Minneapolis / Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Park is about 11 miles from the Census center point for Minneapolis in a straight line and covers 26.076 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).
Brooklyn Park has 83,876 residents (give or take 42) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,217 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Brooklyn Park that is 55428, 55443, 55444, 55445 (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).
3,217 people per square mile puts Brooklyn Park in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 29,148 occupied homes in Brooklyn Park, 75% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 21% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19).
Brooklyn Park has about the Hennepin County oil share of 0% and the same 21% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US27053, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 75% of Brooklyn Park against electricity at 21%, 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.
The median Brooklyn Park home was built in 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19).
Brooklyn Park has 30,130 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 51% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19).
Brooklyn Park has 16 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Hennepin County as a whole (19%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US27053, checked 2026-10-19).
59% of Brooklyn Park homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 24% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19).
30% of Brooklyn Park homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US2707966, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 59% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Brooklyn Park has 7 points more detached houses than Hennepin County overall (52%) and 10 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 34% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US27053, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Brooklyn Park on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Xcel Energy MN residential rebates 2024-2026, run by Xcel Energy, is a live program for Minnesota addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $2,000 per system (registry row 13 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.xcelenergy.com/staticfiles/xe-responsive/Programs%20and%20Rebates/Residential/24-1-201%20MN%20Res%20Rebate%20Summary%20Information%20Sheet.pdf, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Brooklyn Park address before counting it. With 21% of Brooklyn Park homes already on electric heat and 76% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
CenterPoint Energy MN ducted ASHP rebate, run by CenterPoint Energy, is a live program for Minnesota addresses and lists a standard figure of $1,100 (registry row 46 verified 2026-10-16, https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/savings-solutions/energy-efficiency/ducted-air-source-heat-pump, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Brooklyn Park address before counting it.
Median household income in Brooklyn Park is $89,891 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US2707966, 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: -11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hennepin County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 60 to 64 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 -11F figure is the Hennepin County cold-day number a Brooklyn Park heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 75% of Brooklyn Park on gas and 21% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Brooklyn Park home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1980, 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 Brooklyn Park. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Brooklyn Park yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.