Camden / Medford

Heat pump installation in Medford, NJ - rebates, sizing and local data

Medford in Burlington County

Medford has 24,812 residents (give or take 28) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19), about 640 people per square mile.

Medford is about 16 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 38.799 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 Medford that is 08055 (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).

Fuel mix

Of the 9,429 occupied homes in Medford, 81% heat with natural gas, 7% with heating oil, 10% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 81% of Medford against electricity at 10%, 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.

Medford has about the Burlington County oil share of 7% and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34005, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Medford has 9,761 housing units, 5% built before 1940 and 48% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19).

Medford has 5 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Burlington County as a whole (10%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34005, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Medford home was built in 1981 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.9 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19).

81% of Medford homes are single-family detached, 1% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19).

With 81% detached houses and 1% in small multi-family buildings, a Medford quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 12% of Medford homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3400545120, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Medford has 17 points more detached houses than Burlington County overall (64%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34005, checked 2026-10-19).

Only 12% of Medford homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3400545120, 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.

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for Medford on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.

Median household income in Medford is $157,969 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3400545120, 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.

Cold-day number

Heating design temperature: 10F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Burlington 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 Burlington County cold-day number a Medford 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.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 81% of Medford on gas and 10% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Medford home has 7.9 rooms and was built around 1981, 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 Medford. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

No local contractor is named on this door for Medford yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.

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