Harrisburg / York
York has 44,938 residents (give or take 66) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19), about 8,492 people per square mile.
York is about 23 miles from the Census center point for Harrisburg in a straight line and covers 5.292 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 York that is 17401 (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 York is $48,420 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4287048, 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 8,492 people per square mile, York is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
22% of York homes are single-family detached, 22% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 15% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19).
56% of York homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 22% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
York has 42 points fewer detached houses than York County overall (64%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US42133, checked 2026-10-19).
56% of York homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
Of the 17,893 occupied homes in York, 68% heat with natural gas, 3% with heating oil, 25% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 68% of York against electricity at 25%, 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.
York has 10 points less oil heat than York County as a whole, where 13% of homes burn oil, and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US42133, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for York on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
York has 19,505 housing units, 49% built before 1940 and 86% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19).
York has 31 points more pre-1940 homes than York County as a whole (18%) and 17 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 21% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US42133, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median York home was built in 1941 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4287048, checked 2026-10-19).
49% of York homes were built before 1940 and 86% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4287048, 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: 8F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), York 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 York County cold-day number a York 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.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 68% of York on gas and 25% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a York house from before 1940 (49% of the 19,505 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for York. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for York yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.