Orlando / Wildwood
Wildwood has 17,608 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19), about 302 people per square mile.
Wildwood is about 53 miles from the Census center point for Orlando in a straight line and covers 58.305 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 Wildwood that is 32163, 33514, 33585, 34785 (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).
Wildwood is spread out at 302 people per square mile across 58.305 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.
Of the 9,228 occupied homes in Wildwood, 27% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 71% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 71% of Wildwood homes, ahead of gas at 27%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Wildwood has about the Sumter County oil share of 0% and 3 points less 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).
Wildwood has 11,127 housing units, 0% built before 1940 and 8% before 1980, with 80% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19).
Wildwood has 9 points more 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).
The median Wildwood home was built in 2017 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Wildwood homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Wildwood quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 23% of Wildwood homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US1277675, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Wildwood has 5 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).
80% of Wildwood housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US1277675, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Wildwood 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 Wildwood address before counting it. With 71% of Wildwood homes already on electric heat and 27% 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 Wildwood is $76,552 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US1277675, 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: 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 Wildwood 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 Wildwood home has 4.9 rooms and was built around 2017, 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 Wildwood. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Wildwood yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.