Buffalo / Red Hook
Red Hook has 2,275 residents (give or take 336) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,156 people per square mile.
Red Hook is about 261 miles from the Census center point for Buffalo in a straight line and covers 1.055 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).
Of the 1,069 occupied homes in Red Hook, 3% heat with natural gas, 52% with heating oil, 24% with electricity and 17% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Red Hook at 52%, ahead of electricity at 24%, so the usual job here is an oil boiler or furnace coming out and a cold-climate heat pump going in, with the oil tank removed.
Red Hook has 8 points more oil heat than Dutchess County as a whole, where 44% of homes burn oil, and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36027, checked 2026-10-19).
Red Hook has 1,150 housing units, 20% built before 1940 and 52% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19).
Red Hook has 10 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36027, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Red Hook home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3660895, 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=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Red Hook homes are single-family detached, 11% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 16% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 11% in small multi-family buildings, a Red Hook quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 34% of Red Hook homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3660895, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Red Hook has 7 points more detached houses than Dutchess County overall (63%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36027, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Red Hook 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 Red Hook address before counting it. With 24% of Red Hook 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.
Median household income in Red Hook is $107,411 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3660895, 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.
Heating design temperature: 2F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Dutchess 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 Dutchess County cold-day number a Red Hook 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 what happens to the oil tank, since 52% of the 1,069 occupied Red Hook homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Red Hook home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1977, 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 Red Hook. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Red Hook yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.