Portland / Lincoln City
Lincoln City has 9,968 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19), about 1,648 people per square mile.
Lincoln City is about 76 miles from the Census center point for Portland in a straight line and covers 6.05 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 Lincoln City that is 97364 (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 4,548 occupied homes in Lincoln City, 47% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 51% with electricity and 1% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 51% of Lincoln City homes, ahead of gas at 47%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Lincoln City has about the Lincoln County oil share of 0% and 14 points less electric heat than the county's 65% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US41041, checked 2026-10-19).
Lincoln City has 7,195 housing units, 17% built before 1940 and 48% before 1980, with 28% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19).
Lincoln City has 8 points more pre-1940 homes than Lincoln County as a whole (9%) and 6 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 22% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US41041, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Lincoln City home was built in 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.1 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19).
70% of Lincoln City homes are single-family detached, 5% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 14% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19).
With 70% detached houses and 5% in small multi-family buildings, a Lincoln City quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 41% of Lincoln City homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4142600, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
41% of Lincoln City homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4142600, 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.
No electric utility is on file for Lincoln City 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 Lincoln City address before counting it. With 51% of Lincoln City homes already on electric heat and 48% 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 Lincoln City is $56,635 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4142600, 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: 22F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Lincoln 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 22F figure is the Lincoln County cold-day number a Lincoln City heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 22F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Lincoln City home has 5.1 rooms and was built around 1982, 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 Lincoln City. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Lincoln City yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.