Camden / West Deptford

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

West Deptford in Gloucester County

West Deptford has 22,416 residents (give or take 28) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,460 people per square mile.

West Deptford is about 8 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 15.358 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 West Deptford that is 08066, 08086, 08093, 08096 (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 9,233 occupied homes in West Deptford, 67% heat with natural gas, 8% with heating oil, 22% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19).

Gas heats 67% of West Deptford 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.

West Deptford has about the Gloucester County oil share of 8% and 11 points more 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

West Deptford has 9,525 housing units, 6% built before 1940 and 56% before 1980, with 22% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19).

West Deptford has 4 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Gloucester County as a whole (10%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34015, checked 2026-10-19).

The median West Deptford home was built in 1977 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US3401578800, 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=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19).

54% of West Deptford homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 24% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19).

29% of West Deptford homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US3401578800, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 54% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.

West Deptford has 19 points fewer detached houses than Gloucester County overall (73%) and 13 points more 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).

Rebate path

No electric utility is on file for West Deptford 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 West Deptford is $93,895 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=060XX00US3401578800, 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 West Deptford 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 67% of West Deptford 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; the median West Deptford home has 5.8 rooms and was built around 1977, 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 West Deptford. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.

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

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