Portland / New Gloucester
New Gloucester is about 23 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 47.121 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).
New Gloucester has 5,766 residents (give or take 25) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19), about 122 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for New Gloucester that is 04260 (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).
New Gloucester is spread out at 122 people per square mile across 47.121 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 2,087 occupied homes in New Gloucester, 1% heat with natural gas, 68% with heating oil, 8% with electricity and 9% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19).
New Gloucester has 22 points more oil heat than Cumberland County as a whole, where 46% of homes burn oil, and 7 points less electric heat than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US23005, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in New Gloucester at 68%, ahead of propane at 9%, 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.
The median New Gloucester home was built in 1991 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.5 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19).
New Gloucester has 2,256 housing units, 11% built before 1940 and 35% before 1980, with 31% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19).
New Gloucester has 12 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Cumberland County as a whole (23%) and 9 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US23005, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of New Gloucester homes are single-family detached, 19% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 19% in small multi-family buildings, a New Gloucester quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of New Gloucester homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2300548820, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
New Gloucester has 7 points more detached houses than Cumberland County overall (63%) and 15 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US23005, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for New Gloucester 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 New Gloucester address before counting it. With 8% of New Gloucester homes already on electric heat and 78% 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 New Gloucester is $108,797 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US2300548820, 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: -4F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cumberland 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 -4F figure is the Cumberland County cold-day number a New Gloucester heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at -4F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask what happens to the oil tank, since 68% of the 2,087 occupied New Gloucester homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median New Gloucester home has 5.5 rooms and was built around 1991, 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 New Gloucester. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for New Gloucester yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.