Newark / Hoboken
Hoboken has 58,668 residents (give or take 56) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19), about 46,934 people per square mile.
Hoboken is about 8 miles from the Census center point for Newark in a straight line and covers 1.25 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 Hoboken that is 07030 (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 Hoboken is $180,579 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3432250, 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 46,934 people per square mile, Hoboken is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
1% of Hoboken homes are single-family detached, 17% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 79% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19).
With 79% of Hoboken homes in buildings of five or more units and 1% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 66% of Hoboken homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Hoboken has 8 points fewer detached houses than Hudson County overall (9%) and 26 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 53% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34017, checked 2026-10-19).
With 66% of Hoboken homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3432250, 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 28,088 occupied homes in Hoboken, 55% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 39% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 55% of Hoboken against electricity at 39%, 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.
Hoboken has about the Hudson County oil share of 3% and 11 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 Hoboken 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 Hoboken address before counting it. With 39% of Hoboken homes already on electric heat and 59% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Hoboken has 30,259 housing units, 32% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 33% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19).
Hoboken has 9 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 Hoboken home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3432250, checked 2026-10-19).
32% of Hoboken homes were built before 1940 and 52% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3432250, 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), 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 Hoboken 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 55% of Hoboken on gas and 39% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Hoboken house from before 1940 (32% of the 30,259 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Hoboken. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Hoboken yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.