Denver / Edgewater
Edgewater has 4,932 residents (give or take 22) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19), about 7,096 people per square mile.
Edgewater is about 10 miles from the Census center point for Denver in a straight line and covers 0.695 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).
7,096 people per square mile puts Edgewater in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 2,344 occupied homes in Edgewater, 57% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 38% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 57% of Edgewater against electricity at 38%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Edgewater has about the Jefferson County oil share of 0% and 15 points more electric heat than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US08059, checked 2026-10-19).
Edgewater has 2,589 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 79% before 1980, with 3% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19).
Edgewater has 10 points more pre-1940 homes than Jefferson County as a whole (3%) and 17 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 20% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US08059, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Edgewater home was built in 1958 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19).
50% of Edgewater homes are single-family detached, 10% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 37% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19).
60% of Edgewater homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0823135, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 50% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Edgewater has 14 points fewer detached houses than Jefferson County overall (64%) and 15 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US08059, checked 2026-10-19).
With 60% of Edgewater homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0823135, 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.
79% of Edgewater homes were built before 1980 and only 3% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0823135, 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 Edgewater on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Colorado Heat Pump Tax Credit (HPTC), run by Colorado Energy Office, is a live program for Colorado addresses and lists a standard figure of $1,000 (registry row 4 verified 2026-10-15, https://energyoffice.colorado.gov/hptc, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Edgewater address before counting it. With 38% of Edgewater homes already on electric heat and 59% 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 Edgewater is $76,591 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0823135, 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: -2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Jefferson County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 14 to 16 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 -2F figure is the Jefferson County cold-day number a Edgewater heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 57% of Edgewater on gas and 38% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Edgewater home has 4.5 rooms and was built around 1958, 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 Edgewater. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Edgewater yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.