Portland / Astoria
Astoria has 10,109 residents (give or take 19) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,655 people per square mile.
Astoria is about 72 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 6.109 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).
Of the 4,463 occupied homes in Astoria, 54% heat with natural gas, 3% with heating oil, 37% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 54% of Astoria against electricity at 37%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Astoria has about the Clatsop County oil share of 3% and 5 points less electric heat than the county's 42% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US41007, checked 2026-10-19).
Astoria has 5,091 housing units, 41% built before 1940 and 76% before 1980, with 13% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19).
Astoria has 18 points more pre-1940 homes than Clatsop County as a whole (23%) and 6 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 19% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US41007, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Astoria home was built in 1948 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.2 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19).
63% of Astoria homes are single-family detached, 18% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 16% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19).
46% of Astoria homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4103150, checked 2026-10-19), so beside the 63% detached houses there is a real share of jobs where the landlord, not the resident, signs the quote.
Astoria has 6 points fewer detached houses than Clatsop County overall (69%) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=050XX00US41007, checked 2026-10-19).
46% of Astoria homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4103150, 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.
41% of Astoria homes were built before 1940 and 76% before 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4103150, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Astoria on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Energy Trust of Oregon heat pump incentives, run by Energy Trust of Oregon, is a live program for Oregon addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $1,000 per system (registry row 15 verified 2026-10-15, https://www.energytrust.org/incentives/residential-cooling-solutions/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Astoria address before counting it. With 37% of Astoria homes already on electric heat and 58% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Astoria is $68,007 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4103150, 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.
Heating design temperature: 26F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Clatsop County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 100 to 102 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 26F figure is the Clatsop County cold-day number a Astoria heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 26F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 54% of Astoria on gas and 37% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; a Astoria house from before 1940 (41% of the 5,091 units) rarely matches a square-footage rule of thumb.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Astoria. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Astoria yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.