Hempstead / Rocky Point
Rocky Point has 13,356 residents (give or take 1,372) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,180 people per square mile.
Rocky Point is about 39 miles from the Census center point for Hempstead in a straight line and covers 11.32 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).
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Rocky Point that is 11764, 11778 (Census 2020 ZCTA to county subdivision and ZCTA to place relationship files, ZIP areas at least 20% inside the town, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt and https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_place20_natl.txt, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 4,914 occupied homes in Rocky Point, 12% heat with natural gas, 76% with heating oil, 5% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Rocky Point at 76%, ahead of gas at 12%, so the usual job here is an oil boiler or furnace coming out and a cold-climate heat pump going in, with the oil tank removed.
Rocky Point has 32 points more oil heat than Suffolk County as a whole, where 44% of homes burn oil, and 4 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).
Rocky Point has 5,262 housing units, 16% built before 1940 and 78% before 1980, with 7% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19).
Rocky Point has 7 points more pre-1940 homes than Suffolk County as a whole (9%) and 6 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 Rocky Point home was built in 1965 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19).
92% of Rocky Point homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 5% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19).
With 92% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Rocky Point quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 12% of Rocky Point homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3663319, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Rocky Point has 12 points more detached houses than Suffolk County overall (80%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36103, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 12% of Rocky Point homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3663319, 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.
78% of Rocky Point homes were built before 1980 and only 7% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3663319, 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 Rocky Point 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 Rocky Point address before counting it. With 5% of Rocky Point homes already on electric heat and 91% 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 Rocky Point is $127,024 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3663319, 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 Rocky Point 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 what happens to the oil tank, since 76% of the 4,914 occupied Rocky Point homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Rocky Point home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1965, 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 Rocky Point. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Rocky Point yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.