Oklahoma City / Poteau
Poteau has 8,959 residents (give or take 54) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19), about 337 people per square mile.
Poteau is about 166 miles from the Census center point for Oklahoma City in a straight line and covers 26.604 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).
Poteau is spread out at 337 people per square mile across 26.604 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 3,286 occupied homes in Poteau, 49% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 49% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 49% of Poteau against electricity at 49%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Poteau has about the Le Flore County oil share of 0% and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 56% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US40079, checked 2026-10-19).
Poteau has 3,707 housing units, 8% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19).
Poteau has 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US40079, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Poteau home was built in 1979 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19).
77% of Poteau homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19).
With 77% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Poteau quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 38% of Poteau homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4060350, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Poteau on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Power Forward with PSO residential rebates (ASHP), run by PSO (Public Service Company of Oklahoma), is a live program for Oklahoma addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $500 per system (registry row 51 verified 2026-10-14, https://powerforwardwithpso.com/programs/heat-pump/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Poteau address before counting it. With 49% of Poteau homes already on electric heat and 50% 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 Poteau is $50,511 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4060350, 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: 20F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Le Flore County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 97 to 100 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 20F figure is the Le Flore County cold-day number a Poteau heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 20F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 49% of Poteau on gas and 49% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Poteau home has 5.4 rooms and was built around 1979, 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 Poteau. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Poteau yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.