Cleveland / Berea
Berea is about 12 miles from the Census center point for Cleveland in a straight line and covers 5.68 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).
Berea has 18,218 residents (give or take 36) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,207 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Berea that is 44017 (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).
3,207 people per square mile puts Berea in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 7,230 occupied homes in Berea, 84% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 13% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19).
Berea has about the Cuyahoga County oil share of 0% and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39035, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 84% of Berea against electricity at 13%, 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 Berea home was built in 1959 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19).
Berea has 7,489 housing units, 17% built before 1940 and 80% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19).
Berea has 11 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Cuyahoga County as a whole (28%) and 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 8% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US39035, checked 2026-10-19).
80% of Berea homes were built before 1980 and only 12% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
76% of Berea homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 17% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19).
With 76% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Berea quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 27% of Berea homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3905690, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Berea has 17 points more detached houses than Cuyahoga County overall (59%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US39035, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Berea on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Median household income in Berea is $74,926 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3905690, 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: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cuyahoga County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 94 to 97 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 9F figure is the Cuyahoga County cold-day number a Berea heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 9F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 84% of Berea on gas and 13% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Berea home has 6.3 rooms and was built around 1959, 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 Berea. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Berea yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.