Newark / East Orange
East Orange has 70,090 residents (give or take 73) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19), about 17,844 people per square mile.
East Orange is about 3 miles from the Census center point for Newark in a straight line and covers 3.928 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 East Orange that is 07017, 07018 (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).
Median household income in East Orange is $60,830 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3419390, 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.
At 17,844 people per square mile, East Orange is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
20% of East Orange homes are single-family detached, 27% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 49% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19).
With 49% of East Orange homes in buildings of five or more units and 20% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 69% of East Orange homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
East Orange has 13 points fewer detached houses than Essex County overall (33%) and 18 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 31% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34013, checked 2026-10-19).
With 69% of East Orange homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 28,328 occupied homes in East Orange, 56% heat with natural gas, 4% with heating oil, 31% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 56% of East Orange against electricity at 31%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
East Orange has about the Essex County oil share of 4% and 12 points more electric heat than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34013, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for East Orange on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
JCP&L Clean Comfort (residential building decarbonization), run by JCP&L, is a live program for New Jersey addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $7,500 per system (registry row 8 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.neifund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/0925_JCPL_Res_Bldg-Decarb_5860532_FRM_Rebate-Application_2025.pdf, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the East Orange address before counting it. With 31% of East Orange homes already on electric heat and 63% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
East Orange has 29,921 housing units, 32% built before 1940 and 76% before 1980, with 10% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19).
East Orange has 3 points more pre-1940 homes than Essex County as a whole (29%) and 3 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=050XX00US34013, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median East Orange home was built in 1956 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19).
32% of East Orange homes were built before 1940 and 76% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3419390, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
Heating design temperature: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Essex County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 81 to 82 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 9F figure is the Essex County cold-day number a East Orange heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 9F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 56% of East Orange on gas and 31% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a East Orange house from before 1940 (32% of the 29,921 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for East Orange. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for East Orange yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.