Omaha / Ogallala
Ogallala has 4,777 residents (give or take 20) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19), about 964 people per square mile.
Ogallala is about 295 miles from the Census center point for Omaha in a straight line and covers 4.957 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 2,406 occupied homes in Ogallala, 45% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 52% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 52% of Ogallala homes, ahead of gas at 45%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Ogallala has about the Keith County oil share of 0% and 6 points more electric heat than the county's 46% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US31101, checked 2026-10-19).
Ogallala has 2,574 housing units, 20% built before 1940 and 77% before 1980, with 8% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19).
Ogallala has 5 points more pre-1940 homes than Keith County as a whole (15%) and 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US31101, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Ogallala home was built in 1969 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Ogallala homes are single-family detached, 7% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 7% in small multi-family buildings, a Ogallala quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 32% of Ogallala homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3135980, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ogallala has 6 points more detached houses than Keith County overall (71%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US31101, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Ogallala homes were built before 1980 and only 8% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3135980, 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 Ogallala 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 Ogallala is $58,556 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3135980, 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: 3F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Keith 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 Keith County cold-day number a Ogallala 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.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Ogallala home has 5.6 rooms and was built around 1969, 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 Ogallala. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ogallala yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.