New York City / Manhattan
Manhattan has 1,629,477 residents (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19), about 71,916 people per square mile.
Manhattan is about 8 miles from the Census center point for New York City in a straight line and covers 22.658 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 Manhattan that is 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10009 and 61 more (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).
1% of Manhattan homes are single-family detached, 3% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 95% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19).
With 95% of Manhattan homes in buildings of five or more units and 1% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 75% of Manhattan homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Of the 778,281 occupied homes in Manhattan, 49% heat with natural gas, 15% with heating oil, 28% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas leads in Manhattan at 49%, but 16% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 124,525 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.
Manhattan has about the New York County oil share of 15% and the same 28% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36061, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Manhattan 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 Manhattan address before counting it. With 28% of Manhattan homes already on electric heat and 66% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Manhattan has 923,472 housing units, 43% built before 1940 and 78% before 1980, with 12% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Manhattan home was built in 1951 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 3.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3606144919, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), New York 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 9F figure is the New York County cold-day number a Manhattan heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 9F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 49% of Manhattan on gas and 28% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Manhattan house from before 1940 (43% of the 923,472 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Manhattan. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Manhattan yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.