HVAC Cost Stats: Minneapolis, MN (2026)
Minneapolis HVAC numbers at a glance
Minneapolis is a heating-first market. The airport weather station logs a 1991–2020 normal of 7,399 heating degree days a year against just 830 cooling degree days, so the furnace does most of the work.
| What we measured | Figure |
|---|---|
| Median pay, HVAC mechanics (Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington MSA, May 2025) | $37.25/hr · $77,490/yr |
| Minnesota residential power, Aug 2026 (state-level) | 17.20¢/kWh |
| Minnesota residential gas, 2025 avg (state-level) | $10.98 per Mcf |
| Median year homes were built, Minneapolis city | 1951 |
Why it matters here
Half of the city's homes were built before 1951. Technician pay is the highest of the nine metros we track, so labor is a bigger share of an installed quote.
Local context
- County: Hennepin County
- Electric utility: Xcel Energy; natural gas: CenterPoint Energy
- Permits: City of Minneapolis
Read our Minneapolis furnace replacement cost guide or compare every metro on the HVAC Cost Stats by Metro (2026) hub.
Housing stock and heating fuel in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis city limits held 428,572 residents and 194,480 occupied homes in the Census Bureau's ACS 2024 1-year American Community Survey. Utility gas heats 71% of occupied homes and electricity 26%, so most replacements here are gas furnaces paired with a central air conditioner, with heat pumps as the main alternative. Bottled gas or propane heats 1%.
40% of housing units are single-family detached houses and 46% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Detached, owner-occupied houses are where most whole-system replacements happen, because the owner chooses the equipment and each house has its own system. Apartments and condos more often use packaged units, wall units or building-managed systems.
These are city-limits figures, not metro-wide, and every survey estimate has a margin of error that you can see on the Census Reporter profile linked above. For city-by-city guides across the state, see the Minnesota HVAC cost guides hub.
Sources: BLS OEWS (SOC 49-9021, May 2025), EIA (state-level), U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year (B25035), NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals; housing and heating-fuel figures from Census ACS (ACS 2024 1-year, tables B01003, B25003, B25024, B25040), accessed October 31, 2026. Data accessed October 30, 2026. Furnace Direct, a DBA of Hamlin Mechanical LLC.