Wichita / Paola
Paola has 5,770 residents (give or take 24) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,089 people per square mile.
Paola is about 148 miles from the Census center point for Wichita in a straight line and covers 5.299 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 2,594 occupied homes in Paola, 46% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 51% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 51% of Paola homes, ahead of gas at 46%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Paola has about the Miami County oil share of 0% and 2 points more 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).
Paola has 2,734 housing units, 33% built before 1940 and 62% before 1980, with 24% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Paola home was built in 1972 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2054250, 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=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Paola homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 12% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Paola quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Paola homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2054250, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Paola on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
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 Paola 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.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Paola house from before 1940 (33% of the 2,734 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Paola. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Paola yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.