980 and only 14% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0644000, 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: 14F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Los Angeles County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 11 to 13 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 14F figure is the Los Angeles County cold-day number a Los Angeles heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 14F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 57% of Los Angeles on gas and 34% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Los Angeles home has 4.1 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 Los Angeles. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Los Angeles yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.