Omaha / Minden
Minden has 3,108 residents (give or take 37) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,411 people per square mile.
Minden is about 161 miles from the Census center point for Omaha in a straight line and covers 2.203 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 1,327 occupied homes in Minden, 84% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 16% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 84% of Minden against electricity at 16%, 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.
Minden has about the Kearney County oil share of 0% and 12 points less electric heat than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US31099, checked 2026-10-19).
Minden has 1,414 housing units, 27% built before 1940 and 81% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19).
Minden tracks Kearney County on housing age, with the county at 29% pre-1940 and 11% post-2000 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US31099, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Minden home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19).
87% of Minden homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 2% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19).
With 87% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Minden quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 25% of Minden homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3132340, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
81% of Minden homes were built before 1980 and only 9% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3132340, 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 Minden 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 Minden is $68,449 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3132340, 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: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Kearney 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 2F figure is the Kearney County cold-day number a Minden heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 84% of Minden on gas and 16% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Minden home has 6.6 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 Minden. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Minden yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.