5 service pages · prices from homeowner-reported quotes, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29
Heating in the ring is mostly an electric question. The Census ACS counts 91 percent of ring homes as heated with electricity, 6 percent with utility gas and 1 percent with propane (Census ACS). Heating degree days run only 434 to 676 a year against 3,149 to 3,928 cooling degree days (NOAA normals), so a heating repair here is usually a small share of the year's HVAC work.
An electrically heated home is either on a heat pump or on electric resistance heat strips, and the Census cannot tell which. If yours is a heat pump, heat pump repair and heat pump replacement apply.
If it is a straight AC with strips or a gas furnace, use furnace and heat strip repair. For a single room, an addition or a house without ducts, see mini-split installation and mini-split repair.
Source: HVACPro analysis of homeowner-reported quotes and invoices in public Reddit posts, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29. Each service page shows the middle half and the report count. Repair medians are U.S.-wide. Card photos are stock images, not our work, credited on each service page.
Simplified drawing, not to scale. Real systems vary: the indoor unit can sit in an attic or closet, the ducts can run in the attic or under the floor. A heat pump has these same parts and also runs in reverse to heat. A mini-split has no ducts or air handler. Original illustration, not a photo.
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Percent of occupied homes whose main heating fuel is electricity (includes heat pumps and electric resistance heat).
Sources: Census ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (B25034, B25035, B25040); NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020. The Census does not separate heat pumps from resistance heat.
| City | Electricity | Utility gas | Propane | Heating degree days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Beach | 76.7% | 19.7% | 1.4% | 499 |
| Brandon | 91.2% | 5.9% | 1% | 436 |
| Clearwater | 92.6% | 4.4% | 0.4% | 447 |
| Lakeland | 94.4% | 3.6% | 0.6% | 444 |
| Land O' Lakes | 88.8% | 8.2% | 1% | 619 |
| Largo | 93.6% | 2.8% | 0.6% | 447 |
| Lutz | 92.3% | 4.5% | 1.6% | 434 |
| New Port Richey | 96.7% | 1% | 0.1% | 589 |
| Pinellas Park | 92.1% | 3.4% | 0.6% | 447 |
| Plant City | 94.9% | 2.4% | 0.8% | 436 |
| Riverview | 89.2% | 7% | 1.7% | 499 |
| Spring Hill | 94.9% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 676 |
| Wesley Chapel | 78.1% | 18.3% | 1.2% | 619 |
| Zephyrhills | 95.3% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 619 |
Sources: Census ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (B25034, B25035, B25040); NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020. Electricity includes heat pumps and electric resistance heat; the Census does not separate them.