Los Angeles / Santa Monica
Santa Monica has 91,169 residents (give or take 42) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19), about 10,842 people per square mile.
Santa Monica is about 5 miles from the Census center point for Los Angeles in a straight line and covers 8.409 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 Santa Monica that is 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, 90405 (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 Santa Monica is $114,885 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0670000, 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 10,842 people per square mile, Santa Monica is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
19% of Santa Monica homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 66% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19).
With 66% of Santa Monica homes in buildings of five or more units and 19% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 72% of Santa Monica homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Santa Monica has 28 points fewer detached houses than Los Angeles County overall (47%) and 30 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 72% of Santa Monica homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0670000, 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 47,297 occupied homes in Santa Monica, 60% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 34% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 60% of Santa Monica 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.
Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica address before counting it. With 34% of Santa Monica homes already on electric heat and 62% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Santa Monica has 53,274 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 73% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19).
Santa Monica tracks Los Angeles County on housing age, with the county at 14% pre-1940 and 12% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US06037, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Santa Monica home was built in 1968 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0670000, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Santa Monica homes were built before 1980 and only 12% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0670000, 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 Santa Monica 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 60% of Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica home has 3.7 rooms and was built around 1968, 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 Santa Monica. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Santa Monica yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.