Tampa / Estero
Estero has 37,858 residents (give or take 52) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,553 people per square mile.
Estero is about 115 miles from the Census center point for Tampa in a straight line and covers 24.371 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 Estero that is 33928 (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).
45% of Estero homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 21% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19).
14% of Estero homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 45% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Of the 18,573 occupied homes in Estero, 9% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 88% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 88% of Estero homes, ahead of gas at 9%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Estero has about the Lee County oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 94% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12071, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Estero on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Florida utility heat pump rebates (Orlando, Tampa), run by OUC / Duke Energy Florida / TECO, is a live program for Florida addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 26 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.ouc.com/solutions-programs/savings/rebates/heat-pump-ac/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Estero address before counting it. With 88% of Estero homes already on electric heat and 10% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Estero has 26,937 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 4% before 1980, with 70% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Estero home was built in 2004 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1221150, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 42F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Lee County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 17 to 20 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 42F figure is the Lee County cold-day number a Estero heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 42F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Estero home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 2004, 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 Estero. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Estero yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.