Omaha / Valley
Valley is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Omaha in a straight line and covers 5.313 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).
Valley has 3,174 residents (give or take 13) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19), about 597 people per square mile.
Of the 1,398 occupied homes in Valley, 72% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 22% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19).
Valley has about the Douglas County oil share of 0% and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 25% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US31055, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 72% of Valley against electricity at 22%, 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.
The median Valley home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19).
Valley has 1,674 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 49% before 1980, with 35% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19).
Valley has 9 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Douglas County as a whole (16%) and 10 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 25% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US31055, checked 2026-10-19).
76% of Valley homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 16% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19).
With 76% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Valley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 26% of Valley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3150020, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Valley has 10 points more detached houses than Douglas County overall (66%) and 10 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US31055, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Valley 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 Valley is $110,200 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3150020, 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), Douglas 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 Douglas County cold-day number a Valley 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 72% of Valley on gas and 22% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Valley home has 6.3 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 Valley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Valley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.