Madison / Tomah
Tomah has 9,532 residents (give or take 33) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,211 people per square mile.
Tomah is about 82 miles from the Census center point for Madison in a straight line and covers 7.872 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 4,453 occupied homes in Tomah, 67% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 28% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 67% of Tomah against electricity at 28%, 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.
Tomah has about the Monroe County oil share of 2% and 11 points more electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US55081, checked 2026-10-19).
Tomah has 4,832 housing units, 14% built before 1940 and 54% before 1980, with 23% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19).
Tomah has 4 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Monroe County as a whole (18%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US55081, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Tomah home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19).
52% of Tomah homes are single-family detached, 13% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 21% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19).
45% of Tomah homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 52% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Tomah has 21 points fewer detached houses than Monroe County overall (73%) and 12 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 9% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US55081, checked 2026-10-19).
45% of Tomah homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US5580075, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
No electric utility is on file for Tomah 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 Tomah address before counting it. With 28% of Tomah homes already on electric heat and 69% 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 Tomah is $51,274 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US5580075, 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: -8F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Monroe 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 -8F figure is the Monroe County cold-day number a Tomah heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -8F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 67% of Tomah on gas and 28% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Tomah home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1977, 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 Tomah. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Tomah yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.