Newark / Newark
Newark has 310,178 residents (give or take 77) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19), about 12,847 people per square mile.
Newark is the city this door is named for; it covers 24.144 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 Newark that is 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07112 and 1 more (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 Newark is $52,060 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3451000, 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 12,847 people per square mile, Newark is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
13% of Newark homes are single-family detached, 41% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 36% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Newark case at 41% of the stock against 13% 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 76% of Newark homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Newark has 20 points fewer detached houses than Essex County overall (33%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34013, checked 2026-10-19).
With 76% of Newark homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3451000, 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 113,384 occupied homes in Newark, 68% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 23% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 68% of Newark against electricity at 23%, 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.
Newark has about the Essex County oil share of 4% and 4 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 Newark 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 Newark address before counting it. With 23% of Newark homes already on electric heat and 73% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Newark has 121,546 housing units, 24% built before 1940 and 66% before 1980, with 18% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19).
Newark has 5 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Essex County as a whole (29%) and 5 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).
The median Newark home was built in 1966 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3451000, checked 2026-10-19).
66% of Newark homes were built before 1980 and only 18% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3451000, 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.
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 Newark 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 68% of Newark on gas and 23% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Newark home has 4.4 rooms and was built around 1966, 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 Newark. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Newark yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.