Portland / Alfred
Alfred has 3,125 residents (give or take 21) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19), about 115 people per square mile.
Alfred is about 29 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 27.264 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 Alfred that is 04002 (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).
Alfred is spread out at 115 people per square mile across 27.264 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 1,215 occupied homes in Alfred, 1% heat with natural gas, 65% with heating oil, 6% with electricity and 13% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Alfred at 65%, ahead of propane at 13%, 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.
Alfred has 5 points more oil heat than York County as a whole, where 60% of homes burn oil, and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 10% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US23031, checked 2026-10-19).
Alfred has 1,400 housing units, 19% built before 1940 and 46% before 1980, with 29% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19).
Alfred has 5 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 24% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US23031, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Alfred home was built in 1983 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2303100730, 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=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19).
74% of Alfred homes are single-family detached, 12% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 3% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19).
With 74% detached houses and 12% in small multi-family buildings, a Alfred quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 18% of Alfred homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2303100730, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
No electric utility is on file for Alfred on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Efficiency Maine whole-home heat pump rebate, run by Efficiency Maine, is a live program for Maine addresses and lists a standard figure of $3,000 (registry row 7 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.efficiencymaine.com/whole-home-heat-pump-rebates/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Alfred address before counting it. With 6% of Alfred homes already on electric heat and 79% 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 Alfred is $82,321 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2303100730, 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: 0F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), York County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 54 to 55 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 York County cold-day number a Alfred 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 what happens to the oil tank, since 65% of the 1,215 occupied Alfred homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Alfred home has 5.2 rooms and was built around 1983, 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 Alfred. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Alfred yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.