Hempstead / East Meadow
East Meadow is about 3 miles from the Census center point for Hempstead in a straight line and covers 6.303 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).
East Meadow has 36,821 residents (give or take 2,310) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19), about 5,842 people per square mile.
The quote form takes a ZIP code; for East Meadow that is 11554 (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).
5,842 people per square mile puts East Meadow in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
Of the 11,796 occupied homes in East Meadow, 35% heat with natural gas, 53% with heating oil, 8% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19).
East Meadow has 27 points more oil heat than Nassau County as a whole, where 26% of homes burn oil, and 1 points more 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).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in East Meadow at 53%, ahead of gas at 35%, 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 East Meadow home was built in 1957 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19).
East Meadow has 12,240 housing units, 3% built before 1940 and 80% before 1980, with 8% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19).
East Meadow has 16 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Nassau County as a whole (19%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US36059, checked 2026-10-19).
80% of East Meadow homes were built before 1980 and only 8% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3622502, 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.
81% of East Meadow homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 9% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19).
With 81% detached houses and 6% in small multi-family buildings, a East Meadow quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 11% of East Meadow homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3622502, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
East Meadow has 5 points more 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).
Only 11% of East Meadow homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3622502, 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.
No electric utility is on file for East Meadow 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 East Meadow address before counting it. With 8% of East Meadow homes already on electric heat and 89% 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 East Meadow is $133,971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3622502, 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: 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 East Meadow 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 what happens to the oil tank, since 53% of the 11,796 occupied East Meadow homes have one and removal is usually a separate line on the quote.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median East Meadow home has 6.4 rooms and was built around 1957, 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 East Meadow. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for East Meadow yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.