San Francisco / Pinole
Pinole has 18,761 residents (give or take 40) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,676 people per square mile.
Pinole is about 43 miles from the Census center point for San Francisco in a straight line and covers 5.104 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 Pinole that is 94564 (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).
3,676 people per square mile puts Pinole in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 6,588 occupied homes in Pinole, 70% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 70% of Pinole against electricity at 26%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Pinole has about the Contra Costa County oil share of 0% and 2 points less electric heat than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US06013, checked 2026-10-19).
Pinole has 7,056 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 70% before 1980, with 8% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19).
Pinole has 11 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US06013, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Pinole home was built in 1970 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19).
74% of Pinole homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19).
With 74% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Pinole quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 21% of Pinole homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0657288, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Pinole has 7 points more detached houses than Contra Costa County overall (67%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US06013, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Pinole 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=160XX00US0657288, 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 Pinole 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 Pinole address before counting it. With 26% of Pinole homes already on electric heat and 71% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Pinole is $127,717 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0657288, 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: 27F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa County cold-day number a Pinole 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 whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 70% of Pinole on gas and 26% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Pinole home has 5.8 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 Pinole. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Pinole yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.