Hartford / Madison
Madison has 17,616 residents (give or take 30) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19), about 487 people per square mile.
Madison is about 29 miles from the Census center point for Hartford in a straight line and covers 36.148 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 Madison that is 06443 (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).
Madison is spread out at 487 people per square mile across 36.148 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 7,006 occupied homes in Madison, 17% heat with natural gas, 56% with heating oil, 15% with electricity and 10% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Madison at 56%, ahead of gas at 17%, 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.
Madison has 26 points more oil heat than South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole, where 30% of homes burn oil, and 3 points less electric heat than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US09170, checked 2026-10-19).
Madison has 7,949 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 57% before 1980, with 13% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19).
Madison has 11 points fewer pre-1940 homes than South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole (23%) and 3 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 10% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US09170, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Madison home was built in 1976 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19).
92% of Madison homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 2% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19).
With 92% detached houses and 3% in small multi-family buildings, a Madison quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 10% of Madison homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0917044560, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Madison has 39 points more detached houses than South Central Connecticut Planning Region overall (53%) and 20 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US09170, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 10% of Madison homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0917044560, 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 Madison 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 Madison address before counting it. With 15% of Madison homes already on electric heat and 83% 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 Madison is $167,442 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US0917044560, 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 Madison 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 56% of the 7,006 occupied Madison homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Madison home has 7.6 rooms and was built around 1976, 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 Madison. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Madison yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.