AC & heating repair · Cedar Park, Texas

AC repair and HVAC service in Cedar Park, TX

AC quit, heat pump struggling, or a system near the end of its life? In Cedar Park, 43% of homes heat with electricity^[1] and half were built before 2005. Request service from HVAC contractors working here. Cedar Park, in Williamson County and Travis County — ZIP 78613, counts 79,032 residents (2025 estimate)^[2].

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Cedar Park at a glance for HVAC

Population (2025 est.): 79,032^[2]+1.8% since 2020
County: Williamson / Travis^[2]city spans more than one county
Land area: 25.6 sq mi^[3]
Population density: 3,090 / sq mi^[2]^[3]
Homes heated with electricity: 43%^[1]the 2nd-lowest share of the 15 Austin-area suburbs we cover
Homes heated with utility gas: 54%^[1]plus 2% propane/LP
Heat & excessive-heat days, williamson zone: 5^[4]2016–2025
Winter-storm & freeze days, williamson zone: 23^[4]2016–2025; heating demand and freeze-related furnace failures
Lightning-damage reports within 10 mi: 7^[4]2016–2025; power surges damage HVAC control boards
Damaging-wind reports within 10 mi: 45^[4]2016–2025; wind-blown debris damages outdoor condenser units
Homes built before 2000: 34%^[1]of 29,364 housing units
Median year built: 2005^[1]the 6th-oldest of the 15 Austin-area suburbs we cover

What Cedar Park's numbers say about HVAC

Cedar Park is one of the most established suburbs tracked here — 79,032 people (2025 estimate), up just 1.8% since 2020^[2]. On the map that's 25.6 square miles holding 3,090 residents per square mile, the 2nd densest of the suburbs here; it spans Williamson County and Travis County, with ZIP code 78613^[3].

With 31% of homes built in 2010 or later^[1], a good share of Cedar Park's equipment may still be under builder or manufacturer warranty; the 34% built before 2000 is where replacement jobs cluster.

The entire city sits in ZIP code 78613^[5].

Nearest of the other suburbs we track: Leander (5.1 mi NW), Round Rock (9.3 mi E) and Lago Vista (11.0 mi W)^[3].

43% of occupied Cedar Park homes heat with electricity, 54% with utility gas and 2% with propane^[1] — the 2nd-lowest electric share of the 15 Austin-area suburbs we cover; nearby, Leander (41%), Round Rock (47%), and Lago Vista (79%) heat electrically. Gas heat means a furnace plus a separate AC condenser.

Williamson County forecast zone, 2016–2025: 5 heat or excessive-heat days (latest Aug 20, 2024) and 23 winter-storm or hard-freeze days^[4]. Nearby: Leander (5), Round Rock (5), and Lago Vista (8).

Storm exposure for HVAC hardware: 7 lightning-damage reports within 10 miles; 45 damaging-wind reports within 10 miles in 2016–2025^[4]. Most recent: May 16, 2024, 6.5 miles from the city center.

34% of Cedar Park's 29,364 housing units were built before 2000 and 31% since 2010^[1] (pre-2000 share nearby: Leander (15%), Round Rock (45%), and Lago Vista (41%)). Check builder-installed equipment for a registered warranty.

Measured against the 15 suburbs on this site, Cedar Park records the most damaging-wind reports nearby (45)^[4], the 2nd-lowest electric-heat share (43%)^[1], the 2nd-highest gas-heat share (54%)^[1], and the 2nd-lowest share of homes built since 2010 (31%)^[1].

How air moves through a central system

How the loop runs: return duct to filter to air handler to supply ducts. A dirty filter slows everything downstream.

Illustration, not to scale. The local workload: 5 heat or excessive-heat days and 23 winter-storm or freeze days in 2016–2025 — filters, coils and capacitors age faster under long cooling seasons. 7 lightning-damage reports within 10 miles and 45 damaging-wind reports over the same span.

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The data underneath this Cedar Park page

How Cedar Park stacks up against the median suburb we cover (median of 15)^[1]^[4]
Measure	Cedar Park	Median of 15	Difference
Built before 2000	34%	17%	18 pts higher
Damaging-wind reports (10 mi)	45	24	21 more
Utility-gas heat	54%	37%	17 pts higher
Built 2010 or later	31%	50%	19 pts lower
Electric heat	43%	60%	16 pts lower
Median year built	2005	2010	5 years older
Propane / LP heat	2.2%	2.2%	same as median

Largest differences first. Medians are the middle value across the covered Austin-area suburbs, from the same sources.

Cedar Park and nearby suburbs, side by side^[4]^[3]
City	Heat days	Freeze days	Lightning reports	Damaging-wind reports
Cedar Park	5	23	7	45
Leander 5.1 mi	5	23	6	25
Round Rock 9.3 mi	5	23	4	41
Lago Vista 11.0 mi	8	22	3	22
Liberty Hill 11.8 mi	5	23	3	12
Georgetown 13.0 mi	5	23	1	14

Most recent damaging-wind reports within 10 miles^[4]
Date	Wind	Distance
May 16, 2024	70 mph (est.)	6.5 mi
Sep 24, 2023	64 mph (est.)	8.2 mi
Sep 24, 2023	70 mph (est.)	7.8 mi
Sep 14, 2023	75 mph (est.)	1.4 mi
Oct 24, 2022	60 mph (est.)	0.7 mi
Oct 24, 2022	63 mph	8.1 mi

Lightning-damage reports within 10 miles^[4]
Date	Distance
Jul 24, 2017	4.4 mi
Jul 24, 2017	3.6 mi
Jul 24, 2017	5.4 mi
Jul 24, 2017	2.1 mi
Jul 23, 2017	4.6 mi
May 9, 2017	3.2 mi

How Cedar Park's 28,863 occupied homes are heated^[1]
Main heating fuel	Homes	Share	Margin of error
Utility gas	15,458	53.6%	±770
Electricity	12,508	43.3%	±761
Bottled or tank gas (propane, butane, etc.)	642	2.2%	±197
No fuel used	202	0.7%	±124
Solar energy	48	0.2%	±54
Other fuel	5	0.0%	±10

When Cedar Park's 29,364 housing units were built^[1]
Built	Units	Share	Margin of error
2020 or later	573	2.0%	±159
2010 to 2019	8,402	28.6%	±672
2000 to 2009	10,384	35.4%	±706
1990 to 1999	5,882	20.0%	±632
1980 to 1989	2,433	8.3%	±290
1970 to 1979	987	3.4%	±201
1960 to 1969	485	1.7%	±209
1950 to 1959	50	0.2%	±71
1940 to 1949	61	0.2%	±52
1939 or earlier	107	0.4%	±112

ACS 2020–2024 estimates; margins of error are the Census Bureau's 90% intervals.

Cedar Park housing and households^[1]
Measure	Value
Housing units	29,364
Detached single-family	21,300 (73%)
Occupied homes	28,863
Owner-occupied	19,247 (67%)
Renter-occupied	9,616 (33%)
Median home value	$513,600

ACS 2020–2024 estimates.

ZIP code areas covering Cedar Park^[5]
ZIP (ZCTA)	Share of Cedar Park's land	Share of the ZIP inside the city
78613	93%	85%

Dated heat and freeze records for the WILLIAMSON forecast zone: see the county list.

Cedar Park HVAC questions

Are heat pumps common in Cedar Park?

43% of Cedar Park homes heat with electricity^[1], which means a heat pump or electric resistance heat.

How old are Cedar Park's homes — and their HVAC systems?

The median home dates to 2005, and 31% were built in 2010 or later^[1]. Your own system may have been replaced since — the outdoor unit's data plate shows when it was made.

Which Cedar Park ZIP codes are covered?

78613^[5], Williamson County. Nearby pages: Leander (5.1 mi), Round Rock (9.3 mi), and Lago Vista (11.0 mi)^[3].

Sources

Data pulled Sep 28, 2026. Full citations and method.