Wichita / Chanute
Chanute has 8,598 residents (give or take 20) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,211 people per square mile.
Chanute is about 103 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 7.101 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 3,578 occupied homes in Chanute, 72% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 25% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 72% of Chanute against electricity at 25%, 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.
Chanute has about the Neosho County oil share of 0% and 3 points more electric heat than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20133, checked 2026-10-19).
Chanute has 4,116 housing units, 35% built before 1940 and 81% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Chanute home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19).
86% of Chanute homes are single-family detached, 4% 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=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19).
With 86% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Chanute quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 31% of Chanute homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2012500, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Chanute 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), Neosho 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 Neosho County cold-day number a Chanute 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 72% of Chanute on gas and 25% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Chanute house from before 1940 (35% of the 4,116 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Chanute. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Chanute yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.