Buffalo / Newburgh
Newburgh has 28,519 residents (give or take 39) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19), about 7,493 people per square mile.
Newburgh is about 266 miles from the Census center point for Buffalo in a straight line and covers 3.806 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 Newburgh is $56,960 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3650034, 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.
7,493 people per square mile puts Newburgh in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
28% of Newburgh homes are single-family detached, 43% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 22% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Newburgh case at 43% of the stock against 28% 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 65% of Newburgh homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Newburgh has 33 points fewer detached houses than Orange County overall (61%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36071, checked 2026-10-19).
With 65% of Newburgh homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3650034, 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 10,493 occupied homes in Newburgh, 58% heat with natural gas, 10% with heating oil, 30% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 58% of Newburgh against electricity at 30%, 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.
Newburgh has 17 points less oil heat than Orange County as a whole, where 27% of homes burn oil, and 15 points more electric heat than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36071, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Newburgh 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 Newburgh address before counting it. With 30% of Newburgh homes already on electric heat and 69% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Newburgh has 11,794 housing units, 51% built before 1940 and 81% before 1980, with 4% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19).
Newburgh has 31 points more pre-1940 homes than Orange County as a whole (20%) 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=050XX00US36071, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Newburgh home was built in 1938 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3650034, checked 2026-10-19).
51% of Newburgh homes were built before 1940 and 81% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3650034, 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), Orange 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 Orange County cold-day number a Newburgh 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 58% of Newburgh on gas and 30% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Newburgh house from before 1940 (51% of the 11,794 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Newburgh. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Newburgh yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.