Wichita / Baldwin City
Baldwin City has 4,911 residents (give or take 14) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,660 people per square mile.
Baldwin City is about 139 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 2.959 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 1,648 occupied homes in Baldwin City, 67% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 31% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 67% of Baldwin 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 furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Baldwin City has about the Douglas County oil share of 0% and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 34% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20045, checked 2026-10-19).
Baldwin City has 1,648 housing units, 22% built before 1940 and 42% before 1980, with 36% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19).
Baldwin City has 11 points more pre-1940 homes than Douglas County as a whole (11%) and 5 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 31% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US20045, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Baldwin City home was built in 1993 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Baldwin City homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Baldwin City quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Baldwin City homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2003900, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Baldwin City has 19 points more detached houses than Douglas County overall (54%) and 20 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 27% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US20045, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Baldwin City on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Baldwin City is $72,941 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2003900, 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.
Heating design temperature: 7F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Douglas 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 7F figure is the Douglas County cold-day number a Baldwin City heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 7F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 67% of Baldwin 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; the median Baldwin City home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1993, 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 Baldwin City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Baldwin City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.