Wichita / Newton
Newton has 18,397 residents (give or take 22) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,239 people per square mile.
Newton is about 24 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 14.844 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 7,595 occupied homes in Newton, 65% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 34% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 65% of Newton against electricity at 34%, 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.
Newton has about the Harvey County oil share of 0% and 4 points more electric heat than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20079, checked 2026-10-19).
Newton has 8,254 housing units, 22% built before 1940 and 66% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Newton home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19).
81% of Newton homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 8% in small multi-family buildings, a Newton quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 32% of Newton homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2050475, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Newton on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Heating design temperature: 7F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Harvey 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 Harvey County cold-day number a Newton 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 65% of Newton on gas and 34% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Newton home has 6 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 Newton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Newton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.