Seattle / Tacoma
Tacoma has 222,758 residents (give or take 60) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,480 people per square mile.
Tacoma is about 26 miles from the Census center point for Seattle in a straight line and covers 49.722 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).
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Tacoma that is 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409 and 5 more (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision and ZCTA to place relationship files, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt and https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_place20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
4,480 people per square mile puts Tacoma in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 93,033 occupied homes in Tacoma, 33% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 63% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 63% of Tacoma homes, ahead of gas at 33%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Tacoma has about the Pierce County oil share of 1% and 3 points more electric heat than the county's 60% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19).
Tacoma has 97,298 housing units, 27% built before 1940 and 64% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19).
Tacoma has 17 points more pre-1940 homes than Pierce County as a whole (10%) and 11 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Tacoma home was built in 1967 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Tacoma homes are single-family detached, 7% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 29% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Tacoma homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 61% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Tacoma has 11 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US53053, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Tacoma homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
64% of Tacoma homes were built before 1980 and only 18% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Tacoma on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
PSE heat pump rebates (electric resistance to ASHP conversion), run by Puget Sound Energy, is a live program for Washington addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $2,400 per system (registry row 14 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.pse.com/en/rebates/heating/electric-resistance-to-air-source-heat-pump-conversion-rebate, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Tacoma address before counting it. With 63% of Tacoma homes already on electric heat and 35% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Seattle City Light heat pump instant discounts, run by Seattle City Light, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $300 (registry row 47 verified 2026-10-16, https://seattle.gov/city-light/residential-services/home-energy-solutions/heating-and-cooling-your-home, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Tacoma address before counting it.
Seattle Clean Heat Program (oil to heat pump), run by City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment, is a live program for Washington addresses and lists a standard figure of $2,000 (registry row 48 verified 2026-10-14, https://seattle.gov/environment/climate-change/buildings-and-energy/seattles-clean-heat-program, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Tacoma address before counting it.
Median household income in Tacoma is $85,884 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5370000, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
Heating design temperature: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pierce County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 133 to 135 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 24F figure is the Pierce County cold-day number a Tacoma heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Tacoma home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1967, 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 Tacoma. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tacoma yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.