Newark / Harrison
Harrison has 20,369 residents (give or take 49) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19), about 16,820 people per square mile.
Harrison sits inside Newark itself, under 3 miles from the Census center point for the city, and covers 1.211 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 Harrison that is 07029 (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 Harrison is $93,013 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3430210, 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 16,820 people per square mile, Harrison is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
6% of Harrison homes are single-family detached, 37% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 52% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Harrison case at 37% of the stock against 6% detached houses, and each unit usually gets its own small outdoor unit and its own rebate account rather than one big system for the building. With 79% of Harrison homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
With 79% of Harrison homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3430210, 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 9,389 occupied homes in Harrison, 54% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 37% with electricity and 7% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 54% of Harrison against electricity at 37%, 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.
Harrison has about the Hudson County oil share of 3% and 9 points more electric heat than the county's 28% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34017, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Harrison 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 Harrison address before counting it. With 37% of Harrison homes already on electric heat and 62% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Harrison has 10,062 housing units, 20% built before 1940 and 45% before 1980, with 45% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19).
Harrison has 10 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Hudson County as a whole (30%) and 21 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34017, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Harrison home was built in 1990 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19).
45% of Harrison housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3430210, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
Heating design temperature: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hudson 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 Hudson County cold-day number a Harrison 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 54% of Harrison on gas and 37% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Harrison home has 3.7 rooms and was built around 1990, 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 Harrison. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Harrison yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.