Wichita / Goodland
Goodland has 4,121 residents (give or take 245) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19), about 916 people per square mile.
Goodland is about 262 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 4.5 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 1,799 occupied homes in Goodland, 81% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 18% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 81% of Goodland against electricity at 18%, 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.
Goodland has about the Sherman County oil share of 0% and 4 points more electric heat than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20181, checked 2026-10-19).
Goodland has 2,137 housing units, 29% built before 1940 and 80% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Goodland home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19).
81% of Goodland homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 6% in small multi-family buildings, a Goodland quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 45% of Goodland homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2026875, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Goodland on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 4F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Sherman 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 4F figure is the Sherman County cold-day number a Goodland heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 4F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 81% of Goodland on gas and 18% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Goodland home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1965, 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 Goodland. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Goodland yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.