New York City / Queens
Queens has 2,323,052 residents (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19), about 21,367 people per square mile.
Queens is about 5 miles from the Census center point for New York City in a straight line and covers 108.724 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 Queens that is 11004, 11005, 11101, 11102, 11103, 11104, 11105, 11106 and 58 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).
19% of Queens homes are single-family detached, 30% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 42% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19).
With 42% of Queens homes in buildings of five or more units and 19% detached, the condo association usually decides where outdoor units can go, so that approval comes before the quote. With 55% of Queens homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Of the 841,003 occupied homes in Queens, 74% heat with natural gas, 10% with heating oil, 10% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 74% of Queens against oil at 10%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas boiler stays for the deepest cold, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Queens has about the Queens County oil share of 10% and the same 10% electric share (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36081, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Queens 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 Queens address before counting it. With 10% of Queens homes already on electric heat and 87% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Queens has 910,206 housing units, 30% built before 1940 and 83% before 1980, with 10% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Queens home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.3 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3608160323, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Queens 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 Queens County cold-day number a Queens 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 74% of Queens on gas and 10% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Queens house from before 1940 (30% of the 910,206 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Queens. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Queens yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.