Des Moines / Adel
Adel has 6,430 residents (give or take 47) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,193 people per square mile.
Adel is about 21 miles from the Census center point for Des Moines in a straight line and covers 5.392 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).
Of the 2,372 occupied homes in Adel, 68% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 68% of Adel against electricity at 26%, 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.
Adel has about the Dallas County oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 32% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US19049, checked 2026-10-19).
Adel has 2,421 housing units, 16% built before 1940 and 43% before 1980, with 44% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19).
Adel has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Dallas County as a whole (9%) and 21 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 65% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US19049, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Adel home was built in 1992 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Adel homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 11% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a Adel quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 35% of Adel homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1900505, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Adel has 10 points more detached houses than Dallas County overall (62%) and 11 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US19049, checked 2026-10-19).
44% of Adel housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1900505, 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.
MidAmerican Energy lists Adel among the Iowa communities it serves for electricity (MidAmerican Energy community list, electric communities, https://www.midamericanenergy.com/territory-communitylist, checked 2026-10-19).
MidAmerican 2026 Instant Discount air source heat pump, run by MidAmerican Energy, is a live program for Iowa addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,200 per system (registry row 31 verified 2026-10-14, https://www.midamericanenergy.com/home-discounts-and-rebates, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Adel address before counting it. With 26% of Adel 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 Adel is $95,250 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1900505, 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), Dallas County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 37 to 41 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 Dallas County cold-day number a Adel 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 68% of Adel 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 Adel home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1992, 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 Adel. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Adel yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.