Hartford / Orange
Orange has 14,315 residents (give or take 24) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19), about 833 people per square mile.
Orange is about 38 miles from the Census center point for Hartford in a straight line and covers 17.181 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 Orange that is 06477 (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 5,386 occupied homes in Orange, 21% heat with natural gas, 68% with heating oil, 4% with electricity and 5% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Orange at 68%, ahead of gas at 21%, 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.
Orange has 38 points more oil heat than South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole, where 30% of homes burn oil, and 14 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).
Orange has 5,544 housing units, 7% built before 1940 and 73% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19).
Orange has 16 points fewer pre-1940 homes than South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole (23%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US09170, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Orange home was built in 1964 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19).
88% of Orange homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 6% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19).
With 88% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Orange quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 11% of Orange homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0917057600, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Orange has 35 points more detached houses than South Central Connecticut Planning Region overall (53%) and 16 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 11% of Orange homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US0917057600, 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.
73% of Orange homes were built before 1980 and only 12% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US0917057600, 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.
United Illuminating lists Orange among the Connecticut communities it serves for electricity (United Illuminating service area, https://www.uinet.com, checked 2026-10-19).
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 Orange address before counting it. With 4% of Orange 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 Orange is $142,325 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US0917057600, 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 Orange 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 68% of the 5,386 occupied Orange homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Orange home has 7.1 rooms and was built around 1964, 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 Orange. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Orange yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.