Portland / Kennebunkport

Heat pump installation in Kennebunkport, ME - up to $3,000 rebate

Kennebunkport in York County

Kennebunkport has 3,684 residents (give or take 15) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19), about 179 people per square mile.

Kennebunkport is about 22 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 20.564 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 Kennebunkport that is 04046 (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).

Kennebunkport is spread out at 179 people per square mile across 20.564 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.

Fuel mix

Of the 1,847 occupied homes in Kennebunkport, 0% heat with natural gas, 50% with heating oil, 20% with electricity and 27% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19).

Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Kennebunkport at 50%, 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.

Kennebunkport has 10 points less oil heat than York County as a whole, where 60% of homes burn oil, and 10 points more 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).

Housing stock

Kennebunkport has 2,907 housing units, 13% built before 1940 and 47% before 1980, with 25% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19).

Kennebunkport has 7 points fewer pre-1940 homes than York County as a whole (20%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US23031, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Kennebunkport home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19).

90% of Kennebunkport homes are single-family detached, 4% 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=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19).

With 90% detached houses and 4% in small multi-family buildings, a Kennebunkport quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 19% of Kennebunkport homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2303136745, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Kennebunkport has 20 points more detached houses than York County overall (70%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US23031, checked 2026-10-19).

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Kennebunkport 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 Kennebunkport address before counting it. With 20% of Kennebunkport homes already on electric heat and 77% 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 Kennebunkport is $102,747 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2303136745, 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.

Cold-day number

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 Kennebunkport 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.

Next step

Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 50% of the 1,847 occupied Kennebunkport homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Kennebunkport home has 6.2 rooms and was built around 1982, 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 Kennebunkport. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Kennebunkport yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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