Portland / Happy Valley
Happy Valley has 26,738 residents (give or take 66) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19), about 2,246 people per square mile.
Happy Valley is about 10 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 11.905 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 Happy Valley that is 97015, 97086 (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).
Of the 9,002 occupied homes in Happy Valley, 64% heat with natural gas, 1% with heating oil, 34% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19).
Gas heats 64% of Happy Valley against electricity at 34%, and a cold-climate heat pump sized for this market replaces the gas system outright, so the usual quote is a whole-home install.
Happy Valley has about the Clackamas County oil share of 1% and 12 points less electric heat than the county's 46% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US41005, checked 2026-10-19).
Happy Valley has 9,450 housing units, 1% built before 1940 and 12% before 1980, with 72% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19).
Happy Valley has 6 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Clackamas County as a whole (7%) and 46 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 26% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US41005, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Happy Valley home was built in 2009 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Happy Valley homes are single-family detached, 2% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 17% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 2% in small multi-family buildings, a Happy Valley quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 21% of Happy Valley homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
72% of Happy Valley housing was built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4132050, checked 2026-10-19), and homes that recent usually meet the insulation codes in place at the time, so a heat pump sized to the floor plan lands closer to the real load than it would in an older neighborhood.
No electric utility is on file for Happy Valley 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 Happy Valley address before counting it. With 34% of Happy Valley homes already on electric heat and 66% 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 Happy Valley is $122,151 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4132050, 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: 24F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Clackamas 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 24F figure is the Clackamas County cold-day number a Happy Valley heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 24F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask whether the quote is whole-home or partial-home, because with 64% of Happy Valley on gas and 34% already electric the two paths carry different rebate figures and different sizing.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Happy Valley home has 6.7 rooms and was built around 2009, 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 Happy Valley. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Happy Valley yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.