Camden / Sewell

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

Sewell in Gloucester County

Sewell has 2,982 residents (give or take 874) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,495 people per square mile.

Sewell is about 12 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 1.994 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).

Fuel mix

Of the 1,234 occupied homes in Sewell, 93% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 5% with electricity and 0% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 93% of Sewell against electricity at 5%, 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.

Sewell has 6 points less oil heat than Gloucester County as a whole, where 8% of homes burn oil, and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34015, checked 2026-10-19).

Housing stock

Sewell has 1,234 housing units, 4% built before 1940 and 41% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19).

Sewell has 6 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Gloucester County as a whole (10%) and 14 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34015, checked 2026-10-19).

The median Sewell home was built in 1992 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 7.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19).

84% of Sewell homes are single-family detached, 0% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 0% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19).

With 84% detached houses and 0% in small multi-family buildings, a Sewell quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 0% of Sewell homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3466750, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.

Sewell has 11 points more detached houses than Gloucester County overall (73%) and 11 points fewer five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 11% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34015, checked 2026-10-19).

Only 0% of Sewell homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3466750, 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 Sewell 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 Sewell is $140,600 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3466750, 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: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Gloucester 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 Gloucester County cold-day number a Sewell 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.

Next step

Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 93% of Sewell on gas and 5% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.

Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Sewell home has 7.8 rooms and was built around 1992, 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 Sewell. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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