Tampa / Port Richey
Port Richey has 3,364 residents (give or take 18) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,515 people per square mile.
Port Richey is about 26 miles from the Census center point for Tampa in a straight line and covers 2.221 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).
47% of Port Richey homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 25% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19).
36% of Port Richey homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 47% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Of the 1,452 occupied homes in Port Richey, 0% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 98% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 98% of Port Richey homes, ahead of gas at 0%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Port Richey has about the Pasco County oil share of 0% and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 91% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12101, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Port Richey 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 Port Richey address before counting it. With 98% of Port Richey homes already on electric heat and 0% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Port Richey has 1,868 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 44% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Port Richey home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1258600, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 33F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pasco 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 33F figure is the Pasco County cold-day number a Port Richey heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 33F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Port Richey home has 4.4 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Port Richey. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Port Richey yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.