Little Rock / El Dorado
El Dorado has 17,115 residents (give or take 36) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,056 people per square mile.
El Dorado is about 106 miles from the Census center point for Little Rock in a straight line and covers 16.201 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 6,561 occupied homes in El Dorado, 52% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 45% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 52% of El Dorado against electricity at 45%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
El Dorado has about the Union County oil share of 0% and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 54% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US05139, checked 2026-10-19).
El Dorado has 7,895 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 71% before 1980, with 8% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19).
El Dorado has 15 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US05139, checked 2026-10-19).
The median El Dorado home was built in 1970 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of El Dorado homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a El Dorado quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 43% of El Dorado homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0521070, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
El Dorado has 7 points more detached houses than Union County overall (71%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US05139, checked 2026-10-19).
43% of El Dorado homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0521070, 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.
71% of El Dorado 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=160XX00US0521070, 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 El Dorado 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 El Dorado is $49,244 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0521070, 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: 23F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Union County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 8 to 11 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 23F figure is the Union County cold-day number a El Dorado heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 23F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 52% of El Dorado on gas and 45% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median El Dorado home has 5.4 rooms and was built around 1970, 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 El Dorado. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for El Dorado yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.