Columbus / Bexley
Bexley is about 3 miles from the Census center point for Columbus in a straight line and covers 2.421 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).
Bexley has 13,114 residents (give or take 23) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19), about 5,417 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Bexley that is 43209 (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).
5,417 people per square mile puts Bexley in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 4,460 occupied homes in Bexley, 84% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 14% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19).
Bexley has about the Franklin County oil share of 0% and 17 points less electric heat than the county's 31% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 84% of Bexley against electricity at 14%, 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 Bexley home was built in 1944 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19).
Bexley has 4,805 housing units, 43% built before 1940 and 90% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19).
Bexley has 32 points more pre-1940 homes than Franklin County as a whole (11%) and 19 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
43% of Bexley homes were built before 1940 and 90% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
78% of Bexley homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 14% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Bexley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 20% of Bexley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3906278, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bexley has 26 points more detached houses than Franklin County overall (52%) and 12 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US39049, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Bexley 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 Bexley is $157,841 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3906278, 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: 5F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Franklin 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 5F figure is the Franklin County cold-day number a Bexley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 5F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 84% of Bexley on gas and 14% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Bexley house from before 1940 (43% of the 4,805 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Bexley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bexley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.