Camden / Ventnor City
Ventnor City has 9,265 residents (give or take 25) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19), about 4,739 people per square mile.
Ventnor City is about 53 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 1.955 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 Ventnor City that is 08406 (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 Ventnor City is $68,671 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3475620, 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.
4,739 people per square mile puts Ventnor City in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
49% of Ventnor City homes are single-family detached, 18% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 23% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19).
38% of Ventnor City homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 49% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Ventnor City has 9 points fewer detached houses than Atlantic County overall (58%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34001, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 4,846 occupied homes in Ventnor City, 70% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 22% with electricity and 4% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 70% of Ventnor City against electricity at 22%, 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.
Ventnor City has 4 points less oil heat than Atlantic County as a whole, where 5% of homes burn oil, and 5 points more electric heat than the county's 17% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34001, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Ventnor City on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Ventnor City has 8,288 housing units, 30% built before 1940 and 80% before 1980, with 9% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19).
Ventnor City has 16 points more pre-1940 homes than Atlantic County as a whole (14%) and 12 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 21% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34001, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Ventnor City home was built in 1962 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3475620, checked 2026-10-19).
30% of Ventnor City homes were built before 1940 and 80% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3475620, 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: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Atlantic 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 Atlantic County cold-day number a Ventnor City 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 70% of Ventnor City on gas and 22% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Ventnor City house from before 1940 (30% of the 8,288 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Ventnor City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ventnor City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.