Buffalo / Endicott
Endicott has 13,387 residents (give or take 30) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,191 people per square mile.
Endicott is about 153 miles from the Census center point for Buffalo in a straight line and covers 3.194 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 Endicott is $47,290 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3624515, 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.
4,191 people per square mile puts Endicott in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
38% of Endicott homes are single-family detached, 42% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Endicott case at 42% of the stock against 38% 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 61% of Endicott homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Endicott has 22 points fewer detached houses than Broome County overall (60%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36007, checked 2026-10-19).
With 61% of Endicott homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3624515, 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 6,381 occupied homes in Endicott, 67% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 26% with electricity and 5% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 67% of Endicott against electricity at 26%, 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.
Endicott has 10 points less oil heat than Broome County as a whole, where 10% of homes burn oil, and 8 points more electric heat than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36007, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Endicott 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 Endicott address before counting it. With 26% of Endicott homes already on electric heat and 72% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Endicott has 7,266 housing units, 48% built before 1940 and 91% before 1980, with 3% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19).
Endicott has 20 points more pre-1940 homes than Broome County as a whole (28%) and 4 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 7% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36007, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Endicott home was built in 1941 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3624515, 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=160XX00US3624515, checked 2026-10-19).
48% of Endicott homes were built before 1940 and 91% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3624515, 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: 0F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Broome 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 0F figure is the Broome County cold-day number a Endicott heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 0F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 67% of Endicott on gas and 26% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Endicott house from before 1940 (48% of the 7,266 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Endicott. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Endicott yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.