Hartford / Cheshire
Cheshire has 29,040 residents (give or take 58) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19), about 884 people per square mile.
Cheshire is about 21 miles from the Census center point for Hartford in a straight line and covers 32.836 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 Cheshire that is 06410 (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 10,353 occupied homes in Cheshire, 11% heat with natural gas, 67% with heating oil, 14% with electricity and 7% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Cheshire at 67%, ahead of electricity at 14%, 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.
Cheshire has 25 points more oil heat than Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole, where 42% of homes burn oil, and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 21% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US09140, checked 2026-10-19).
Cheshire has 10,813 housing units, 9% built before 1940 and 59% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19).
Cheshire has 10 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole (19%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US09140, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Cheshire home was built in 1974 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US0914014160, 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=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Cheshire homes are single-family detached, 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Cheshire quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 13% of Cheshire homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0914014160, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Cheshire has 19 points more detached houses than Naugatuck Valley Planning Region overall (59%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US09140, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 13% of Cheshire homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0914014160, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Cheshire on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Energize CT residential heat pump rebate, run by Energize CT, is a live program for Connecticut addresses and publishes its terms without one headline figure (registry row 3 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.energizect.com/node/68091, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Cheshire address before counting it. With 14% of Cheshire homes already on electric heat and 85% 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 Cheshire is $146,528 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US0914014160, 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: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), New Haven County row, 99% heating, PDF page 17 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; town filed under New Haven County by Census Bureau, Connecticut county to county subdivision crosswalk (legacy county for each 2022 planning region town), https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.txt, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 2F figure is the New Haven County cold-day number a Cheshire heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 67% of the 10,353 occupied Cheshire homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Cheshire home has 6.9 rooms and was built around 1974, 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 Cheshire. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Cheshire yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.