Camden / Wildwood
Wildwood has 5,130 residents (give or take 17) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19), about 3,329 people per square mile.
Wildwood is about 67 miles from the Census center point for Camden in a straight line and covers 1.541 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 Wildwood is $75,222 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US3481170, 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.
3,329 people per square mile puts Wildwood in suburban density, where the outdoor unit usually sits in a side yard and the noise is not an issue for neighbors.
21% of Wildwood homes are single-family detached, 25% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 21% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19).
57% of Wildwood homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 21% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Wildwood has 31 points fewer detached houses than Cape May County overall (52%) and 12 points more five-plus-unit buildings than the county's 9% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US34009, checked 2026-10-19).
57% of Wildwood homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
Of the 2,646 occupied homes in Wildwood, 63% heat with natural gas, 2% with heating oil, 27% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 63% of Wildwood against electricity at 27%, 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.
Wildwood has about the Cape May County oil share of 3% and 7 points more electric heat than the county's 20% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US34009, checked 2026-10-19).
No electric utility is on file for Wildwood on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Wildwood has 6,553 housing units, 24% built before 1940 and 53% before 1980, with 31% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19).
Wildwood has 11 points more pre-1940 homes than Cape May County as a whole (13%) and 6 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 25% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US34009, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Wildwood home was built in 1976 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 4.8 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US3481170, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating design temperature: 11F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Cape May 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 Cape May County cold-day number a Wildwood 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 63% of Wildwood on gas and 27% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Wildwood home has 4.8 rooms and was built around 1976, 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 Wildwood. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Wildwood yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.