Newark / Livingston
Livingston is about 9 miles from the Census center point for Newark in a straight line and covers 13.785 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).
Livingston has 31,488 residents (give or take 28) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,284 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for Livingston that is 07039 (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 10,451 occupied homes in Livingston, 89% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 8% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19).
Livingston has 3 points less oil heat than Essex County as a whole, where 4% of homes burn oil, and 11 points less 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).
Gas heats 89% of Livingston against electricity at 8%, 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.
The median Livingston home was built in 1962 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19).
Livingston has 10,699 housing units, 9% built before 1940 and 71% before 1980, with 20% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19).
Livingston has 20 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Essex County as a whole (29%) and 7 points more 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).
71% of Livingston homes were built before 1980 and only 20% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3401340890, 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.
85% of Livingston homes are single-family detached, 1% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 7% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19).
With 85% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Livingston quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 11% of Livingston homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3401340890, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Livingston has 52 points more detached houses than Essex County overall (33%) and 24 points fewer 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).
Only 11% of Livingston homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3401340890, 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 Livingston 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 Livingston address before counting it. With 8% of Livingston homes already on electric heat and 92% 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 Livingston is $229,806 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3401340890, 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: 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 Livingston 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 89% of Livingston on gas and 8% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Livingston home has 7.4 rooms and was built around 1962, 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 Livingston. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Livingston yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.