Omaha / Bellevue

Heat pump installation in Bellevue, NE - rebates, sizing and local data

Bellevue in Sarpy County

Bellevue has 64,510 residents (give or take 97) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,819 people per square mile.

Bellevue is about 10 miles from the Census center point for Omaha in a straight line and covers 22.883 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 Bellevue that is 68005, 68123, 68147, 68157 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 25,390 occupied homes in Bellevue, 74% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 25% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 74% of Bellevue against electricity at 25%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.

Bellevue has about the Sarpy County oil share of 0% and the same 25% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US31153, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Bellevue has 26,560 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 48% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19).

Bellevue has 20 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 45% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US31153, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Bellevue home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19).

68% of Bellevue homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 24% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19).

35% of Bellevue homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3103950, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 68% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

Bellevue has 5 points fewer detached houses than Sarpy County overall (73%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US31153, checked 2026-10-19).

Rebate path

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

Median household income in Bellevue is $85,462 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3103950, 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.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: -3F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Sarpy County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 76 to 80 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 -3F figure is the Sarpy County cold-day number a Bellevue heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -3F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 74% of Bellevue on gas and 25% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bellevue home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1982, 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 Bellevue. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Bellevue yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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