Des Moines / Fort Madison
Fort Madison has 10,133 residents (give or take 27) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,050 people per square mile.
Fort Madison is about 135 miles from the Census center point for Des Moines in a straight line and covers 9.65 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 4,548 occupied homes in Fort Madison, 72% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 23% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 72% of Fort Madison 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.
Fort Madison has about the Lee County oil share of 0% and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 29% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US19111, checked 2026-10-19).
Fort Madison has 5,030 housing units, 38% built before 1940 and 87% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19).
Fort Madison has 6 points more pre-1940 homes than Lee County as a whole (32%) and 5 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 9% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US19111, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Fort Madison home was built in 1952 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1928605, 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=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Fort Madison homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a Fort Madison quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 28% of Fort Madison homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
38% of Fort Madison homes were built before 1940 and 87% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1928605, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
No electric utility is on file for Fort Madison on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
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 Fort Madison address before counting it. With 23% of Fort Madison homes already on electric heat and 75% 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 Fort Madison is $50,705 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1928605, 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: 1F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Lee 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 1F figure is the Lee County cold-day number a Fort Madison heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 1F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 72% of Fort Madison 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; a Fort Madison house from before 1940 (38% of the 5,030 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Fort Madison. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Fort Madison yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.