Trenton / Bernardsville
Bernardsville has 7,916 residents (give or take 22) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19), about 617 people per square mile.
Bernardsville is about 36 miles from the Census center point for Trenton in a straight line and covers 12.836 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 Bernardsville that is 07924 (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).
Of the 2,689 occupied homes in Bernardsville, 82% heat with natural gas, 11% with heating oil, 5% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 82% of Bernardsville against oil at 11%, so most quotes here are a partial-home system that carries the shoulder seasons and the summer while the gas furnace handles the coldest nights, or a whole-home system when the house is ready for it.
Bernardsville has 7 points more oil heat than Somerset County as a whole, where 4% of homes burn oil, and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 14% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34035, checked 2026-10-19).
Bernardsville has 2,826 housing units, 25% built before 1940 and 71% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19).
Bernardsville has 16 points more pre-1940 homes than Somerset County as a whole (9%) and 8 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34035, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Bernardsville home was built in 1960 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 8.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19).
88% of Bernardsville homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 5% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19).
With 88% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Bernardsville quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 5% of Bernardsville homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Bernardsville has 30 points more detached houses than Somerset County overall (58%) and 13 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 18% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34035, checked 2026-10-19).
Only 5% of Bernardsville homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19), so nearly every quote here is the resident talking to the installer directly, and the rebate goes to the person living in the house.
71% of Bernardsville homes were built before 1980 and only 9% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3405590, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Bernardsville on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
JCP&L Clean Comfort (residential building decarbonization), run by JCP&L, is a live program for New Jersey addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $7,500 per system (registry row 8 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.neifund.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/0925_JCPL_Res_Bldg-Decarb_5860532_FRM_Rebate-Application_2025.pdf, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Bernardsville address before counting it. With 5% of Bernardsville homes already on electric heat and 94% 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 Bernardsville is $236,115 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3405590, 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: 6F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Somerset County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 81 to 82 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 6F figure is the Somerset County cold-day number a Bernardsville heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 6F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 82% of Bernardsville on gas and 5% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bernardsville home has 8.4 rooms and was built around 1960, 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 Bernardsville. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bernardsville yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.