Orlando / Bushnell
Bushnell has 3,187 residents (give or take 27) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19), about 234 people per square mile.
Bushnell is about 56 miles from the Census center point for Orlando in a straight line and covers 13.64 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).
Median household income in Bushnell is $52,717 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1209625, 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.
Bushnell is spread out at 234 people per square mile across 13.64 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
38% of Bushnell homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 2% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19).
24% of Bushnell homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 38% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Bushnell has 44 points fewer detached houses than Sumter County overall (82%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US12119, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 1,208 occupied homes in Bushnell, 0% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 93% with electricity and 7% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 93% of Bushnell homes, ahead of propane at 7%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Bushnell has about the Sumter County oil share of 0% and 19 points more electric heat than the county's 74% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12119, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Bushnell on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
OUC heat pump A/C rebate, run by OUC, is a live program for Florida addresses and up to $1,150 (registry row 26 verified 2026-10-25, https://www.ouc.com/solutions-programs/savings/rebates/heat-pump-ac/, checked 2026-10-25); confirm eligibility for the Bushnell address before counting it. With 93% of Bushnell homes already on electric heat and 7% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Bushnell has 1,524 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 44% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19).
Bushnell has 4 points more pre-1940 homes than Sumter County as a whole (1%) and 51 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 71% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US12119, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Bushnell home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1209625, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 33F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Sumter County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 17 to 20 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 33F figure is the Sumter County cold-day number a Bushnell heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 33F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bushnell home has 4.6 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Bushnell. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bushnell yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.