Jacksonville / Gainesville
Gainesville has 145,702 residents (give or take 64) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,276 people per square mile.
Gainesville is about 61 miles from the Census center point for Jacksonville in a straight line and covers 64.011 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 Gainesville that is 32601, 32603, 32605, 32607, 32610, 32612, 32653 (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).
37% of Gainesville homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 44% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19).
With 44% of Gainesville homes in buildings of five or more units and 37% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 62% of Gainesville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Of the 59,816 occupied homes in Gainesville, 20% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 77% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 77% of Gainesville homes, ahead of gas at 20%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Gainesville has about the Alachua County oil share of 0% and 1 points less electric heat than the county's 78% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12001, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Gainesville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Florida utility heat pump rebates (Orlando, Tampa), run by OUC / Duke Energy Florida / TECO, is a live program for Florida addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 26 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.ouc.com/solutions-programs/savings/rebates/heat-pump-ac/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Gainesville address before counting it. With 77% of Gainesville homes already on electric heat and 21% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Gainesville has 66,114 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 44% before 1980, with 23% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Gainesville home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1225175, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 33F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Alachua County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 17 to 20 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 33F figure is the Alachua County cold-day number a Gainesville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 33F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Gainesville home has 4.7 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Gainesville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Gainesville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.