Wichita / Osawatomie

Heat pump installation in Osawatomie, Miami County, KS

Osawatomie in Miami County

Osawatomie has 4,182 residents (give or take 16) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19), about 811 people per square mile.

Osawatomie is about 142 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 5.155 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).

Fuel mix

Of the 1,537 occupied homes in Osawatomie, 75% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 12% with electricity and 11% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 75% of Osawatomie against electricity at 12%, 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.

Osawatomie has about the Miami County oil share of 0% and 37 points less electric heat than the county's 49% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US20121, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Osawatomie has 1,537 housing units, 30% built before 1940 and 77% before 1980, with 10% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Osawatomie home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19).

85% of Osawatomie homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 1% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19).

With 85% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Osawatomie quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 26% of Osawatomie homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2053225, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Osawatomie on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 8F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Miami 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 8F figure is the Miami County cold-day number a Osawatomie heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 8F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 75% of Osawatomie on gas and 12% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Osawatomie house from before 1940 (30% of the 1,537 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.

The form on this page is the follow-up for Osawatomie. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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