Des Moines / Indianola
Indianola has 16,044 residents (give or take 39) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,403 people per square mile.
Indianola is about 15 miles from the Census center point for Des Moines in a straight line and covers 11.435 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 6,152 occupied homes in Indianola, 70% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 25% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 70% of Indianola against electricity at 25%, 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.
Indianola has about the Warren County oil share of 0% and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US19181, checked 2026-10-19).
Indianola has 6,525 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 31% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19).
Indianola has 5 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 36% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US19181, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Indianola home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1938280, 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=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Indianola homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 23% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19).
30% of Indianola homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1938280, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 61% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Indianola has 16 points fewer detached houses than Warren County overall (77%) and 12 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US19181, checked 2026-10-19).
MidAmerican Energy lists Indianola 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 Indianola address before counting it. With 25% of Indianola homes already on electric heat and 73% 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 Indianola is $75,453 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1938280, 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: -5F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Warren 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 -5F figure is the Warren County cold-day number a Indianola heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -5F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 70% of Indianola on gas and 25% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Indianola home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Indianola. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Indianola yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.