Harrisburg / Camp Hill

Heat pump installation in Camp Hill, PA - rebates, sizing and local data

Camp Hill in Cumberland County

Camp Hill has 8,169 residents (give or take 39) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,844 people per square mile.

Camp Hill is about 3 miles from the Census center point for Harrisburg in a straight line and covers 2.125 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).

3,844 people per square mile puts Camp Hill in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.

Fuel mix

Of the 3,330 occupied homes in Camp Hill, 68% heat with natural gas, 16% with heating oil, 13% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas leads in Camp Hill at 68%, but 16% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 533 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.

Camp Hill has about the Cumberland County oil share of 15% and 24 points less electric heat than the county's 37% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US42041, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Camp Hill has 3,602 housing units, 27% built before 1940 and 93% before 1980, with 3% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19).

Camp Hill has 12 points more pre-1940 homes than Cumberland County as a whole (15%) and 21 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US42041, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.

The median Camp Hill home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19).

76% of Camp Hill homes are single-family detached, 9% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 12% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19).

With 76% detached houses and 9% in small multi-family buildings, a Camp Hill quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 22% of Camp Hill homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4211000, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Camp Hill has 16 points more detached houses than Cumberland County overall (60%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US42041, checked 2026-10-19).

93% of Camp Hill homes were built before 1980 and only 3% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4211000, 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.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Camp Hill on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Median household income in Camp Hill is $115,761 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4211000, 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.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 8F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cumberland County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 102 to 105 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 8F figure is the Cumberland County cold-day number a Camp Hill heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 8F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 68% of Camp Hill on gas and 13% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Camp Hill home has 6.6 rooms and was built around 1953, 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 Camp Hill. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Camp Hill yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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