Hartford / Ellington
Ellington is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Hartford in a straight line and covers 34.041 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).
Ellington has 16,455 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19), about 483 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Ellington that is 06029 (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).
Ellington is spread out at 483 people per square mile across 34.041 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 6,321 occupied homes in Ellington, 24% heat with natural gas, 37% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 8% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19).
Ellington has 6 points more oil heat than Capitol Planning Region as a whole, where 31% of homes burn oil, and 10 points more electric heat than the county's 16% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US09110, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Ellington at 37%, ahead of electricity at 26%, 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.
The median Ellington home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US0911025360, 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=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19).
Ellington has 6,667 housing units, 10% built before 1940 and 48% before 1980, with 26% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19).
Ellington has 8 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Capitol Planning Region as a whole (18%) and 15 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US09110, checked 2026-10-19).
71% of Ellington homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 19% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19).
With 71% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Ellington quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 28% of Ellington homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0911025360, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Ellington has 14 points more detached houses than Capitol Planning Region overall (57%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US09110, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Ellington 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 Ellington address before counting it. With 26% of Ellington homes already on electric heat and 69% 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 Ellington is $129,913 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US0911025360, 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: 0F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Tolland 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 Tolland 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 0F figure is the Tolland County cold-day number a Ellington heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 0F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 37% of the 6,321 occupied Ellington homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Ellington home has 6.1 rooms and was built around 1982, 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 Ellington. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ellington yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.