Buffalo / Canandaigua
Canandaigua has 10,514 residents (give or take 29) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,302 people per square mile.
Canandaigua is about 80 miles from the Census center point for Buffalo in a straight line and covers 4.567 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).
Median household income in Canandaigua is $64,929 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3612144, 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.
41% of Canandaigua homes are single-family detached, 18% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 27% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19).
49% of Canandaigua homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 41% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Canandaigua has 26 points fewer detached houses than Ontario County overall (67%) and 16 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36069, checked 2026-10-19).
49% of Canandaigua homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3612144, 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 5,181 occupied homes in Canandaigua, 70% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 25% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 70% of Canandaigua 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.
Canandaigua has 4 points less oil heat than Ontario County as a whole, where 6% of homes burn oil, and 8 points more electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36069, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Canandaigua on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
NYS Clean Heat (Con Edison), run by Con Edison, is a live program for New York addresses and lists a standard figure of $7,000 (registry row 5 verified 2026-10-16, https://www.coned.com/en/save-money/rebates-incentives-tax-credits/rebates-incentives-tax-credits-for-residential-customers/electric-heating-and-cooling-technology-for-renters-homeowners/save-on-a-central-air-source-heat-pump, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Canandaigua address before counting it. With 25% of Canandaigua homes already on electric heat and 75% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Canandaigua has 5,390 housing units, 39% built before 1940 and 68% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19).
Canandaigua has 13 points more pre-1940 homes than Ontario County as a whole (26%) and 9 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=050XX00US36069, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Canandaigua home was built in 1962 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3612144, checked 2026-10-19).
39% of Canandaigua homes were built before 1940 and 68% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3612144, 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: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Ontario County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 84 to 86 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 2F figure is the Ontario County cold-day number a Canandaigua heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 2F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 70% of Canandaigua 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 Canandaigua house from before 1940 (39% of the 5,390 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Canandaigua. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Canandaigua yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.