Cleveland / Parma
Parma is about 7 miles from the Census center point for Cleveland in a straight line and covers 20.023 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).
Parma has 79,870 residents (give or take 45) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,989 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Parma that is 44129, 44130, 44134 (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).
3,989 people per square mile puts Parma in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 34,287 occupied homes in Parma, 87% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 10% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19).
Parma has about the Cuyahoga County oil share of 0% and 7 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 87% of Parma against electricity at 10%, 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 Parma home was built in 1958 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19).
Parma has 36,157 housing units, 10% built before 1940 and 89% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19).
Parma has 18 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Cuyahoga County as a whole (28%) and 4 points fewer 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).
89% of Parma homes were built before 1980 and only 4% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3961000, 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.
77% of Parma homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 15% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Parma quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 28% of Parma homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3961000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Parma has 18 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 Parma 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 Parma is $69,295 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3961000, 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 Parma 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 87% of Parma on gas and 10% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Parma home has 6 rooms and was built around 1958, 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 Parma. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Parma yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.