Hempstead / Cedarhurst
Cedarhurst has 7,320 residents (give or take 15) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19), about 10,844 people per square mile.
Cedarhurst is about 8 miles from the Census center point for Hempstead in a straight line and covers 0.675 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 Cedarhurst that is 11516 (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 Cedarhurst is $101,572 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3613233, 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 10,844 people per square mile, Cedarhurst is dense enough that noise setback rules and outdoor-unit placement on a small lot are the first questions the installer works through.
48% of Cedarhurst homes are single-family detached, 27% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 18% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19).
33% of Cedarhurst homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 48% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Cedarhurst has 28 points fewer detached houses than Nassau County overall (76%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US36059, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 2,681 occupied homes in Cedarhurst, 71% heat with natural gas, 23% with heating oil, 3% with electricity and 3% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas leads in Cedarhurst at 71%, but 26% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 697 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.
Cedarhurst has 3 points less oil heat than Nassau County as a whole, where 26% of homes burn oil, and 4 points less electric heat than the county's 7% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US36059, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Cedarhurst on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
NYS Clean Heat (Con Edison), run by Con Edison, is a live program for New York addresses and lists a standard figure of $7,000 (registry row 5 verified 2026-10-16, https://www.coned.com/en/save-money/rebates-incentives-tax-credits/rebates-incentives-tax-credits-for-residential-customers/electric-heating-and-cooling-technology-for-renters-homeowners/save-on-a-central-air-source-heat-pump, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Cedarhurst address before counting it. With 3% of Cedarhurst homes already on electric heat and 97% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Cedarhurst has 2,803 housing units, 35% built before 1940 and 92% before 1980, with 3% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19).
Cedarhurst has 16 points more pre-1940 homes than Nassau County as a whole (19%) and 4 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 7% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36059, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Cedarhurst home was built in 1953 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3613233, checked 2026-10-19).
35% of Cedarhurst homes were built before 1940 and 92% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3613233, 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: 9F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Nassau County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 84 to 86 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 9F figure is the Nassau County cold-day number a Cedarhurst heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 9F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 71% of Cedarhurst on gas and 3% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Cedarhurst house from before 1940 (35% of the 2,803 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Cedarhurst. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Cedarhurst yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.