Camden / Bridgeton
Bridgeton has 27,001 residents (give or take 31) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,335 people per square mile.
Bridgeton is about 36 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 6.228 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).
Median household income in Bridgeton is $55,781 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3407600, 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.
4,335 people per square mile puts Bridgeton in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
42% of Bridgeton homes are single-family detached, 15% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 17% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19).
64% of Bridgeton homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 42% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Bridgeton has 26 points fewer detached houses than Cumberland County overall (68%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34011, checked 2026-10-19).
With 64% of Bridgeton homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3407600, 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 7,481 occupied homes in Bridgeton, 61% heat with natural gas, 23% with heating oil, 13% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas leads in Bridgeton at 61%, but 25% of homes still burn delivered oil or propane, and those 1,870 or so homes are where a heat pump pays back fastest.
Bridgeton has 6 points more oil heat than Cumberland County as a whole, where 17% of homes burn oil, and 1 points more electric heat than the county's 12% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34011, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Bridgeton on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Bridgeton has 7,982 housing units, 29% built before 1940 and 78% before 1980, with 10% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19).
Bridgeton has 12 points more pre-1940 homes than Cumberland County as a whole (17%) and 5 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34011, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Bridgeton home was built in 1956 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3407600, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Bridgeton homes were built before 1980 and only 10% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3407600, 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.
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cumberland 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 11F figure is the Cumberland County cold-day number a Bridgeton heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 11F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 61% of Bridgeton on gas and 13% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Bridgeton home has 5.4 rooms and was built around 1956, 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 Bridgeton. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Bridgeton yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.