Orlando / Merritt Island
Merritt Island has 34,992 residents (give or take 2,107) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,062 people per square mile.
Merritt Island is about 36 miles from the Census center point for Orlando in a straight line and covers 16.971 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 Merritt Island that is 32952 (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).
Of the 14,166 occupied homes in Merritt Island, 14% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 82% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 82% of Merritt Island homes, ahead of gas at 14%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Merritt Island has about the Brevard County oil share of 0% and 5 points less electric heat than the county's 87% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US12009, checked 2026-10-19).
Merritt Island has 17,006 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 59% before 1980, with 15% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19).
Merritt Island has 15 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 30% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US12009, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Merritt Island home was built in 1973 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Merritt Island homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 14% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Merritt Island quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 20% of Merritt Island homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1244275, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Merritt Island has 12 points more detached houses than Brevard County overall (66%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US12009, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Merritt Island 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 Merritt Island address before counting it. With 82% of Merritt Island homes already on electric heat and 16% 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 Merritt Island is $94,012 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1244275, 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: 40F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Brevard 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 40F figure is the Brevard County cold-day number a Merritt Island heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 40F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Merritt Island home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1973, 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 Merritt Island. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Merritt Island yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.