Portland / Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor has 5,244 residents (give or take 15) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19), about 124 people per square mile.
Bar Harbor is about 109 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 42.241 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 Bar Harbor that is 04609 (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).
Bar Harbor is spread out at 124 people per square mile across 42.241 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 2,479 occupied homes in Bar Harbor, 2% heat with natural gas, 45% with heating oil, 16% with electricity and 27% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Bar Harbor at 45%, ahead of propane at 27%, 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.
Bar Harbor has 6 points less oil heat than Hancock County as a whole, where 51% of homes burn oil, and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US23009, checked 2026-10-19).
Bar Harbor has 3,573 housing units, 21% built before 1940 and 41% before 1980, with 32% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19).
Bar Harbor has 7 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 25% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US23009, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Bar Harbor home was built in 1985 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19).
72% of Bar Harbor homes are single-family detached, 14% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19).
With 72% detached houses and 14% in small multi-family buildings, a Bar Harbor quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 25% of Bar Harbor homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2300902865, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bar Harbor has 9 points fewer detached houses than Hancock County overall (81%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US23009, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Bar Harbor 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 Bar Harbor address before counting it. With 16% of Bar Harbor homes already on electric heat and 74% 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 Bar Harbor is $77,180 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2300902865, 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: -5F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Hancock 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 -5F figure is the Hancock County cold-day number a Bar Harbor heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -5F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 45% of the 2,479 occupied Bar Harbor homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bar Harbor home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1985, 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 Bar Harbor. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bar Harbor yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.