Madison / Baraboo
Baraboo has 12,769 residents (give or take 31) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,689 people per square mile.
Baraboo is about 31 miles from the Census center point for Madison in a straight line and covers 7.559 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).
Of the 6,108 occupied homes in Baraboo, 72% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 24% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 72% of Baraboo against electricity at 24%, 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.
Baraboo has about the Sauk County oil share of 1% and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US55111, checked 2026-10-19).
Baraboo has 6,464 housing units, 27% built before 1940 and 56% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19).
Baraboo has 8 points more pre-1940 homes than Sauk County as a whole (19%) and 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=050XX00US55111, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Baraboo home was built in 1974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19).
58% of Baraboo homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 19% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19).
37% of Baraboo homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5504625, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 58% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Baraboo has 11 points fewer detached houses than Sauk County overall (69%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US55111, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Baraboo on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Focus on Energy air source heat pump instant discount (ratepayer), run by Focus on Energy, is a live program for Wisconsin addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $900 per system (registry row 20 verified 2026-10-07, https://assets.focusonenergy.com/production/docs/trade-ally/TAS-Trade-Ally-Solutions-Rebates-Overview-20260101_CLEAN.pdf, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Baraboo address before counting it. With 24% of Baraboo homes already on electric heat and 76% 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 Baraboo is $69,750 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5504625, 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: -6F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Sauk County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 137 to 140 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 -6F figure is the Sauk County cold-day number a Baraboo heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -6F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 72% of Baraboo on gas and 24% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Baraboo home has 5.7 rooms and was built around 1974, 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 Baraboo. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Baraboo yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.