Denver / Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch has 102,257 residents (give or take 2,318) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,214 people per square mile.
Highlands Ranch is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Denver in a straight line and covers 24.268 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 Highlands Ranch that is 80126, 80129, 80130 (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).
4,214 people per square mile puts Highlands Ranch in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 38,550 occupied homes in Highlands Ranch, 75% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 23% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 75% of Highlands Ranch against electricity at 23%, 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.
Highlands Ranch has about the Douglas County oil share of 0% and the same 23% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US08035, checked 2026-10-19).
Highlands Ranch has 39,551 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 2% before 1980, with 38% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19).
Highlands Ranch has 18 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 56% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US08035, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Highlands Ranch home was built in 1997 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Highlands Ranch homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 16% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Highlands Ranch quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 22% of Highlands Ranch homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US0836410, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Highlands Ranch 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 Highlands Ranch address before counting it. With 23% of Highlands Ranch homes already on electric heat and 76% 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 Highlands Ranch is $159,307 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US0836410, 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: 3F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Douglas 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 3F figure is the Douglas County cold-day number a Highlands Ranch heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 3F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 75% of Highlands Ranch on gas and 23% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Highlands Ranch home has 7.6 rooms and was built around 1997, 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 Highlands Ranch. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Highlands Ranch yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.