Tampa / St. Pete Beach
St. Pete Beach has 8,805 residents (give or take 19) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,142 people per square mile.
St. Pete Beach is about 24 miles from the Census center point for Tampa in a straight line and covers 2.126 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 St. Pete Beach that is 33706 (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).
Median household income in St. Pete Beach is $114,583 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1262885, 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.
4,142 people per square mile puts St. Pete Beach in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
41% of St. Pete Beach homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 48% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19).
With 48% of St. Pete Beach homes in buildings of five or more units and 41% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 25% of St. Pete Beach homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
St. Pete Beach has 7 points fewer detached houses than Pinellas County overall (48%) and 18 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US12103, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 5,000 occupied homes in St. Pete Beach, 3% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 94% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 94% of St. Pete Beach homes, ahead of gas at 3%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
St. Pete Beach has about the Pinellas County oil share of 0% and 2 points more electric heat than the county's 92% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12103, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for St. Pete Beach 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 covers qualifying equipment at $1,150 per system (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 St. Pete Beach address before counting it. With 94% of St. Pete Beach homes already on electric heat and 3% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
St. Pete Beach has 8,400 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 75% before 1980, with 6% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19).
St. Pete Beach has 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 12% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US12103, checked 2026-10-19).
The median St. Pete Beach home was built in 1971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1262885, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of St. Pete Beach homes were built before 1980 and only 6% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1262885, 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.
Heating design temperature: 37F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Pinellas 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 37F figure is the Pinellas County cold-day number a St. Pete Beach heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 37F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median St. Pete Beach home has 4.7 rooms and was built around 1971, 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 St. Pete Beach. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for St. Pete Beach yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.