Trenton / Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy has 55,855 residents (give or take 61) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19), about 11,981 people per square mile.
Perth Amboy is about 33 miles from the Census center point for Trenton in a straight line and covers 4.662 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 Perth Amboy that is 08861 (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).
Median household income in Perth Amboy is $61,977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3458200, 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.
At 11,981 people per square mile, Perth Amboy is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
29% of Perth Amboy homes are single-family detached, 35% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 28% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19).
A two- or three-family building is the common Perth Amboy case at 35% of the stock against 29% detached houses, and each unit usually gets its own small outdoor unit and its own rebate account rather than one big system for the building. With 65% of Perth Amboy homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
Perth Amboy has 23 points fewer detached houses than Middlesex County overall (52%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34023, checked 2026-10-19).
With 65% of Perth Amboy homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19), most heat pump quotes here are landlord-driven: the landlord signs the contract and picks the equipment, and the tenant sees the lower bill.
Of the 19,045 occupied homes in Perth Amboy, 76% heat with natural gas, 4% with heating oil, 16% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 76% of Perth Amboy against electricity at 16%, 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.
Perth Amboy has about the Middlesex County oil share of 3% and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34023, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Perth Amboy 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 Perth Amboy address before counting it. With 16% of Perth Amboy homes already on electric heat and 82% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Perth Amboy has 19,615 housing units, 31% built before 1940 and 70% before 1980, with 17% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19).
Perth Amboy has 21 points more pre-1940 homes than Middlesex County as a whole (10%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34023, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Perth Amboy home was built in 1959 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.6 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19).
31% of Perth Amboy homes were built before 1940 and 70% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3458200, checked 2026-10-19), so insulation is the first sizing question: an older home leaks more heat per square foot, and the installer runs a room-by-room heat-loss calculation to size the system for what the walls and windows actually hold in, not just the floor plan.
Heating design temperature: 10F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Middlesex 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 10F figure is the Middlesex County cold-day number a Perth Amboy heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 10F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 76% of Perth Amboy on gas and 16% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Perth Amboy house from before 1940 (31% of the 19,615 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Perth Amboy. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Perth Amboy yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.