Wichita / Fort Scott
Fort Scott has 7,555 residents (give or take 17) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,353 people per square mile.
Fort Scott is about 145 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 5.583 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 3,447 occupied homes in Fort Scott, 70% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 29% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 70% of Fort Scott against electricity at 29%, 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.
Fort Scott has about the Bourbon County oil share of 0% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 31% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20011, checked 2026-10-19).
Fort Scott has 3,855 housing units, 44% built before 1940 and 82% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Fort Scott home was built in 1946 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2024000, 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=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19).
82% of Fort Scott homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 11% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19).
With 82% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Fort Scott quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 34% of Fort Scott homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2024000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Fort Scott on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Bourbon 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 11F figure is the Bourbon County cold-day number a Fort Scott heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 70% of Fort Scott on gas and 29% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Fort Scott house from before 1940 (44% of the 3,855 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Fort Scott. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Fort Scott yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.