Winter Home Emergency Index · 2026 edition
Dallas, TX: 15th of 100 for winter heat and burst-pipe searches
Dallas has 22.0 typical December–February searches for furnace, frozen-pipe and emergency plumber help per 1,000 households, 1.8x the median city (12.3). That's 1.86x what its normal winter cold predicts, 9th of 99 cities on this measure.
Ranking check: Not confirmed. Dallas ranks 15th on households inside city limits but 50th on metro population. Its city limits hold 16% of the metro's people, so the city-limits figure may overstate it. How the check works
Winter in Dallas
- 9% of winter searches are for urgent problems: burst or frozen pipes, no heat, emergency furnace repair.
- Emergency plumber searches add up to about 30.9 per 1,000 households a year.
- A normal December–February brings 1,400 heating degree days at Dallas Airport.
Homes in Dallas
- The median home was built in 1980.
- 50% of homes were built before 1980.
- 33% of households heat with gas and 65% with electricity.
- 42% of households own their home.
- 528,038 households in city limits (ACS 2023).
Dallas ranks 13th in the Summer AC Emergency Index. See Dallas's summer page.
About these numbers
Search demand from Google Ads, Oct 2022 to Sep 2026, for 30 heating and plumbing terms. Each month uses the median of that calendar month across four years. "Dallas" is the location as Google Ads defines it; households are city limits. This measures searches, not breakdowns or claims. Full methodology.
Cite: Home Stats Data, "Dallas, TX ranks 15th of 100 for winter heat and burst-pipe searches," October 24, 2026, https://homestatsdata.com/plumbing/frozen-pipe-statistics/dallas-tx/