Hempstead / Northport
Northport has 7,322 residents (give or take 17) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,179 people per square mile.
Northport is about 20 miles from the Census center point for Hempstead in a straight line and covers 2.303 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).
3,179 people per square mile puts Northport in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 3,064 occupied homes in Northport, 60% heat with natural gas, 31% with heating oil, 4% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas leads in Northport at 60%, but 34% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 1,042 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.
Northport has 13 points less oil heat than Suffolk County as a whole, where 44% of homes burn oil, and 5 points less electric heat than the county's 9% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36103, checked 2026-10-19).
Northport has 3,230 housing units, 28% built before 1940 and 82% before 1980, with 5% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19).
Northport has 19 points more pre-1940 homes than Suffolk County as a whole (9%) and 8 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 13% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36103, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Northport home was built in 1957 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19).
81% of Northport homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Northport quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 14% of Northport homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Only 14% of Northport homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
82% of Northport homes were built before 1980 and only 5% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3653396, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Northport on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
NYS Clean Heat (Con Edison), run by Con Edison, is a live program for New York addresses and lists a standard figure of $7,000 (registry row 5 verified 2026-10-16, https://www.coned.com/en/save-money/rebates-incentives-tax-credits/rebates-incentives-tax-credits-for-residential-customers/electric-heating-and-cooling-technology-for-renters-homeowners/save-on-a-central-air-source-heat-pump, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Northport address before counting it. With 4% of Northport homes already on electric heat and 94% 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 Northport is $146,921 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3653396, 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: 7F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Suffolk County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 84 to 86 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 7F figure is the Suffolk County cold-day number a Northport heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 7F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 60% of Northport on gas and 4% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Northport home has 6.9 rooms and was built around 1957, 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 Northport. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Northport yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.