Detroit / Oak Park
Oak Park has 29,318 residents (give or take 34) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19), about 5,696 people per square mile.
Oak Park is about 7 miles from the Census center point for Detroit in a straight line and covers 5.147 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 Oak Park that is 48237 (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).
5,696 people per square mile puts Oak Park in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 12,452 occupied homes in Oak Park, 83% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 14% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 83% of Oak Park against electricity at 14%, 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.
Oak Park has about the Oakland County oil share of 0% and 3 points more electric heat than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US26125, checked 2026-10-19).
Oak Park has 13,091 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 89% before 1980, with 3% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19).
Oak Park has 5 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Oakland County as a whole (7%) and 13 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US26125, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Oak Park home was built in 1958 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19).
73% of Oak Park 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=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19).
With 73% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Oak Park quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 37% of Oak Park homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2659920, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Oak Park has 5 points more detached houses than Oakland County overall (68%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US26125, checked 2026-10-19).
89% of Oak Park 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=160XX00US2659920, 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 Oak Park on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
DTE Energy heating and cooling rebates (southeast Michigan only), run by DTE Energy, is a live program for Michigan addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,500 per system (registry row 19 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.dteenergy.com/us/en/residential/save-money-energy/rebates-and-offers/air-conditioners.html, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Oak Park address before counting it. With 14% of Oak Park homes already on electric heat and 85% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Consumers Energy Home Solutions 2026 (ASHP), run by Consumers Energy, is a live program for Michigan addresses and lists a standard figure of $300 (registry row 50 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.consumersenergy.com/residential/savings-and-clean-energy/rebates/heating-and-cooling, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Oak Park address before counting it.
Median household income in Oak Park is $71,510 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2659920, 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: 4F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Oakland County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 56 to 60 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 4F figure is the Oakland County cold-day number a Oak Park heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 4F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 83% of Oak Park on gas and 14% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Oak Park home has 5.7 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 Oak Park. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Oak Park yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.