San Francisco / Emeryville
Emeryville has 13,081 residents (give or take 24) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19), about 10,276 people per square mile.
Emeryville is about 41 miles from the Census center point for San Francisco in a straight line and covers 1.273 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 Emeryville that is 94608 (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 Emeryville is $117,092 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0622594, 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.
At 10,276 people per square mile, Emeryville is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
6% of Emeryville homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 82% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19).
With 82% of Emeryville homes in buildings of five or more units and 6% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 76% of Emeryville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Emeryville has 45 points fewer detached houses than Alameda County overall (51%) and 53 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US06001, checked 2026-10-19).
With 76% of Emeryville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 7,838 occupied homes in Emeryville, 28% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 66% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 66% of Emeryville homes, ahead of gas at 28%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Emeryville has about the Alameda County oil share of 0% and 36 points more electric heat than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US06001, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Emeryville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
LADWP Consumer Rebate Program heat pump HVAC, run by LADWP, is a live program for California addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 24 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.ladwp.com/residential-services/assistance-programs/consumer-rebate-program, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Emeryville address before counting it. With 66% of Emeryville homes already on electric heat and 29% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Emeryville has 8,497 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 35% before 1980, with 41% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19).
Emeryville has 12 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Alameda County as a whole (20%) and 26 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US06001, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Emeryville home was built in 1990 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19).
41% of Emeryville housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0622594, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
Heating design temperature: 27F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Alameda County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 11 to 13 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 27F figure is the Alameda County cold-day number a Emeryville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 27F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Emeryville home has 3.2 rooms and was built around 1990, 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 Emeryville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Emeryville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.