Wichita / Arkansas City
Arkansas City has 11,884 residents (give or take 25) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,276 people per square mile.
Arkansas City is about 46 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 9.317 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 4,799 occupied homes in Arkansas City, 64% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 31% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 64% of Arkansas City against electricity at 31%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas boiler stays for the deepest cold, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Arkansas City has about the Cowley County oil share of 0% and 4 points more electric heat than the county's 27% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20035, checked 2026-10-19).
Arkansas City has 5,510 housing units, 36% built before 1940 and 84% before 1980, with 6% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Arkansas City home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Arkansas City homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 13% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Arkansas City quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 43% of Arkansas City homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2002300, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Arkansas City on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 12F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cowley County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 41 to 46 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 12F figure is the Cowley County cold-day number a Arkansas City heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 12F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 64% of Arkansas City on gas and 31% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Arkansas City house from before 1940 (36% of the 5,510 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Arkansas City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Arkansas City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.