Raleigh / Wendell
Wendell is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Raleigh in a straight line and covers 9.417 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).
Wendell has 13,064 residents (give or take 29) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,387 people per square mile.
Of the 4,957 occupied homes in Wendell, 34% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 60% with electricity and 6% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19).
Wendell has about the Wake County oil share of 0% and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 55% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US37183, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 60% of Wendell homes, ahead of gas at 34%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
The median Wendell home was built in 2010 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3771860, 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=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19).
Wendell has 5,198 housing units, 2% built before 1940 and 23% before 1980, with 61% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19).
Wendell has 11 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 50% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US37183, checked 2026-10-19).
61% of Wendell housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3771860, 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.
85% of Wendell homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19).
With 85% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Wendell quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 22% of Wendell homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3771860, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Wendell has 27 points more detached houses than Wake County overall (58%) and 17 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US37183, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Wendell 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 Wendell is $95,787 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3771860, 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: 15F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Wake County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 86 to 90 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 15F figure is the Wake County cold-day number a Wendell heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 15F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Wendell home has 6 rooms and was built around 2010, 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 Wendell. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Wendell yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.